The document outlines the role of libraries in promoting open access in Europe, detailing the LIBER mission to enhance research infrastructure and advocate for libraries in various forums. It discusses the current state of open access policies, including the prevalent green and gold options, while emphasizing the need for coordinated approaches and training among stakeholders. Additionally, it highlights the importance of libraries in managing research data and adapting to new scholarly communication practices.

1. Libraries as drivers of Open Access in Europe
Izaskun Lacunza
LIBER Executive Director
Izaskun.lacunza@kb.nl
Association of Libraries of Czech Universities
31st October 2013, Brno.

2. CONTENTS

3. CONTENTS

4. WHAT IS LIBER
 400 members
 Participation of
Central, Eastern
and Southern
Europe

5. CONTENTS

6. WHAT’S OUR MISSION?
 To provide an INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE to
enable research in LIBER institutions to be world class
 To enhance the EXPERIENCE OF USERS in LIBER
institutions
 To PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE for European libraries
in all European and national fora
 To DEVELOP LIBRARY and INFORMATION
PROFESSIONALS who are INNOVATIVE and can offer
LEADERSHIP to LIBER and to the
national/international library community
INTERNATIONAL
APPROACH
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICES
ADVOCACY
NEW
PROFFESIONALS

7. THE LIBER STRATEGY. Re-inventing the library for the future
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
FORA
Special areas of work 2013-2015
Long term LIBER activities
Open
Access
Open
Access &
Copyright

8. WHAT’S OUR OFFER TO MEMBERS

9. CONTENTS

10. OPEN ACCESS. STATE OF PLAY
49 mandatory policies in ROARMAP
Type
Number
Green OA mandate
36
Green OA mandate with Gold option
12
Gold preference with Green option
1
By Paul Ayris http://www.slideshare.net/libereurope/liber-brussels23sept2013v1pa (CC-BY)

11. OPEN ACCESS STATE OF PLAY (II)
 For an individual
institutional policy,
Green is the only
affordable practical
option
 JISC Report by John
Houghton and Alma
Swan – Going for Gold
 See http://ierepository.jisc.ac.uk/6
10
By Paul Ayris http://www.slideshare.net/libereurope/liber-brussels23sept2013v1pa (CC-BY)

12. THE ONE OUT OF 49: RESEARCH COUNCILS UK OPEN ACCESS POLICY
49 mandatory policies in ROARMAP
Type
Number
Green OA mandate
36
Green OA mandate with Gold option
12
Gold preference with Green option
1
RESEARCH COUNCIL UNITED KINGDOM (RCUK)

13. RCUK POLICY
CC-BY
Gold
OA
12-24
months
embargo
accepted

14. RCUK POLICY. BIS COMMITTEE (HOUSE OF COMMONS) RECCOMENDATIONS
TYPE OF OPEN ACCESS PREFERENCE
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•
•
•
UK
GREEN OA and Institutional repositories’ infrastructure are CRUCIAL for OA
investment
Reinstate IMMEDIATE DEPOSIT in its policy
in IR
Improve COMPLIANCE MONITORING
Come back to 6-12 months EMBARGO
ECONOMIC IMPACT
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•
Is it wise to ask universities to contribute to block grant in current economic crisis?
Is Gold OA having an impact in current UK subscription purchasing?
HYBRID JOURNALS
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RCUK to cover APCs only in pure GOLD OA (avoid double dipping)
Even if not double dipping: is UK’s subsidizing purchasing subscriptions worldwide?
APC
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Asses APC costs (different in hybrid and pure OA?; is the policy inflating APCs?
Come back to use grant funds to publish (authors are more sensitive to APC costs)
•
Author’s to choose licence under which they publish
LICENSE
International
trend: Green
OA

15. THE REST OF POLICIES. Latest work and coming projects
49 mandatory policies in ROARMAP
Type
Number
Green OA mandate
36
Green OA mandate with Gold option
EUROPEAN COMISSION, MS, preference with Green option
Gold
RP0s, RFOs, etc.
12
1

16. THE REST OF POLICIES. Latest work and coming projects
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•
What’s the state of OA policies in Mediterranean
European Countries?
What could be done to foster implementation of
adecuate and coordinated policies?

17. THE REST OF POLICIES. Coming projects
ADVOCACY!!
FOSTER: Open Access training for different
stakeholders in Open Science
PASTEUR4OA: Coordination of OA policies in
Europe
HARMONIZATION!!
(researchers with
multiple funding
sourcers)

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19. OPEN ACCESS. OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES (I)
Join!

20. OPEN ACCESS. OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES (II)
Open Access Clauses in
Publisher’s licences (COAR)

21. RESEARCH DATA. STATE OF PLAY
Horizon 2020: Pilot on Open Access to Research Data
Other funders: Welcome Trust, NSF, etc: Research data management
plans in the proposals.
LIBER projects on Research Data

22. RESEARCH DATA. OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES
RESEARCH DATA. What if…?
Australian National Data Service Vision
RESEARCH DATA EINFRASTRUCTURE

23. THE RESEARCH DATA PYRAMID
Image from the “Report on the Integration of Data and Publications”: S. Reilly,
W. Schallier, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, M.Wilkinson. October 17, 2011.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded
82% researchers
store data in their
computers!

24. RESEARCH DATA. WHAT’S OUR ROLE?
 Availability
 Findability
 Interpretability
 Reusability
 Citability
 Curation
 Preservation
Advocacy!
From the “Report on the Integration of Data and Publications”: S. Reilly,
W. Schallier, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, M.Wilkinson. October 17, 2011.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded

25. RESEARCH DATA. ARE WE READY?
 Research librarires are
willing to contribute, but:
1. Re-skilling needed (IT,
discipline knowledge)
2. Funding needed
From the “Report on best practi es for citation of dta and on evolving roles in
Scholarly Communication”:R. Kotarski, S. Reilly, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, K. Walshe.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded

26. RESEARCH DATA. HOW DO WE GET STARTED (I)?
Ten reccomendations for libraries to get started with Research Data Mangement:
1.Offer research data management support, including data management plans for grant
applications, intellectual property rights ad-vice and information materials. Assist faculty with
data management plans and the integration of data management into the curiculum.
2. Engage in the development of metadata and data standards and provide metadata services
for research data
3. Create Data Librarian posts and develop professional staff skills for data librarianship.
4. Actively participate in institutional research data policy development, including resource
plans. Encourage and adopt open data policies where appropriate in the re-search data life
cycle
5. Liaise and partner with researchers, research groups, data archives and data centers to
foster an interoperable infrastructure for data access, discovery and data sharing.

27. RESEARCH DATA. HOW DO WE GET STARTED (II)?
Ten reccomendations for libraries to get started with Research Data Mangement:
6.Support the lifecycle for research data by providing services for storage, discovery and
permanent access.
7. Promote research data citation by applying persistent identifiers to research data.
8. Provide an institutional Data Catalogue or Data Repository, depending on available
infrastructure.
9.Get involved in subject specific data management practice.
10.Offer or mediate secure storage for dynamic and static research data in cooperation with
institutional IT units and/or seek exploitation of appropriate cloud services

28. LIBER WORK ON RESEARCH DATA

29. RESEARCH DATA. WHERE DOES THE COMMISSION SEES LIBRARIES?
European Commission: Research data e-infrastructure: Framework for action H2020
European
Infrastructure
Libraries and
LIBER identified as
key
stakeholders!!:
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES!!

30. CONCLUSIONS
New roles for libraries in the new Scholarly Communication
environment:
oBy being embedded in research workflow
oLeading on Open Access to Publications and Research
Data Management
oManaging funds for OA publication and dissemination
oLibrary as publisher
o Library as Open Science advocator

31. THANKS!!
QUESTIONS?