Open Access Publishing Overview David Fox UofS Technology Week November 2,

Definition “Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.” (Suber: Open Access Overview)Open Access Overview “The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.” (Excerpt from Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002)

Open Access – 2 strategies Gold OA publishing Green OA archiving

Definition An open access journal is one that uses a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Open access publications allow users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its contents without restriction DOAJ definition (paraphrased)

OA Publishing: Who Pays? Authors Granting agencies Institutions In-kind support OA publishing funds UCalifornia Springer pilot UofC, Ottawa, SFU, etc. COPE

Extent of OA Publishing Directory of Open Access Journals “free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals” 5,511 OA journals published in 106 countries, including 172 from CanadaCanada 685 new journal titles per year since 2003

INSERT GRAPH Source: DOAJ, Oct 2010

Extent of OA Publishing OA journals now account for ~10% of all scholarly journal publishing*. This phenomenon has taken place just within the last 8 years. * Refereed scholarly/academic serials Source: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ulrichsweb).

Some Canadian OA Journals Applied Physics Research CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)CMAJ Canadian Journal of Sociology Canadian Political Science Review Journal of Distance Education Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Journal of Religion and Popular Culture Journal of Research Practice

OA Publishing Platforms DPubS (Cornell Library and Penn State Univ. Libraries and Press)DPubS E-Journal (Drupal)E-JournalDrupal Open Journal Systems (PKP, SFU)Open Journal SystemsPKP 2000 titles in publication as of Jan 2009 supports many different e-publication models from fully open access to fully subscription-based and various hybrids in-between supports online peer-review software platform for CFI/SynergiesCFI/Synergies

Open Access Benefits Is there an OA citation advantage (OACA)? correlation or causation? Wagner (2010), Swan (2010) OA publishing accelerates dissemination of knowledge Open Access and the Progress of Science (2007) SwanOpen Access and the Progress of Science OA publishing  liberalization of authors’ permissions? OA publishing  price competition?

Barriers to Greater Acceptance Economic models still evolving Concerns re. reputation, quality, impact Concerns re. acceptability for tenure/promotion Resistance/lobbying by commercial publishers Bibliographic access Other?

Future of OA Publishing? OA is a well-established, legitimate alternative Continued growth likely Continued mixed economy in scholarly publishing Where will equilibrium occur?

Library OA Initiatives OA Blog OA Commitment eCommons

Some OA Resources Open Access citation advantage: an annotated bibliographyOpen Access citation advantage: an annotated bibliography (2010) Wagner The Open Access citation advantage: studies and results to dateThe Open Access citation advantage: studies and results to date (2010),Swan Ten-year cross-disciplinary comparison of the growth of Open Access and how it increases research citation impactTen-year cross-disciplinary comparison of the growth of Open Access and how it increases research citation impact (2005) Hajjem, Harnad & Gingras Open Access and the progress of scienceOpen Access and the progress of science (2007) Swan (Mis)leading Open Access myths(Mis)leading Open Access myths (2004?) from Open Access now, BioMed Central

Questions / Discussion

Origins of OA “Scholarly Communication Crisis” – 1990’s Journal price inflation System becoming un-sustainable An alternative vision Opportunity of the Web Principles of OA Budapest, Bethesda, Berlin statements , 2003 Peter Suber: Open Access OverviewOpen Access Overview

Tools and Guides for Authors' Rights SHERPA/RoMEO SHERPA/RoMEO (Nottingham) self-archiving permissions SPARC Canadian Author Addendum User Guide tool for retaining author’s right s

Creative Commons (CC) A means for authors to license a work with “some rights reserved” License selection tool