What is The Role of the Librarian in an Open Access World?

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What is The Role of the Librarian in an Open Access World?

Wednesday, October 23 2013

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A Brief Introduction to Open Access

Charles Eckman University Librarian and Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University


Open Access – Why?

● sustain scholarly communication• growth of research outputs – 2-4% per annum• cost reduction vs cost control

● accelerate research• G-8 Science Ministers Statement on OA (June

2013)• Global Research Council Action Plan (May 2013)

● recognition for research and researchers● positive societal impacts (Willinsky 2006)


Open Access – Flavors

GOLD●published originally as OA

• journals, monographs (full peer review, “pure OA”)• megajournals (modified peer review, “pure OA”)• articles (full peer review, “hybrid OA”)

●published originally via toll access, OA via rolling wall●3% of physics/astronomy to high 13% medicine (Björk 2009)●annual growth rate est. at 20% (Springer; Laakso et al 2011)●60% of all peer reviewed journals by 2025GREEN●Pre-print or post-print (permission)●6% of biochemistry/microbiology to high 30% earth sci (Björk 2009)OTHER●faculty websites, open digital collections, datasets●no estimates on scale


Open Access – Business Models

● pub charges; memberships; advertising;…● steady growth of author funds (institutional,

funder)• third-party infrastructure support:

https://www.openaccesskey.com/• promise of consortial licensing

● disciplinary initiatives• SCOAP3; Episciences

● PeerJ (lifetime publishing membership) ● eLIFE (funder as publisher)


Open Access – rights issues

● Gratis• to read

● Libre• to read and re-use


Librarian Perspective:

Charles Eckman University Librarian and Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University


Support OA – Why Libraries?

● sustainability of scholarly communication• well positioned to manage knowledge budgets

● accelerate research• interested in demonstrating value

● recognition for researchers• client-centered orientation

● societal and civic impacts• community engagement ethos


Gold OA – Roles for Libraries

● support “publishing equity” (Shieber 2008)• Compact on Open Access Publishing Equity (COPE)

• growth in campus-based open access funds• 50+ across North America• SPARC website: http://sparc.arl.org/initiatives/funds

● Provide publishing infrastructure• campus-based publishing

• SPARC website: http://sparc.arl.org/initiatives/campus-based-publishing

• Library Publishing Coalition (Educopia)


Green OA – Roles for Libraries

● build robust institutional repositories● negotiate positive terms for licensed

content● copyright advice to institutional authors● link green to gold

• ensure deposit of library-funded articles to the IR


Beyond Gold and Green

● faculty websites• promote value-added features of institutional

repositories (preservation, discovery, metrics)

● digitized collections • libraries, researchers, community-based

● datasets• assist in developing data management plans• curating content


Researcher Perspective:

Michael S. MottThe University of Mississippi, Advanced Education Center


Researcher Perspective Dr. Mott’s articles, published OA, can be found here:

● Technical Examination of a Measure of Phonological Sensitivity

• http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2158244012445584.abstract

● What Is Going on During Vocabulary Lessons?


● Illuminating the Effects of Dynamic Lighting on Student Learning


For more info on how to submit to SAGE Open, visit: http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202037/manuscriptSubmission


Publisher Perspective:

David RossExecutive Publisher, Open Access, SAGE


Publishers Perspective

● Perspective of a scholarly research publisher of 700 journal titles – HSS and STM

● Perspective of the publisher 300 learned societies and associations

● Perspective of a predominately Humanities and Social Science Publisher


Main areas of impact

● Historically set up to transact with libraries – now have to transact directly with authors and libraries

● Systems and Processing

● Licensing – multiple license types


Wrapping Up

● SAGE believes that library will continue to be our main partner

● Engagement the way forward

● Market is in infancy – will develop in unexpected ways

● Books – monographs next?

*To access “Implementing Open Access APCs: the role of academic libraries,” visit http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdf/apc.pdf


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