What is open access and what are the challenges in SA context? Siphethile Muswelanto Dr Martie Van Deventer CSIR Information Services-CSIRIS CSIR Information Services-CSIRIS Institutional Repository Practitioner Portfolio Manager Conference: Locating the power of in-between: how research brokers and intermediaries support evidence-based pro-poor policy and practice, 2 July 2008

Background about the CSIR BOAI What is OA OA publishing Gold road OA self-archiving Green Road Institutional repositories Overview:1

Background about the CSIR

BOAI

What is OA

OA publishing

Gold road

OA self-archiving

Green Road

Institutional repositories

Copyrights OA in South Africa How CSIR promotes OA Overview:2

Copyrights

OA in South Africa

How CSIR promotes OA

The CSIR is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa CSIR’s migration to an open source environment Initiated in 2006 under the internal campaign name ‘Vula!’ CSIR and OA:1

The CSIR is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa

CSIR’s migration to an open source environment

Initiated in 2006 under the internal campaign name ‘Vula!’

Open source is now on the agenda of national government, the CSIR is in a position to share learning and experience, and contribute to international developments October 2006 the CSIR Information Services took the responsibility to establish an Institutional repository for the organisation CSIR and OA:2

Open source is now on the agenda of national government, the CSIR is in a position to share learning and experience, and contribute to international developments

October 2006 the CSIR Information Services took the responsibility to establish an Institutional repository for the organisation

December 2001, Budapest: OSI held a meeting of leaders exploring alternative publishing models. The meeting concluded that “OA” was the goal and agreed on two main strategies to achieve it: OA publishing OA self-archiving A bit of history

December 2001, Budapest: OSI held a meeting of leaders exploring alternative publishing models. The meeting concluded that “OA” was the goal and agreed on two main strategies to achieve it:

OA publishing

OA self-archiving

What is OA? “ Open access” the free availability of peer-reviewed literature on the public internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of an article

“ Open access” the free availability of peer-reviewed literature on the public internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of an article

The “gold road” to OA Researchers publish in OA journals Examples of OA publishers: BioMed Central Public Library of Science OA publishing

The “gold road” to OA

Researchers publish in OA journals

Examples of OA publishers:

BioMed Central

Public Library of Science

SPARC - Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition PLoS - Public Library of Science BOAI - Budapest Open Access Initiative OAI - Open Access Initiative BioMed Central Creative commons Project RoMEO Bodies funding OA

SPARC - Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition

PLoS - Public Library of Science

BOAI - Budapest Open Access Initiative

OAI - Open Access Initiative

BioMed Central

Creative commons

Project RoMEO

Researchers make articles freely accessible online, by depositing in an institutional repository Institutional repositories Peer-reviewed postprint Non peer-reviewed preprint OA self-archiving

Researchers make articles freely accessible online, by depositing in an institutional repository

Institutional repositories

Peer-reviewed postprint

Non peer-reviewed preprint

"License to publish" agreements Non-exclusive license SHERPA RoMEO Copyrights

"License to publish" agreements

Non-exclusive license

SHERPA RoMEO

Lack of awareness of what they have signed and the consequences Fear they will not get published if they don’t sign Attitudes towards copyrights:1

Lack of awareness of what they have signed and the consequences

Fear they will not get published if they don’t sign

Attitudes towards copyrights:2 Preference for information managers to check copyright agreements for them Do not want to upset the status quo IR deposit is proposed to be a threat to Peer Review

Preference for information managers to check copyright agreements for them

Do not want to upset the status quo

IR deposit is proposed to be a threat to Peer Review

5 OA journals in South Africa South African Journal of Information Management Sahara Journal of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS South African Journal of Animal Science Marine Ornithology Journal African Journal on Conflict Resolution 13 IR SASLI OA in South Africa

5 OA journals in South Africa

South African Journal of Information Management

Sahara Journal of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

South African Journal of Animal Science

Marine Ornithology Journal

African Journal on Conflict Resolution

13 IR

SASLI

SA journals on the DOAJ

DST takes the responsibility for ensuring that OA initiatives are promoted to enhance visibility of all South African research articles and to make them freely accessible to the entire international research community Future of OA in South Africa:1

DST takes the responsibility for ensuring that OA initiatives are promoted to enhance visibility of all South African research articles and to make them freely accessible to the entire international research community

Universities or research organisations should develop OA policies and create IRs according to best practices Policies should require that researcher deposit their publications upon acceptance for publication Researchers should be informed about IPR and copyright management Future of OA in South Africa:2

Universities or research organisations should develop OA policies and create IRs according to best practices

Policies should require that researcher deposit their publications upon acceptance for publication

Researchers should be informed about IPR and copyright management

References: Open Access Overview . / Peter Suber. March 2006. http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm The Budapest Open Access Initiative, December 2001. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/ Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa. / Academy of Sciences of South Africa. 2006. http://blues.sabinet.co.za/images/ejour/assaf/assaf_strategic_research_publishing.pdf Jennifer A. De Beer, 2005. Open Access scholarly communication in South Africa: current status, significance, and the role for National Information Policy in the National System of Innovation. Thesis. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003922

Open Access Overview . / Peter Suber. March 2006. http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm

The Budapest Open Access Initiative, December 2001. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/

Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa. / Academy of Sciences of South Africa. 2006. http://blues.sabinet.co.za/images/ejour/assaf/assaf_strategic_research_publishing.pdf

Jennifer A. De Beer, 2005. Open Access scholarly communication in South Africa: current status, significance, and the role for National Information Policy in the National System of Innovation. Thesis. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003922

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