1. 1 Libraries and Open Access to Scientific Information Ivana Hebrang Grgić, PhD Department of Information Science Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Univ e rsity of Zagreb IP LibCMASS Sofia 2011 Contract № 2011-ERA-IP-7 Sofia, 04.-17. September, 2011

2. 2 University of Zagreb

3. 3 Scientific communication 17th century – modern science – intellectual property rights, library science, scientific communication First scientific journals, 1665

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5. 5 SCIENTIST searches for information reads the information uses the information for new research processes the information produces new information publishes new information

6. 6 LIBRARY (ACADEMIC INSTITUTION) SCIENTIST P U B L I S H E R gives copyright topays for access to pays

7. 7 “Serial crisis” Commercial publishers No. of scientists and journals High quality journals Subscription prices Libraries 1990s Electronic publishing

8. 8 The fourth revolution S. Harnad, 1991 Language Writing Gutenberg Binary code and IT development???

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10. 10 OA definitions 1990s – early OA journals and archives Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), 2002Budapest Open Access Initiative –Free and unrestricted online availability of scientific journal literature –two ways to attain OA: self-archiving (electronic archives, OA repositories) OA journals

11. 11 OA definitions Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, 2003Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing –OA publishing – free, unrestricted, worldwide access –OA repositories –Libraries: transition to OA publishing, educating users, highlighting OA journals in catalogues

12. 12 OA definitions Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 2003Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities –BOAI definitions –encouraging researchers –development of existing legal and financial framework to facilitate OA

13. 13 OA repositories green route to OA self-archiving e-prints (pre-prints or post-prints) types of repositories: –institutional repositories (IRs) –national –disciplinary –...

14. 14 No. of OA repositories DOAR Repository type200920102011 Institutional123314181695 Disciplinary182211228 Aggregating567484 Governmental284044

15. 15 OA IRs SPARC definition: SPARC – digital collections capturing and preserving the intellectual output of a single university or a multiple institution community of colleges and universities

16. 16 OA IRs setting up an OA IR: – management – server – IR manager – working group – software – business plan – OA policy – JISC infoNet JISC infoNet

17. 17 Repository software Software200920102011 DSpace368617782 EPrints245288322 OPUS515455 Bepress51--

18. 18 Publishers’ self-archiving policies SHERPA Publisher’s colour Dec2008Jun2010Jan2011Sept2011 Green141220230260 Blue97196242301 Yellow54757681 White145295346359 Total4377898941001

19. 19 OA journals Golden route to OA Funding models – external support, “author pays” (Springer Open Choice, Oxford Open)Springer Open Choice DOAJ

20. 20 Citation impact of OA literature Higher impact Open Access Early Access Self-selection Bias, Quality Bias Usage Advantage Open Access Advantage (OAA)

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22. 22 Open Access in Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey

23. 23 OA in peripheral countries What is a scientifically peripheral country? –economy (undeveloped countries, developing and transitional countries) –“small” language

24. 24 OA repositories CountryOA rep.OA IRsPopulation Bulgaria337.2 mil Croatia544.5 mil Turkey11 72 mil

25. 25 Material types in OA repositories CountryJournal articles BooksConf. papers ThesisTotal no. of rep. Bulgaria31103 Croatia32235 Turkey744711

26. 26 Languages in OA repositories CountryOfficial language EnglishOtherTotal no. of rep. Bulgaria1303 Croatia5305 Turkey106011

27. 27 OA repositories - Bulgaria

28. 28 OA repositories - Croatia

29. 29 OA repositories - Turkey

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31. 31 OA journals CountryNo. of OA journals Population Bulgaria297.2 mil. Croatia804.5 mil. Turkey16972 mil.

32. 32 OA journals in DOAJ

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34. 34 Study of OA journals in Croatia

35. 35 Croatian OA journals 2010 OA journals in 2009: –MSES’s financial support for the year 2009 –peer-review process – at least one issue of all journals for the year 2009 was freely available online by June 2010 133 journals Hrčak – portal of Croatian scientific journalsHrčak

36. 36 Hrčak

37. 37 eISSN

38. 38 Web location

39. 39 Language

40. 40 Publishers

41. 41 OA policy

42. 42 Web of Science

43. 43 OA journals in JCR (2009) JCR editionTotal no. o f Croatian journals Of which OA journals Sciences Edition 2418 Social Sciences Edition 1210 Total 3628

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45. 45 Recommendations for libraries launch institutional OA repositories; improve existing repositories; carefully choose the most appropriate software; make your repository OAI-PMH compliant; take care about copyright;

46. 46 Recommendations for libraries control and assist in self-archiving; propose self-archiving policy for your institution; ensure long-time archiving; keep informed about global scientific communication trends; keep informed about OA development on national and international level;

47. 47 Recommendations for libraries keep informed about editorial policies of high quality international journals; educate your users; exchange experiences connected with OA; strategically promote your OA repository in the institution and out of the institution.

48. 48 Conclusion OA – new way of communicating OA – tool for accessing, acquiring, disseminating high quality scientific information OA model – applicable in scientifically peripheral countries

49. 49 Conclusion OA awareness? National working groups OA – a good way of solving access problems

50. 50 Thanks for your attention!