Open Access in the World of Scholarly Journals: Creation & Discovery
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Presentation at NASIG Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Presented by Sandra Cowan, University of Lethbridge, and Chris Bulock, California State University-Northridge. June 11, 2016
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Open Access in the World of Scholarly Journals: Creation & Discovery
- 1. OPEN ACCESS IN THE WORLD OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS CREATION AND DISCOVERY SANDRA COWAN, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE CHRIS BULOCK, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE NASIG ~ JUNE 11, 2016 ~ ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- 2. OPEN ACCESS IN THE WORLD OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS: CREATION “Open Access Publishing can be defined as publishing when the articles are free to all interested readers, and the publishers place no financial or copyright barriers between the readers and the article.” - oaacademy.org Sandra Cowan, University of Lethbridge
- 3. Inspired by Katie Fortney, UC Santa Cruz guides.library.ucsc.edu/openaccess OA JOURNALS “GOLD” OA Hybrid Journals (Subscription fees + APC for “OA” option) Truly OA Journals (Usually APC, but no subscription fees) OPEN ACCESS (OA) SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING OA REPOSITORIES “GREEN” OA Disciplinary Repositories (e.g. arXiv, PubMed Central) Institutional Repositories (e.g. LoboVault, cIRcle UBC, TSpace)
- 4. Commercial Scholarly Publishing Model Researchers research + write article Researchers at publicly funded universities + federal research grants Commercial publishes article Authors and reviewers unpaid; free content & labour Commercial publishers’ hybrid “Open Access” option Author Processing Charge (APC) of $600 to $4,0000/article Academic library pays annual subscription Publicly funded + student tuition Single e-journal subscription $200- $12,000
- 7. journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0127502 • > 50% of scholarly articles published by 5 big commercial publishers: • Reed-Elsevier • Wiley-Blackwell • Springer • Taylor & Francis • Sage • Up to 71% in Social Sciences
- 8. What do these have in common? Social Science Research Network
- 9. www.cbc.ca/news/technology/acad emic-publishers-reap-huge-profits- as-libraries-go-broke-1.3111535
- 12. University of Lethbridge Library 2013-2016 Budget allocation decreased by 7% Databases/e-journals increased by 28% Monographs purchase decreased by 43% = Budget shortfall
- 18. OA Successes:
- 19. @ University of Lethbridge Library • OA discovery & access: DOAJ, OpenDOAR, OA resources & tools • Licensing and copyright consultation • Partner with Office of Research & Innovation Services
- 20. www.uleth.ca/dspace/ IR @ University of Lethbridge Library
- 21. http://www.uleth.ca/research/centre-study-scholarly-communications Research, programming, & education @ University of Lethbridge Library
- 22. www.journalincubator.org/the-lethbridge-journal-incubator-leveraging- the-educational-potential-of-the-scholarly-communication-process Publishing @ University of Lethbridge Library
- 24. • Objection to Author Processing Charges • Association with predatory journals • Perceived lack of peer-review • Prestige economy • Reward system for tenure, promotion & grants • Institutional authority rarely in the library Obstacles to OA
- 25. • As interdisciplinary heart of academy, advocate for changes in policy and culture • Support true OA publishing with APC funding • Demonstrate benefits of OA • increased research impact • Increased citation rates • maintain intellectual property rights • public good • Invest in repositories & other OA tools • Lead by example @ Academic Libraries
- 26. Hybrid OA content in the library collection Chris Bulock CSU Northridge cbulock@csun.edu
- 29. OA at Global Scale
- 30. Publisher Perspective ALL JOURNALS Number of Articles Published January 2014 Downloads Jan 2014 to Dec 2015 Average Downloads per Article Non-OA Articles 12,271 2,864,158 233 OA Articles 494 319,126 646 Total 12,765 3,183,284 Analysis by Astrid Pfenning, Springer Nature Market Research
- 31. Publisher Perspective Analysis by Astrid Pfenning, Springer Nature Market Research SELECTED SUBJECT COLLECTIONS Average Downloads Non-OA Articles Average Downloads OA Articles Ratio Physics and Astronomy 109 433 4.0 Chemistry and Materials Science 206 659 3.2 Earth and Environmental Science 201 628 3.1 Biomedical and Life Sciences 266 781 2.9 Engineering 194 556 2.9 Mathematics and Statistics 124 303 2.4 Medicine 279 565 2.0 All Subject Collections 233 646 2.8
- 32. Hybrid OA in Library Collections
- 33. Discovery System
- 34. Link Resolver
- 35. Publisher Site
- 36. NISO Access and License Indicators
- 37. What to do? 1. Talk to your discovery vendor 2. Talk to your content providers 3. Talk to your IR manager 4. Put a search in your resolver menu 5. Get your holdings on the web 6. Come to ALCTS CRS College & Research Libraries IG @ ALA
- 38. Image Credits 1. Griffin - exseada CC BY-ND 3.0 http://exseada.deviantart.com/art/Griffin-359934034 2. Serials Review screenshot by author 3. Scales of Justic - montgomster CC0 https://pixabay.com/en/scales-of-justice-weigh-in-antique- 982903/ 4. Globe - CC0 https://pixabay.com/en/globe-world-map-earth-32299/ 5. Tables of Springer OA usage courtesy Astrid Pfenning, Springer Nature Market Research 6. Card Catalog - tedeytan CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Library_of_Congress_USA_5466788868_card_catal og.jpg 7. Discovery System, Link Resolver, Publisher Site screenshots by author 8. Lock - ClkerFreeVectorImages CC0 https://pixabay.com/en/padlock-unlocked-lock-safety-24305/