The document discusses open access publishing and institutional repositories. It defines open access as digital content that is free of charge and free of copyright restrictions. Open access can be achieved through open access journals ("gold open access") or by self-archiving works in open access repositories ("green open access"). The benefits of open access include wider dissemination of research and advancing science. Institutional repositories are digital archives for preserving and providing open access to an institution's research output. The University of Cape Town has an open access policy that requires depositing works like theses, dissertations and journal articles in its institutional repository, OpenUCT.

1. Open Access Publishing
and
Institutional Repositories
By Jill Claassen

2. .
Open Scholarship
Open
Source
Software
Open
Access
(Gold and
Green)
Open
Educational
Resources
(OERs and
MOOCs)
Beneficiaries: Public, Institutions and Researchers

3. Some interesting facts that led to the Open
Access Movement
1. The Internet has affected scholarly publication,
especially availability and accessibility of publications
2. Large proportion of scholarly publications are controlled
by a limited number of large publishing houses.
3. The last two decades saw an increase in subscription
prices. This has resulted in a crisis situation where the
academic institutions are forced to cancel subscriptions.

4. Something to ponder on …
• Academics write the
papers
• Academics review the
papers
• WHY SHOULD ACADEMICS
PAY TO READ THEM?
It is hard to understand why we should continue to give the
research away to commercial publishers and then buy it back at
an enormous price - JP Conley & M Wooders (Economics academics, 2009)

5. In Summary, points to emphasise:
• The research community works to further knowledge for
society
• Most scholarly work is given away for free
• Yet scholarly publications are controlled by a limited
number of large publishing houses.
• The Internet has provided an alternative means of peer
review, publication and distribution
• Open Access enables widest possible dissemination of
research and advances the science without loss of time

6. What is Open Access?
Open access (OA) literature is digital, online,
free of charge, and free of most copyright and
licensing restrictions (Peter Suber, 2012)

7. How to achieve Open Access
through
Open Access Journals (“gold open access”)
AND
Open Access Repositories (“green open access”)

9. Debunking Myths about
Open Access Publishing
Myth 1 – open access journals are not peer reviewed
Open access journals go through the same peer review
rigour as subscription journals prior to publication. In
almost all of these cases peer review and editing are
being done for free by the academic community – in
both subscription and open access journals.

10. Debunking Myths about
Open Access Publishing
Myth 2 - all open journals charge publication fees
During 2010, analysing over 100,000 articles it
was found that the average fee was US$906.
In the same study it was found that for more than
60% of the open access journals, charged no
publication fee.

11. Debunking Myths about
Open Access Publishing
Myth 3 – if you want to publish your work open access,
you must choose either prestige or going open
Many open access journals are prestigious. The Public
Library of Science’s multidisciplinary journal, PLOS ONE,
was established in 2007, and by 2010 was the world’s
largest journal.
Also, researchers can publish in their preferred journal
and then place a copy that is allowed into OpenUCT.

12. Congratulations. Your manuscript has been accepted by
the journal I own. Just sign here.

13. How to choose an open access journal?

14. 1. Are you submitting your research to a trusted
journal?
2. Is it the right journal for your work?
• More research is being published worldwide.
• New journals are launched each week.
• It can be challenging to find up-to-date guidance when
choosing where to publish.

15. • Do you or your colleagues know the journal?
• Does the journal have an ISSN?
• Can you easily identify and contact the publisher?
• Does the journal have a peer review process?
• Is it clear what publication fees will be charged?
• Do you recognise the editorial board?
• If the journal is open access, is it listed in the Directory
of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) ?
• Recommended: The journal should be in the DHET list

16. Submit your article only if you are happy you can answer
‘yes’ to most or all of the questions.
You need to be confident your chosen journal will have a
suitable profile among your peers to enhance your
reputation and your chance of gaining citations.

17. Erin McKiernan
Resource: Why Open Research? Advance your career by sharing your
work - http://whyopenresearch.org/

18. • Art by Raymond K. Nakamura;
www.raymondsbrain.com
Art by Raymond K. Nakamura; www.raymondsbrain.com

19. Funding Support for Open Access
Publications
• This is a fund set aside by UCT to provide a
contribution for researchers who publish in journals
with article processing charges (APCs).
• The Libraries are responsible for implementing the
OA Policy, and we are also administering the Open
Access Journal Publications Fund.
http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/oapfund/

20. What is an Institutional Repository?
• Open access digital archive on open source
software platform
• Putting scholarly content into an institutional
repository enables staff and institutions to manage
and preserve it
• A repository is commonly used for open access
research outputs

22. http://www.opendoar.org/
Scholarly content in IRs

23. African contributions to the world’s
repository directories
• Africa has 136 (3.4%) out of 4055 repositories in
Registry of Open Access Repositories
• South Africa ranks first with 47 (34.6%) followed by
Kenya with 14 (10.3%), and Egypt and Nigeria with 11
(8.1%) repositories each.
• Only 20 African countries out of about 56 have any
form of repository
• The 4 top ranked countries (South Africa, Kenya, Egypt
and Nigeria) contribute over 60% of the entire
repositories from Africa.

24. Benefits of the Institutional Repository
for the Researcher

25. Open Access Principles
Philanthropy Social
justice
Moral
Obligation

26. 2008 2016
Cape Town Open
Education Declaration
UCT OpenContent
Berlin Declaration
UCT's Open Access Policy
OpenUCT
Open Access Fund
MOOCs
OA Publishing
RDM
.
2010 2011 2014 2015
Openness at UCT

27. UCT’s Open Access Policy
Approved by UCT’s Council, 14 June 2014,
Amendments approved by Board for Graduate Studies, 9 February
2016 and the University Research Committe, 24 February 2016

28. UCT’s Open Access Policy
• UCT scholars and students should deposit their journal
articles and theses and dissertations
• Other scholarship includes essays, books, conference
papers, reports, educational resources, presentations,
scholarly multi-media material and audio-visual works
• UCT Libraries have been tasked to implement the
Open Access Policy
The Policy is committed to preserving “scholarly work of UCT
scholars and to make this scholarship discoverable, visible
and freely available online to anyone who seeks it".

29. Theses and Dissertations in the OA Policy
In section 5.3: Student Theses and Dissertations
– Research reports submitted by candidates for professional master’s
degrees are exempt from being added to OpenUCT
– Students’ dissertations or research reports which are less than sixty
credits are not added to OpenUCT. (See Handbook 3, Rule GM11a)
– ALL theses and dissertations are to be open access, BUT
The public release of any thesis or dissertation can be delayed
for up to twenty-four months (and, in exceptional cases, for
longer defined periods) provided the necessary criteria for doing
has been met
(See: Handbook 3, Rule G30, Rule GM11b, Rule GP6.10b).
– [see Supporting document Guidelines for OpenUCT: Publication of
Theses and Dissertations after Conferment of the Degree]

30. Section 5.3 Theses and Dissertations (continued)
Grant holders are required to comply with any conditions for
archiving theses and dissertations as set out by the funder
For example: the National Research Foundation (NRF)
NRF student grantee requirements: Scholarship/ bursary holder is
required to submit a final corrected version, which is uploaded to
OpenUCT. Before, or a month after graduation, a ETD handle (URL)
must be added to the NRF’s database, which comes from OpenUCT
More information: NRF Funded Thesis/Dissertation
Requirements -
http://www.nrf.ac.za/nrf_funded_thesis_dissertation_requirement
s

31. http://open.uct.ac.za/

32. Things to remember when submitting an
article to OpenUCT
• Keep your postprint
• Know which version is allowed in the IR
• Ask for permission to deposit postprint into IR or
add an author addendum to publication
agreement
• Look up Publisher Copyright Policy
on SHERPA/RoMEO website
• Follow submission steps on OpenUCT
http://www.sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/Access-
Reuse_Addendum.pdf

33. • UC Research Repository
Credited to University of Canteburry Research Repository

34. The choice is yours