1. Using services and compliance with RCUK and HEFCE policies: RoMEO, JULIET, and FACT SCOUNUL Conference Fringe 27th June 2014 Bill Hubbard Director, Centre for Research Communications

2. The place of funders Funder policies are the key Funders are “upstream” of all research activity Other policies have to respond to and respect these policies - and if they don’t, then the political question can be asked - why not? Conversely, without funder backing, what can succeed?

3. Funding and policies UK Government Research Councils UK UK Research Assessment 2020

4. Pity the researcher...

5. Researchers view from the past... Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher Funding Researcher

6. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher Funding Institutional Repository

7. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Mandate Publisher Funding Institutional Repository

8. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Mandate Publisher Funding Institutional Repository

9. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher ?Mandate Funding Institutional Repository

10. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Institutional Repository

11. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Institutional Database Funding

12. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

13. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

14. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

15. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

16. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

17. Researchers view Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database

18. Researchers view... with data Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher with OA Option Open Access Publisher Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository ? ? Mandate Funding Mandate Institutional Database Mandate # Central/subject Repository Institutional Repository Institutional Database Publisher with Data Option

19. Researchers view from the past... Researcher Funder Public Funder Institution Publisher Funding

20. Policy clashes Complex, restrictive policies –some publishers, e.g. Elsevier, have policies that change if the institution or funder has a policy! Push for take-up of hybrid option, for a fee –concerns of double-dipping, on national scale –speculation on fee-levels in future Moves into asking for rights in data? Consider place of publisher in process Overall picture fragmenting

21. Integrated policy framework Authors and researchers have clarity Responsibility for compliance check is defined Funders adopt common policies Institutions harmonise their policies with funders Publishers simplify their response and adapt... and systems for archiving, payment, compliance, etc in place and automated

22. Support infrastructure Repository Mediated deposit service OA publication funds Institutional OA support service Gold fee finance systems Institutional policies Funder grant compliance systems Research assessment planning

23. Support examples RoMEO - summarises Publisher policies JULIET - summarises Funder policies FACT - combined policy advice for authors OpenDOAR - lists OA repositories DOAJ - lists OA journals OAK - payment intermediary for OA fees CORE - UK national aggregation OpenAIRE - European policy support

24. Support examples - URLs OpenDOAR - www.opendoar.org DOAJ - www.doaj.org RoMEO - www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo JULIET - www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet FACT - www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact OAK - www.openaccesskey.com CORE - core.kmi.open.ac.uk OpenAIRE - www.openaire.eu

25. Discussion

26. Bill Hubbard Director, Centre for Research Communications bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk Contact

27. Abstract Funders, authors and readers may want open access to research, but can they achieve it? A researcher who has been encouraged to make their work open has to deal with regulations, guidance, and mandates from their institution, their funders, their publisher and their national government. These policies are often complex and can be ambiguous, or in conflict with each other. A supportive policy environment and guidance through the relationship of one policy to another has proved to be essential for real progress in opening access to research. How should policies support the researcher and the research process? How can policies based on commercial profit fit into an open environment? What role do funders have in protecting their investment and the public interest? The session will address these issues, reflect on current policies and suggest best practice.