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Open Access in Spain
The document discusses the enhancement of open access to knowledge by Spanish libraries, with a focus on the University of Salamanca's library services and repository. It outlines key issues, policies, and resources facilitating open access in Spain, presenting statistics on repositories and academic journals. Furthermore, it emphasizes the role of open standards, rights, and attitudes in promoting knowledge sharing and accessibility in academic contexts.
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Open Access in Spain
- 1. University Libraries Library DiversityCommittee 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
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- 4. International overview State of theart OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org 2,212 repositories
- 5. International overview State of theart DOAJ http://www.doaj.org 9,347 Academic OA Journals
- 6. International overview State of theart OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org 83% institutional repositories
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- 8. US Milestones Open DataPolicy 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 Accessto 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 countrypro open access Spanish facts
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- 17. Spanish facts DOAJ http://www.doaj.org Spain iswell 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 internationalprojects, like Europeana, following standards and sharing records.
- 19. Spain shares its knowledgein open access Spanish resources
- 20. Spanish resources directories http://hispana.mcu.es 597 repositories anddigital collections 195 OAI-Compliant repositories Directory of digital collections
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- 22. Spanish resources 4,542,080 digital objects from195 OAI repositorieshttp://hispana.mcu.es National harvester of digital collections harvesters
- 23. Spanish resources harvesters 1,485,177 records fromacademic journals and institutional repositories http://www.recolecta.net Records of academic resources in open access
- 24. Spanish resources heritage Biblioteca Virtual dePatrimonio 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 BibliotecaVirtual de Prensa Histórica http://prensahistorica.mcu.es
- 26. Spanish resources Hispanic Digital Library. National Library 50,000 books, 6,000 manuscripts, 4,000 maps... BibliotecaDigital Hispánica http://www.bne.es heritage
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- 28. Spanish resources dissertations Tesis doctorales enred http://www.tesisenred.net Repository and harvester Access to 40,200 dissertations
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- 31. Spanish resources papers Busca Repositorios http://www.accesoabierto.net/repositorios 62 institutional repositoriesof universities and research centers
- 32. Spanish + internationalresources 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 toglobal, thinking in open at the University of Salamanca Case study
- 34. The institutional repositoryas 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 libraryand Repository External resources The institutional repository as a library service University of Salamanca Libraries Portal - Resources
- 36. University of Salamanca InstitutionalRepository 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)
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- 39. Open standars +Harvesting + Visibility
- 40. ● Democratic wayto 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 DiversityCommittee Thanks Gracias José A. Merlo Vega· Universidad de Salamanca· merlo@usal.es · @merlovega
- 42. Library and InformationStudies 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.