Network Content on Social Sciences and Humanities: Ukrainian Open Access Journals and Institutional Repositories Iryna Kuchma International Renaissance Foundation Present State and Development of Ukrainian Research & Academic Networks NATO ANW, Apr. 2-6, 2003, NTUU “KPI”, Kyiv

structure n general remarks –what? who? why? how big? n business model –getting scholars and their institutions involved –alliances are crucial n social transformation is more important than all technological features

what? n collection of –open access electronic journal –institutional repositories n a collaborative project –consortium of electronic publishers

who? n scholars n editorial boards n academic institutions

why? n to improve scientific communication you need something in between the book and the letter n to maximize research impact by maximizing research access n social responsibility of universities for availability and use of their researches

data? what data? n journals n articles n theses n lectures n conference materials n multimedia documents n surveys n reports n e-books

how big? n all branches of social sciences and humanities or even more n all levels of higher education n very broadly defined n all over Ukraine n this is best to be done on a per- discipline basis

evaluative data n abstract views n downloads n citation counts n collection membership evaluation n growing emphasis on communication n growing emphasis on quality assessment

business model n economics: –not for profit –open access n organization: –network, not hierarchical –strong input from customers –no central branding

network organization n Back offices –service providers n Front offices –intermediate to academic community (scholars, editorial boards, academic institutions) n Co-ordinator: –recruiting new offices –stimulating synergy between front offices –regulating the dynamics within the network

what else? n to draft university policy for the self- archiving of all university research output (preprint and postprint)

what for? n research assessment n research funding n citation impact –average of 336% more citations to inline articles compared to offline articles published in the same venue (Lawrence, S. (2001) Free online availability substantially increases a paper’s impact Nature 411

project partners n IATP Internet Access and Training program in Ukraine n Budapest Open Access Initiative n Fulbright Exchange program n Scholarly Publishers and Academic Resources Coalition Europe (SPARC Europe)

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