Open Access & Open Access to Research Articles Act -
What every faculty author should know…..
Jane Treadwell, Dean of the LibraryH. Stephen McMinn, Director of Collections and
Scholarly Communications
Discussion Topics
Open Access What is it? Copyright and Authors Rights Why is it important? What’s in it for me? What can I do?
– IDEALS Items to Consider in the Open Access to Research Articles
Act
What is Open Access?
Open Access-Lots of Definitions
“Open-access (OA) literature is digital,online, free of charge, and free of mostcopyright and licensing restrictions.”
Peter Suber …(http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm )
Who Uses Open Access?
Open Access and Copyright
Open access is built upon authors retaining all or part of their rights under copyright. These rights include:– To publish/distribute work – To Reproduce/Copy– Prepare Translations or Derivative Works– To perform or display the work publicly– The ability to transfer these rights to others
What is Open Access?
Why Open Access?
“Information wants to be free!” Unsustainable pricing model of scholarly
journals Requirements of Funding Agencies – NIH &
Others Use & Reuse with Few or No Restrictions
Why Open Access?
Beliefs of the Academy….“Open access truly expands shared knowledge across scientific fields — it is the best path for accelerating multi-disciplinary breakthroughs in research."
Open Letter to the US Congress signed by Nobel Prize winners
COAPI institutions
Arizona State University Bryn Mawr College Columbia University Emory University Gustavus Adolphus
College Miami University Penn State University Purdue University
Rollins College Stanford University University of Florida University of Kansas University of Texas system University of Washington Wake Forest University Washington University (St.
Louis)
Initiatives at the Federal Level
NIH Public Access Policy America Competes Reauthorization Act of
2010 Increasing Access to the Results of Federally
Funded Scientific Research – Presidential Policy Memorandum (2/22/13)
Other Policies and Legislation (CA Bill)
NIH Rules - In Brief
NIH-funded research must be made freely available to the public
Deposit made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication
Authors submit an e-copy of their published articles to NIH PubMed Central
Jack Andraka
What’s in it for me?
Ease of Use– Copyright - Getting Permissions– Coursepacks/Couse Management– MOOCs
Increased Visibility Increased Citations
Increased Citations to Open Access Articles
How to Support Open Access
Publish in Open Access Journals– Open Access Policies Publishing in Open
Access Journals Use Repositories
– Subject Repositories (ArXiv – Physics Archive)– IDEALS (UI Institutional Repository)– All faculty, staff, and graduate students can
deposit into IDEALS
Open Access Initiatives at Other Universities University of Californiahttp://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy
Harvardhttps://osc.hul.harvard.edu/policies MIThttp://libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/mit-faculty-open-access-policy-faq/
Key components of open access policies Spells out who has rights to the work Provides for a means for authors to deposit
scholarly works Provides a waiver or opt-out policy that
may be applied to specific articles
Open Access to Research Articles Act - Items to Consider Academic Freedom Copyright Policy Reporting -Oversight
& Enforcement Cost of Repository Potential for
Collaboration
Potential use of existing scholarly repositories
Support for Gold Open Access (Pros & Cons)
Academic Discipline Specific considerations
Determination of article version to be made available
10th Item to Consider- Who and What is to be covered in the PolicyWho Employees of State
Agencies State grant awardees Faculty Adjunct, Clinical, part
time faculty
What Journal articles, and… Dissertations Conference Materials? Laboratory manuals? Books? Patentable discoveries?
So ……
as a faculty author
you have more
decisions to
make…….
How can an openaccess policy serve
your needs and those of your
discipline?
Attribution Ruminating Poe by Chas Addams -- http://dorjeixchel.typepad.com/.
a/6a00e550e9851d88340154368afb91970c-pi Graph: Harnad, Stevan, Tim Brody, François Vallières, Les Carr, Steve
Hitchcock, Yves Gingras, Charles Oppenheim, Chawki Hajjem, and Eberhard R. Hilf 2008 The Access/Imipact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: An Update. Serials Review 34(1):36-40. Accessed online 16 Oct. 2009 http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2008/07/you-should-self-archive-your.html
Video - Open Access Explained! By Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rVH1KGBCY CREDITS: Animation by Jorge Cham; Narration by Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen; Transcription by Noel Dilworth; Produced in partnership with the Right to Research Coalition, the Scholarly Publishing and Resources Coalition and the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
“Signs” by Chas Addams. Scanned from Monster Rally by Charles Addams Simon and Schuster, 1950, p. 7.
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