Open Access 2013
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Open Access 2013Developments in the world of OA for the past 12 months
Ruth Quinn. Director Library ServicesOctober 2013
OA gets popular
OA Statements galore: G8 Ministers of Science statement: https://
www.gov.uk/government/publications/g8-science-ministers-statement-london-12-june-2013 Global Research Council: http://www.globalresearchcouncil.org/meetings/2013-meeting UNESCO OA Policy:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-access-to-scientific-information/
World Bank OA Policy: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23164491~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Science Europe: http://www.scienceeurope.org/ European Commission: http://
ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1294&lang=1 RCUK Policy: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx HEFCE proposal (UK): http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/ Finch Report (UK): http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ White House policy (US): http://
www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research Irish National Principles on OA: http://
www.iua.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/National-Principles-on-Open-Access-Policy-Statement-FINAL-23-Oct-2012-v1-3.pdf
Indian Council of Agricultural Research OA Policy: http://icar.org.in/en/node/6609
OA gets popular
In Australia:
The National Research Investment Plan refers to OA in Action 6 – new govt?
Universities Australia – A Smarter Australia
NHMRC & ARC Statements / Mandates
OA gets popular
Open Access Monographs
Knowledge UnlatchedUnglue.itOpen Educational Resources
Open Datahttp://data.gov.auhttp://www.ausgoal.gov.au/http://researchdata.ands.org.au/
OA gets complicated
Green is best!
Self archiving.Published article, or the final peer-review
manuscript is archived by the researcher in an institutional online repository before, after or alongside its publication.
Embargo periods need to be considered but can be overcome.
OA gets complicated
Gold OA
◦APCs◦Hybrid OA
BioMed Central PLOS
◦OUP Oxford Open◦American Inst Physics Author Select◦Wiley Open Access Accounts
…and more complicated
Titanium
◦Reliance on Social Networking
◦Mendeley – alternative to Endnote, but has potential to be more – OA by default
◦ResearchGate – FB for researchers
….and more complicated
Diamond
◦For non-commercial, non-profit, academic institutions, associations.
◦Digital format – pay for print.◦Free of charge for readers and authors, no
publication fees, no APCs.◦Does not allow commercial and for-profit re-
use.
…..and more complicated
Predatory Publishers
Beall’s List: http://schoarlyoa.com/publishers
OA at CDU
What’s happening at CDU?
eSpace is OA, self submissionDraft Policies: RDM, OA, IRAssistance to Researchers
◦http://libguides.cdu.edu.au/OpenAccess2013◦http://libguides.cdu.edu.au/research_support◦Advice on publishing options