Publishing Trends: Open Access Publishing Trends: Open Access @ the University of Florida@ the University of Florida

Presentation to IDS 3931: Discovering Research and Communicating ScienceOctober 21, 2010

Scholarly Communications

• Sharing research, knowledge, and creative productivity

• Publishing

• Issues: author’s rights, economics of scholarly resources, new models--open access, institutional repositories, rights and access, preservation of intellectual assets

Objectives• To define open access

• To learn differences between OA and conventional publishing models

• To understand :”public access”

• To be aware of international & national statements and mandates

• To be able to explain local UF Initiatives– Institutional Repository @ UF, UF Open Access

Publishing Fund, and policy– Open Access Week 2009 & 2010

Open Access Defined

• OA literature is

–free of charge to readers

–Unrestricted• free of most copyright and licensing restrictions

• and requires the consent of, or attribution to, the author or copyright-holder

–Digital

–Online

Why OA is so Important to Researchers

• Research is published faster and freely available online

• Gives research timely visibility, wider readership, higher citation rates, and greater overall impact.

• Barriers to access are having a significant negative impact on research

• Timely, open, online access to the results of federally-funded research in the US will significantly increase the return on the public’s investment in science

• IMPACT

Global and National Initiatives

• 3 basic statements: Budapest (02), Bethesda (03), & Berlin (03)

• UNESCO: for the benefit of global knowledge flow, innovation and socio-economic development

• 2008 NIH mandate • 2009 introduction of Federal Research Public

Access Act (FRPAA) Other funding agencies also: Wellcome Trust and

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

OA in Peer Institutions• Many research universities have Open

Access policies, encouraging or mandating faculty to submit peer-reviewed articles to Institutional Repositories.

• Some top-tiered Universities have OA publishing funds

The Imperative for Open Access

• Concept of “public access”: taxpayers, federal agencies, and universities pay twice for funded research

• High costs of journals are now unsustainable

• Barriers to access are having a negative impact on research

Open Access: 2 Primary ways to Participate

• Self-archiving in a repository – green OA

• Publishing in an open access journal or monograph – gold OA

Steps Toward Open Access @ UF

• Promotion of the UF institutional repository

• Establishment an OA publishing fund

• Creation of a faculty-driven university-

wide OA policy

The Institutional Repository at UF (IR@UF):

The gateway to UF’s research and scholarly output

www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufir

•Journal articles• Conference papers and proceedings• Monographs and monograph series• Technical reports• Theses and dissertations• White papers• UF Journals and Other Publications• Grant proposals• University archives materials

The IR@UF at 1 Million!

Why Scholars Participate in the IR@UF?

To share research through:

• A permanent archive with stable links

• An open access repository compliant with digital library standards

Self-submittal Tool

One-Minute VideoDemonstrating Self-Submittal

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/ir

• OA journals are different:•free of charge to readers, •unrestricted and •online

• different funding model• quality control•commercial publishers respond with hybrid journals

Publishing in an OA Journal

The UF Open AccessPublishing Fund

The Open Access Publishing Fund supports making UF research findings immediately, freely and globally available through Open Access publishing

• Began July 1, 2010 • Lasts 18-24 months • $120,000 provided by Provost • Does not replace grant or other funding for open access publishing

Pilot Project

Eligible Authors• UF faculty, staff and student authors and co-authors, including post-doctoral researchers

Eligible Articles

• Peer-reviewed research articles in Open Access and hybrid journals

Funding Levels

• Maximum of $3,000 per author per academic year

• Up to $3,000 per article to cover fees for publishing in open access journals

• Up to $1,500 per article to cover fees for open access publishing in paid access (hybrid) journals

Eligible Publications

• Open Access Journals and Paid Access (Hybrid) Journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and/or compliant with the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association’s Code of Conduct

www.doaj.org

• The application form is on the OA website with the policies and procedures at www.uflib.ufl.edu/oa.

Application Process

• Submit the completed application form and publisher invoice to the Libraries for payment.

You are invited to:

•Participate in the IR@UF and the Open Access Publishing Fund

•Attend the Open Access Week 2010 program: Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 1:00 - – 4:30 p.m.

Managing Your Copyright

•Copyright is?

•Managing your copyright

•Negotiate!

Summary

•What is open access? •What are Open Access Journals?•What is the difference between open access publishing and conventional publishing?•What are two ways to participate in OA on campus?

Open Access Project•Create a multimedia presentation on OA from the student perspective (up to 2 min) OR•Write an 8 – 10 page paper on the history of OA from 3 perspectives:

•Publishers•Librarians, •Researchers

•Deposit this in the IR@UF

Questions?

Dr. Isabel SilverAcademic and

Scholarly Outreach

isilver@ufl.edu 273-2524