Lecture. "Open Commons: Spanish Libraries Enhancing Open Access to Knowledge" presented by Dr. José A. Merlo. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jackson Library, Hodges Reading Room, May 30th 2013. Greensboro NC. Dr. Merlo is Professor and Library Services Director at the University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. Spanish facts and open access resources, including key issues and the case study of University of Salamanca, Spain.

1. University Libraries
Library Diversity Committee
Open Commons
Spanish Libraries Enhancing
Open Access to Knowledge
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). May 30, 2013.
José Antonio Merlo Vega, Ph.D. USAL. LIS Professor. Library Services Director
Chair REBIUN Working Group on Repositories

3. International
overview
US
milestones
Spanish
key issues
Spanish
facts
Case
studySpanish
resources

4. International
overview
State of the art
OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org
2,212 repositories

5. International
overview
State of the art
DOAJ http://www.doaj.org
9,347 Academic OA Journals

6. International
overview
State of the art
OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org
83% institutional repositories

7. January 2013 edition
http://repositories.webometrics.info
US facts

8. US Milestones
Open Data Policy
Executive Order May 9, 2013
Making Open and Machine Readable
the New Default for Government
Information
Federally Open Access Research
Memorandum February 22, 2013
Expanding Public Access to the
Results of Federally Funded Research
Since February 2013
Digital Public Library of America launched April 18th, 2013
Open access to public data and public
funding research are on the rise

9. Spain Enhancing
Open Access to
Knowledge Spanish
key issues

10. Spanish
key issues
Open standards
● Using metadata standards
● Using interoperability protocols
● Adopting international schemes
● Addressing specific purposes
● Integrating with external resources
Use of open standards means the
data are available to share

11. Spanish
key issues
Open rights
● Copyleft as a legal policy
● Creative commons licences
● Reuse of data and documents
● Attribution is required
Copyleft is within Spanish
intellectual property legislation

12. Spanish
key issues
Open policies
● Law of Science
● Legislative decree on doctoral degrees
● Regional goverment policies
● Mandates of universities
● Research funding requirements
● National funding on preservation
Several initiatives support and
promote open access

13. Spanish
key issues
Open attitude
● Open academic publishing
● Sharing resources (harvesters)
● Working together (networks)
● Sharing projects (local & international)
● Sharing knowledge commitment
Open access to public research as a social
responsibilty of public institutions

14. Spain, a country pro
open access
Spanish
facts

15. Spanish
facts
January 2013 edition
http://repositories.webometrics.info
OpenDOAR
http://www.opendoar.org

16. Spanish
facts
Medoanet
http://www.medoanet.eu

17. Spanish
facts
DOAJ http://www.doaj.org
Spain is well situated on the global
open access stage with a significant
number of repositories and academic
open access journals.

18. Spanish
facts
Europeana
http://www.europeana.eu
Spain supports international projects,
like Europeana, following standards
and sharing records.

19. Spain shares its
knowledge in open access
Spanish
resources

20. Spanish
resources
directories
http://hispana.mcu.es
597 repositories and digital collections
195 OAI-Compliant repositories
Directory
of digital
collections

21. Spanish
resources
directories
99 institutional
repositories,
including consortia
http://www.accesoabierto.net/repositorios
Database of
institutional
repositories

22. Spanish
resources
4,542,080 digital objects
from 195 OAI repositorieshttp://hispana.mcu.es
National
harvester of
digital
collections
harvesters

23. Spanish
resources
harvesters
1,485,177 records from academic
journals and institutional repositories
http://www.recolecta.net
Records of
academic
resources in
open access

24. Spanish
resources
heritage
Biblioteca Virtual de Patrimonio Bibliográfico
http://bvpb.mcu.es
Digital
library of
bibliographic
heritage
40,000 titles

25. Spanish
resources
heritage
Digital
library of
historical
newspapers
2,037 serials
Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica
http://prensahistorica.mcu.es

26. Spanish
resources
Hispanic
Digital
Library.
National
Library
50,000 books,
6,000
manuscripts,
4,000 maps...
Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
http://www.bne.es
heritage

27. Spanish
resources
culture
Cervantes
Virtual
Library.
Literature
Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com

28. Spanish
resources
dissertations
Tesis doctorales en red
http://www.tesisenred.net
Repository
and harvester
Access to
40,200
dissertations

29. Spanish
resources
Dialnet
http://dialnet.unirioja.es
Journal
alerts and
repository
3,840,820
open access
documents
papers
proceedings
dissertations

30. Spanish
resources
papers
Digital CSIC
https://digital.csic.es
Repository
of main
research
institution
72,000 papers

31. Spanish
resources
papers
Busca Repositorios
http://www.accesoabierto.net/repositorios
62 institutional
repositories of
universities
and research
centers

32. Spanish + international resources
E-LIS
http://eprints.rclis.org
LIS repository
with significant
Spanish
initiative and
contributions
Digibis Spanish-made
app for simultaneous
search in DPLA and
Europeana
DPLA/Europeana Query
http://www.digibis.com/dpla-europeana/

33. From local to global,
thinking in open at the
University of Salamanca
Case
study

34. The institutional repository as a library service
•
The University of Salamanca was founded in 1218
•
Their academic community is formed by 35,000
students, 2,300 faculty members and 1,300 support staff
(170 librarians and staff working in libraries)
•
Library system has 25 branches: historic library,
general library, campus or content area libraries, school
or department libraries, and remote storage
Universidad de Salamanca http://www.usal.es
Bibliotecas/Libraries http://bibliotecas.usal.es

35. OPACs
Worldcat
App iOS &
Android
Union
catalogs
eResources
eBooks
lending
platform
Digital
library and
Repository
External
resources
The institutional repository as a library service
University of Salamanca
Libraries Portal - Resources

36. University of Salamanca
Institutional Repository
http://gredos.usal.es
The institutional repository as a library service

37. Open attitude, policies, and rights
Since 2009
4 Sections
•
Digital library (62,500 records)
•
Scientific repository (16,500
records)
•
Educational repository (1,100
records)
•
Institutional archive (22,300
records)
309 Communities
(Departments, Research groups, …)
2668 Collections
(LIS Theses, USAL Ejournals,
Manuscripts,…)
102,407 Records
(one record may contain several
digital objects)

38. Open standards
METS
PREMIS
ESE
EDM
RDF
DC-Q
OAI-DC
crosswalks

39. Open standars + Harvesting + Visibility

40. ● Democratic way to share knowledge
● Return on investment for publicly-funded research
● Eliminates economic barriers
● Access to quality academic papers without restrictions
● Enhances reach and visibility of research
● Increases the impact of research
Open Access is Open Commons

41. University Libraries
Library Diversity Committee
Thanks
Gracias
José A. Merlo Vega· Universidad de Salamanca· merlo@usal.es · @merlovega

42. Library and Information Studies
http://exlibris.usal.es
•
Undergraduate Program
•
Master´s Program
•
Doctoral Program
Library Services
http://bibliotecas.usal.es
•
Portal: http:// bibliotecas.usal.es
•
Repository: http:// gredos.usal.es
•
E-book lending platform:
http://cielo.usal.es
•
Apps iOS&Android, Worldcat,
Social media, Union catalogs, E-
resources, etc.