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Why Open Access is Right for the World
Bank
Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World BankOpen Access Africa
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
November 5, 2012
• It wasn’t always so• It’s Mission Driven• It’s Cutting Edge• It makes us Relevant• It makes us Open and Transparent• It makes us Accountable• It makes us Results Driven• It Works
Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
It Wasn’t Always So
“The Bank needs to exploit the commercial potential of its publications” – Publisher’s Job Description, January 2008
It wasn’t always so
World Bank Mission Statement
Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty
To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results
To help people help themselves and their environment by providing
resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging
partnerships in the public and private sector
“We need to do development differently”
Robert Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group
New Direction: Democratizing DevelopmentWe need to throw open the doors, recognizing that others can find and create their own solutions. And this open research revolution is underway. We need to recognize that development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower. The aim is to open the treasure chest of the World Bank’s data and knowledge to every village health care worker, every researcher, everyone. Georgetown University, September 2010
Old Age Security
Early Childhood EducationConflict & Failed States
Health
Gender Equity
Jobs
Climate ChangeInvestment Climate
Old Age Security
Early Childhood EducationConflict & Failed States
Health
Gender Equity
Jobs
Climate ChangeInvestment Climate
THE WORLD BANK OPEN AGENDA
Embracing Openness
Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
Open About What We Do
(Operations and Results)
“The World Bank’s Access to Information Policy is the gold standard for financial institutions…”
− Chad Dobson, Bank Information Center
1. Access to Information•Moved from positive to negative list•Except for small list of exceptions, documents and reports are available•Millions pages viewed since July 2010
Access to Information – Website
Access to Information – iPad App
1. Access to Information2. Open Data
Open About What We
Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About What We Do
(Operations and Results)
Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
Open Data Portal
Open Data: Mapping for Results Portal
Pages ViewedTotal VisitsUnique Visitors
Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
1. Access to Information2. Open Data3. Open Access Policy4. Creative Commons
Licensing
Open About What We
Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About What
We Do
(Operations and
Results)
Our Conflict
Dissemination of Print Books(T
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“Followers” on Social Media(T
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Dissemination of Print and Electronic
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Strategic Review ofWorld Bank Publications
Create a cutting edge publishing model that fully embraces free and open access,
with a particular emphasis on electronic dissemination
Weekly Downloads
Weekly average: 8,604 Documents DownloadedLarge increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections
Monthly average: 36,874 Documents Downloaded;42% from Developing Countries
Monthly Downloads
258,117 Downloads (58% developed, 42% developing countries)Large increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections
Total Downloads
Top 30 Countries, by Downloads
Total: Over 9,900 documentsAdditional legacy content to be added in 2013
Timeline of Content Added
April
May
June
July
July
August
September
October
October
20122012
Content: Import of 1,000 externally published journal articles
OKR launches with 3,000 research outputs and knowledge products from 2008 to present
October
November
November
July
Content: Import of 3,000 legacy publications from 2005 to 2008
President Kim takes office
Access to Information policy implemented
Development: New custom workflow engine
Content: Import of 2,800+ Knowledge Notes from 2005 to 2008
Inclusion of Global Financial Development Report 2013
Inclusion of Doing Business 2013
Inclusion of World Development Report 2013
New functionality: Author Profiles
New functionality: Enhanced download statistics, and citations reporting
Content: Import of 1,000 externally published journal articles
Timeline of Repository Development and Addition of Content
Sustainable Open Access Publishing
in a Mission-Driven, Non-Profit Institution
• Content. Lots of good content• Strong brand• Enabling authorizing environment
OA Policy / CC Licensing / Publishing Policy• Client oriented
Agile Competitive
• Focus on customers• Innovative• Entrepreneurial• Really good people• Luck
The Currency of Open Access Publishing
Next Steps• Network with, and learn from, the OA community
• Partner with other institutions for repository
interoperability
South-South knowledge exchange
South-North knowledge exchange
• Develop Open Educational Resources
• Advocate for Open Access
• Where we can add value, help develop OA capacity
• It’s Mission Driven• It’s Cutting Edge• It makes us Relevant• It makes us Open and Transparent• It makes us Accountable• It makes us Results Driven• It Works
Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
If you’re a mission-driven, non-profit institutionopen access is right for you too
Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World [email protected]