Open Access policies in Developing and Transition Countries

Open Access policies in Developing and Transition Countries Iryna Kuchma, eIFL Open Access program manager, eIFL.net Presented at the Science and Technology Libraries Section "Open Access to Science and Technology Research Worldwide: Strategies and Best Practices" 25 August, 75 th IFLA World Conference, Milan, Italy

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National policies UA
Since January 2007 Ukraine has a law:
proposed mandate for open access
to publicly funded research
more than 150 Ukrainian University librarians endorsed OA to knowledge statement

National policies UA 2
Vernadsky National Library
of Ukraine
http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua:8080/dspace/
OAI-PMH:
http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua:8080/dspace-oai/request
Software: DSpace

National policies LT
a new Lithuanian law on science
requires online access
for publicly-funded research
Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network
was recognised as one the most active players in the field of OA in Lithuania
(by CREST members and observers )

University Associations EU & SA
European University Association : “Universities should develop institutional policies and strategies that foster the availability of their quality-controlled research results for the broadest possible range of users, maximising their visibility, accessibility
and scientific impact .
The basic approach …should be
the creation of an institutional repository or participation in a shared repository…
http://www. eua .be/ fileadmin /user_upload/files/Policy_Positions/Recommendations_Open_Access_adopted_by_the_EUA_Council_on_26th_of_March_2008_final. pdf

Universities HK, BY, RU, UA
Hong Kong Universities proposed OA policy for publicly-funded research
all have OA repositories

University policies RU & UA

University mandates UA

University mandates UA 2
The open access policy
adopted by
Ternopil State Ivan Pul'uj Technical University (TSTU)
mandates that all published journal articles
and conference papers
be deposited in Electronic Archive of TSTU (ELARTU)
if there are no legal objections by publishers

University mandates UA 3
ELARTU also encourages
and fully supports
self-archiving of other research output
produced by scientists and students
of the university
as well as other members
of the scientific community

University mandates SA

University mandates SA 2
To assist the University of Pretoria
in providing open access to scholarly articles
resulting from research done at the University, supported by public funding ,
staff and students are required to:
-- submit peer-reviewed postprints + the metadata
of their articles to UPSpace , the University’s institutional repository, AND
-- give the University permission to make the content freely available and to take necessary steps to preserve files in perpetuity .

Postprints are to be submitted immediately
upon acceptance for publication .
Access to the full text of articles will be subject to publisher permissions .
Access will not be provided
if permission is in doubt or not available.
In such cases, an abstract will be made available
for external internet searches
to achieve maximum research visibility.
Access to the full text will be suppressed for a period
if such an embargo is prescribed by the publisher/ funder.

The University of Pretoria
strongly recommends
that transfer of copyright be avoided .
Researchers are encouraged to negotiate copyright terms with publishers when the publisher does not allow archiving, reuse and sharing.
This can be done by adding the official UP author addendum to a publishing contract .

The University of Pretoria
encourages its authors
to publish their research articles
in open access journals that are accredited.

Research organisations SA
The Academy of Science of South Africa
adopted an OA business model for the journals

Research organisations RU
Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences:
All researchers are mandated to immediately deposit their papers/articles in the institutional Open Archive.
http://www. cemi . rssi . ru / rus /news/ initiat -eng. htm
http://www. cemi . rssi . ru / rus /news/ initiat - rus . htm

Why OA?
Opening up the outputs
of the institution to the world
Maximizing the visibility and impact
of these outputs
Showcasing the quality of the research
in the institution

Why OA?
Collecting and curating
the digital outputs of the institution
Managing and measuring
research and teaching activities
Providing a workspace for work-in-progress
and for collaborative and large-scale projects

Why OA?
Enabling and encouraging
interdisciplinary approaches to research
Facilitating the development and sharing
of digital teaching materials and aids
Supporting student endeavours ,
providing access to theses and dissertations
and a location for the development of e-portfolios

Why OA?
Institutional and national level
research assessment and research management , bringing together research expertise
across the institution and country
Information rich collaboration ,
effective decision-making
and successful research activity
Improved governmental policy
and public health care outcomes

Why OA mandates?
(thank you Arthur Sale!)
Academics are busy and self-archiving
(about 5 minutes on average)
is a last on the “to-do” list.
Long experience has shown that however strong
the persuasion, voluntary deposits seldom exceed 20% of a university’s total publications.
Mandates work!
( Sale, AHJ (2009) Academic Participation. In: Gaining the momentun: Open Access and advancement of science and research, 14 May 2009, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa. (Unpublished) : http :// eprints . utas . edu . au /8693/ )

Where are the libraries?
Academic and research libraries
set up and maintain OA repositories
and help researchers and students
to self-archive ,
become partners in open access publishing ,
help to create open educational resources , promote open access
and help to shape open access policies .

Key success factors
Involve key stakeholders :
provosts,
faculty governance
and the general counsel’s office,
a cademic staff ( supporters and champions!),
library staff,
technical and other support staff

Key success factors 2
Communicate
and show your support to the faculty :
build awareness (seminars, discussions, presentations) and obtain the feedback
to determine the faculty support
Be ready to assist the faculty
in complying with the policy
and to work with the publishers

Fit the repository
to the institution wide
intellectual property rights policy
and scholarly communications policy,
departmental digital stores of publications
and an information management strategy

Generate statistics
and management reports
from your institutional repository,
collect usage
and item download statistics

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

Thank you ! Questions ? Iryna Kuchma iryna.kuchma[at]eifl.net; www. eifl .net The presentation is licensed with Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

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