1. Access and Authorization, Part I.
Access Models and
The Future of Open Access
Publishing—
Do or Die, or Do and Die?
F. Hill Slowinski, JD
Senior Director
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Society for Scholarly Publishing
2006 Annual Meeting
Arlington, VA
June 7, 2006
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2. Access and Authorization, Part I
• Non-profit: tax- exempt • For profit companies:
programs of religious publicly or privately
denominations, trade or held, established to be
professional associations, in commerce
academic, educational, or
university institutions,
foundations
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3. Access and Authorization, Part I
Non-Profit For Profit
Mission Usually noble: Usually
“to serve” commercial:
“to sell”
Unstated To make ROI
Mission money
Stakeholders Public or Owners or
Private Stockholders
Trustees or
Members
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4. Access and Authorization, Part I
Non-Profit For Profit
Primary Market Constituents Customers
Identity Tied to the Market
organization and/or segments and
members professional
expertise
Unique Content focus Value Added
Characteristics
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5. Access and Authorization, Part I
Non-Profit For Profit
Internal Can be highly Business
Environment politicized
Influence Information
Internally driven Externally driven
(members) (customers)
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6. Access and Authorization, Part I
Non-Profit For Profit
Unique Content focus Value Added
Characteristics
Financing Sales Capital Investment
Subscriptions Revenues from
Sponsors Sales
Subsidies
Contributions
Grants
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Access: Who benefits?
? Readers -- knowledge
? Authors -- exposure
? Authors and readers
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8. Access and Authorization, Part I
Who pays?
? Readers and institutions
? Authors
? Advertisers
? Funding agencies
? Government
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Who pays in Open Access?
? Def: online access free to all
? Original research results only
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10. Access and Authorization, Part I
Three types of Open Access
? Authors (institution) pays journal for
publication
? Authors’ self-archiving parallel to
author-pays
? Compulsory author deposit
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11. Access and Authorization, Part I
Business model innovation
? Stakeholders decide
? Technology will support
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12. Access and Authorization, Part I
Role of Government
? Create level playing field for
innovations – hands off selection of
models
? Support education and research
? Encourage creativity through
intellectual property rights innovation
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13. Access and Authorization, Part I
Risks
? Mandatory open access could
reduce business model innovation
? Unintended consequences
? Costs of enforcing mandate
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14. Access and Authorization, Part I
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15. Access and Authorization, Part I
ARTICLE AGE SNAPSHOT:
72 % are greater than 6 months old
28% are less than 6 months old.
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16. Access and Authorization, Part I
A Future of Co-existence:
May follow the Television models
· Broadcast – advertisers pay
· Public – government pays
· Cable – subscriber pay
· Pay per view – user pays
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Industry’s collective role
? Standards development that
supports business model
? Input to legislators and regulators
? Help publishers give readers what
they want
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18. Access and Authorization, Part I.
Access Models and
The Future of Open Access
Publishing—
Do or Die, or Do and Die?
F. Hill Slowinski, JD
Senior Director
American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASCO Publications
330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-299-0150
Slowinsh@asco.org
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