Open Access Week @Exeter - Cameron Neylon

Wednesday, 21 November 12

What’s hot and cooking?


More than just accessDelivering networked research

Oslo University - Open Access Week Cameron Neylon - 26 October 2012


2012


Research Works Act...


...to 50% OA?


No longer a question of if...


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...but how?


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And when?

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And why.


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One argument.


Why do they pay?


Why do they pay?

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Why do they pay?


we




This is a good argument.


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Another argument.


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The business case.


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Value for money...

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Sustainability...


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Impact.http://www.flickr.com/photos/meesterdickey/2581274092 CC-BY


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Who is the customer?




We are




And the product is research outcomes.


And we can do better.


An example.


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http://gowers.wordpress.com


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February 1 2009




“It is not the case that the aim of the project is [...to solve the problem...] I think that the chances of success even for this more modest aim are substantially less than 100%.”Tim Gowershttp://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/a-combinatorial-approach-to-density-hales-jewett/


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27 January 2009

February 1 2009

March 10 2009




“[…] it appears that DHJ(3) has won […] I hereby state that I am basically sure that the problem is solved (though not in the way originally envisaged).”Tim Gowershttp://http://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/problem-solved-probably/


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“It feels as though this is to normal research as driving is to pushing a car.”Tim Gowershttp://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/questions-of-procedure/#comment-1701


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Qualitatively different.


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Qualitatively different...


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Because of scale...


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...connectivity...http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5912946760 CC-BY


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...efficient transfer

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Because of the network.At web-scale.


In a world where researchers...


...are optimising impact...

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...these are our value proposition


How do we make networks?


As service providers...

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...how do we deliver them?


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How do we deliver scale?




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How do we deliver connectivity?




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How do we reduce friction?


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First we need access...


Necessary.


But not sufficient.


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Legal rights...


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Technical usability...


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Work by Peter Murray-Rust and Ross Mounce, Proceedings of the Open Forum Academy 1:57


Standards.


Formats.


Exchange protocols.


All....

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...mustWednesday, 21 November 12

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...apply to machines

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All....





...scale...

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...to web scale.


All....





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...must support




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and enable...

...the unexpected


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We’ve spent 50 years...


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...arguing for...





...curiosity driven research.




Saying advances can only ever be a happy accident.


And they should be happy.

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And they will be unpredictable.


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But never an accident.


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You can’t predict one throw...


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And we make the dice...


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...and can roll them more times than ever before.

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We can manufacture

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A question of architecture

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How?


0. Do we need policy?


1. What level?


2. What aims?


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3. How to deliver them?


4. Cost effectively?


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Two million papers...

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...at PLOS ONE prices.


£1.6B


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You have to invest to save.


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We have to build a (functioning) market

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And that means some pain.


Sorry.


But...transitional costs?


Subscriptions vs APCs

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Not a zero-sum game.


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Double jeopardy?


We optimise for...

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...rather than for use and re-use...


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And who controls them?


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If we lead will others follow?


Yes.


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Technical usability...




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Huge potential...


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But we’re not there yet.

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...we are the customer...

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We want to see research used.


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In the right places...


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...at the right time.

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Maximise potential...

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...for discovery and re-use...

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Maybe we don’t need to wait for thirty years...




...and the easiest way...


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