This document discusses extending research impact through open access publishing. It begins with an introduction that provides context on the history of libraries and scholarly communication. It then defines key open access terms and discusses the open access policy context in the UK. The document suggests rethinking how impact is measured by considering wider audiences and longer timescales. It provides information on green and gold open access routes and recommends using social media like blogs and Twitter to increase visibility of open access research.

1. Extending research impact by Open
Access publishing
Rachel Henderson, Library

2. Session plan
Introduction
Open Access/impact context
Rethinking impact
Using social media
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3. Introduction
Why library involvement?
Royal Society published first journal of research findings
1665
Libraries provide an indexed archive for print journals to
encourage „scholarly communication‟
Online versions of journals emerged, making sharing
much easier
Libraries promote ways to access research data – apply
„metadata‟ to enable search to be easier
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4. Definitions
“Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of
charge, and free of most copyright and licensing
restrictions” Peter Suber
http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
accessed 19.2.13
Budapest Open Access Initiative 2002
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/openaccess/read
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5. Context
Impact – RAE/REF exercises – citation scores
Open Access
– Finch group report 2012
- RCUK OA policy from April 2013
- HEFCE policy for REF2020 currently in
consultation
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6. Rethinking impact
http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/research-
assessment-to-support-research-impact
The difficulty of measuring
Timescales for impact
Who is the impact affecting?
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7. Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial.

8. How to make your work Open Access
‘Green’ Open Access
Self-archive – use an institutional or subject repository
License your copyright, don‟t assign it
If using a publisher check Sherpa Romeo for restrictions
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Repository will get more hits than a web page (Google
indexing)
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9. How to make your work Open Access
‘Gold’ Open Access
Publication in a journal that makes the article
immediately available
License your copyright, don‟t assign it
Repository will get more hits than a web page (Google
indexing)
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10. Using social media
blogs, Twitter
http://isc.ukoln.ac.uk/2012/12/12/top-10-tips-on-how-to-
make-your-open-access-research-visible-online-published-
in-jisc-inform/
Storify http://storify.com/CameronNeylon/conversation-on-
how-plos-paper-reached-its-audienc
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11. References
http://www.uea.ac.uk/is/collections/researchsupport/open
access
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/
http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/
http://sparceurope.org/
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
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