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CARNet User's Conference, Dubrovnik, CroCARNet User's Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sept 2005atia, Sept 2005

Open Access Open Access Initiatives Initiatives in in CroatiaCroatia

JadrankaJadranka Stojanovski StojanovskiRuđer Bošković InstituteRuđer Bošković Institute

Goran ŠkvarčGoran ŠkvarčCARNetCARNet

Zagreb, CroatiaZagreb, Croatia


Scholarly publishing Scholarly publishing systemsystem

ResearchResearch

Peer reviewPeer review/revision/acceptance/revision/acceptance

JournalsJournals

Databases (especially ISI)Databases (especially ISI)

Research moneyResearch money

ScholarshipScholarship

ResearchResearch

Tim Brody and Steven Harnad: Self-ArchiviTim Brody and Steven Harnad: Self-Archiving (2003)ng (2003)

L im ited A ccess: L im ited R esearch Im pact

Refereed “Post-Print” Accepted, Certified, Published by Journal

Impact cycle begins:Research is done

Researchers write pre-refereeing

“Pre-Print”

Submitted to Journal

Pre-Print reviewed by Peer Experts – “Peer-Review”

Pre-Print revised by article’s Authors

Researchers can access the Post-Print if their university has a subscription to the Journal

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Some concernsSome concerns hhistorically most high impact scholarly literature istorically most high impact scholarly literature

has been published in northernhas been published in northern and western and western Europe Europe and the United Statesand the United States

oothers benefit because of affinities of language or thers benefit because of affinities of language or history (Australia, Canada) or efforts to participate history (Australia, Canada) or efforts to participate (Japan)(Japan)

mmany are virtually excluded from the systemany are virtually excluded from the system

ccontrol of high impact journals by major commercial ontrol of high impact journals by major commercial publisherspublishers

ssurrender of control and intellectual property by urrender of control and intellectual property by scholarsscholars

hhigh costs and continuing price increases for igh costs and continuing price increases for librarieslibraries


Access is limited to Access is limited to thosethose who have reliablewho have reliable and affordable and affordable

information and communication information and communication technologiestechnologies

affiliated with organisations which have affiliated with organisations which have the money and skills to provide accessthe money and skills to provide access

who who have certain level of information have certain level of information literacyliteracy

permitted under permitted under contracts withcontracts with vendors vendors


New impact cycles: New research builds on existing research

Researchers can access the Post-Print if their university has a subscription to the Journal

Refereed “Post-Print” Accepted, Certified, Published by Journal

Impact cycle begins:Research is done

Researchers write pre-refereeing

“Pre-Print”

Submitted to Journal

Pre-Print reviewed by Peer Experts – “Peer-Review”

Pre-Print revised by article’s Authors

M axim ized R esearch A ccess and Im pact Through S e lf-A rch iv ing

Pre-Print self-archived in

University’s Eprint Website

Post-Print published in OA journal or self-

archived in University’s Eprint

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New impact cycles:Self-archived researchimpact is greater (and

faster) because access is maximized (and

accelerated)


Research ImpactResearch Impact

I.I. measures the measures the sizesize of a research contribution of a research contribution to further research (“publish or perish”)to further research (“publish or perish”)

II.II. generates further research generates further research fundingfunding

III.III. contributes to the research contributes to the research productivityproductivity and and financial support of the researcher’s financial support of the researcher’s institutioninstitution

IV.IV. advances the researcher’s advances the researcher’s careercareer

V.V. promotes research promotes research progressprogress


““average of 336% more citations to average of 336% more citations to online articles compared to offline online articles compared to offline articles published in the same articles published in the same venuevenue””

Lawrence, S. (2001) Free online Lawrence, S. (2001) Free online availability substantially increases a availability substantially increases a paper's impact Nature 411 (6837): 521.paper's impact Nature 411 (6837): 521.

http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/lawrence.htmlaccess/Articles/lawrence.html


The two open-access The two open-access strategiesstrategies

Open-Access PublishingOpen-Access PublishingGolden roadGolden road

• turn existing 21.000 peer turn existing 21.000 peer reviewed journals intoreviewed journals into open- open-access journals (access journals (19241924 exist exist currentlycurrently according DOAJ according DOAJ))

• ffind funding support for ind funding support for open-access publication open-access publication costs ($500-$costs ($500-$22500)500)

• motivatemotivate the authors of the the authors of the annual 2,annual 2,8800,000 articles to 00,000 articles to publish in open-access publish in open-access journals journals insteadinstead of the of the existing toll-access journalsexisting toll-access journals

• motivate¸amotivate¸authors uthors to to refuse to refuse to sign away their intellectual sign away their intellectual property (Creative property (Creative Commons)Commons)

Open-Access Self-ArchivingOpen-Access Self-ArchivingGreen road

• motivatemotivate the authors of the authors of the annual 2,the annual 2,8800,000 00,000 articles they publish in articles they publish in the existing toll-access the existing toll-access journals to journals to alsoalso self- self-archive them in their archive them in their institutional open-institutional open-access archives.access archives.


Open questionsOpen questions

ppublisher may get decreased incomeublisher may get decreased income

– publisher income declines and quality assurance publisher income declines and quality assurance mechanism (peer review) is in jeopardymechanism (peer review) is in jeopardy

whwho maintains quality of records?o maintains quality of records?

wiwill authors continue to get recognition ll authors continue to get recognition rewards?rewards?

wwho ensures preservation and continuing ho ensures preservation and continuing accessibility and accessibility and usability?usability?

infrastructure issues in developing countriesinfrastructure issues in developing countries


Scientific landscape in Scientific landscape in CroatiaCroatia (1) (1)

less than 0.1 percent of world populationless than 0.1 percent of world population 90009000 HE teaching staffHE teaching staff/researchers/researchers six six universities with 85 faculties, art

academies, colleges of higher education, university departments and university studies

five polytechnics and six independent public higher education colleges

27 scientific institutes27 scientific institutes


Scientific landscape in Scientific landscape in CroatiaCroatia (2) (2)

150 academic and research 150 academic and research librarieslibraries 230230 scholarlyscholarly and professional journals and professional journals

(21.000 worldwide)(21.000 worldwide) COLLEGIUM ANTROPOLOGICUM (CC)COLLEGIUM ANTROPOLOGICUM (CC) CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL (CC)CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL (CC) CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA (CC)CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA (CC) DRUŠTVENA ISTRAŽIVANJA (CC)DRUŠTVENA ISTRAŽIVANJA (CC) FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (CC)FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (CC) INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE AESTHETICS AND INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE AESTHETICS AND

SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC (CC)SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC (CC) STROJARSTVO (CC)STROJARSTVO (CC)


ISI Thomson SCIexISI Thomson SCIex

CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING QUARTERLY ENGINEERING QUARTERLY

MATHEMATICAL INEQUALITIES & MATHEMATICAL INEQUALITIES & APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS

METALURGIJA METALURGIJA NEUROLOGIA CROATICA NEUROLOGIA CROATICA PERIODICUM BIOLOGORUMPERIODICUM BIOLOGORUM TEKSTIL TEKSTIL VETERINARSKI ARHIV VETERINARSKI ARHIV


Science in CroatiaScience in Croatia

financed through financed through 20002000 scientific scientific research projects research projects governed bygoverned by three-year contractsthree-year contracts

15000 publications15000 publications annualy annualy (in (in nationalnational and international journals and international journals, , books, conference proceedings books, conference proceedings etc.) according Croatian Scientific etc.) according Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)Bibliography (CROSBI)


Two main directionsTwo main directions

1.1. Organisation of information Organisation of information resources for scientists to resources for scientists to support their research and their support their research and their teaching activitiesteaching activities

2.2. Organisation of information Organisation of information about Croatian scienceabout Croatian science


Organisation of Organisation of information resourcesinformation resources union catalogues union catalogues

(1992)(1992) well organized well organized

library web sites library web sites (1994)(1994)

tematic portals – tematic portals – ZIND (2004)ZIND (2004)

EJOL portal for e-EJOL portal for e-journals (2003)journals (2003)

Center for Online Center for Online databases portal databases portal (1995)(1995)


Organisation of Organisation of information about information about Croatian scienceCroatian science CROSBI (1997)CROSBI (1997) Who’s Who in Who’s Who in

Science in Croatia Science in Croatia (2003)(2003)

HRČAK (2005)HRČAK (2005) promotion and promotion and

implementation of implementation of OA green and OA green and golden roads in golden roads in Croatia (2005)Croatia (2005)


First initiativesFirst initiatives

HIDD - working group for OA HIDD - working group for OA (information specialists/librarians (information specialists/librarians and scientists) – and scientists) – since 2003since 2003

strategy for making all Croatian strategy for making all Croatian scientific production openly scientific production openly accessible - making it more accessible - making it more visible in the world!visible in the world!


Importance of Importance of partnershippartnership

with the Ministry of Science, Eduacation and with the Ministry of Science, Eduacation and SportsSports

wiwith facultyth faculty

aamong institutionsmong institutions

wwith corporate partnersith corporate partners

– OvidOvid

– EBSCOEBSCO

– Elsevier/ScirusElsevier/Scirus

iinternationallynternationally


Strategy for OA in Strategy for OA in CroatiaCroatia network of institutional repositories network of institutional repositories

+ ensuring metadata exchange + ensuring metadata exchange with Croatian and international with Croatian and international metadata providers (= metadata providers (= green roadgreen road) )

single access point to all Croatian single access point to all Croatian e-journals + converting as many e-journals + converting as many journals to journals to gold gold journals as journals as possible (= possible (= golden roadgolden road))


Green road: OAI Green road: OAI repositories & CROSBIrepositories & CROSBI no institutional repositories in no institutional repositories in

CroatiaCroatia in some disciplines - self-archiving in some disciplines - self-archiving

in international subject-based in international subject-based archives (arXiv, E-LIS)archives (arXiv, E-LIS)

possibility of self-archiving in possibility of self-archiving in CROSBICROSBI ( (~~3000 full papers)3000 full papers)

Open Archives Referral Centre - Open Archives Referral Centre - http://referalni.lss.hr/OpenArchiveshttp://referalni.lss.hr/OpenArchives


““Open access in Open access in Croatia” – CARNets’ Croatia” – CARNets’ projectproject:: promotion of the OAI (lectures, workshops, promotion of the OAI (lectures, workshops,

pamphlets, posters...)pamphlets, posters...) support for institutional repositoriessupport for institutional repositories

– co-operation of institutions, librariesco-operation of institutions, libraries and and government government

add OAI functionality to CROSBIadd OAI functionality to CROSBI metadata harvesting and access portal metadata harvesting and access portal

(search)(search) foster the exchange and reuse of foster the exchange and reuse of

metadatametadata– CROSBI, inst. repositories, HRČAK, libraries’ OPACs, CROSBI, inst. repositories, HRČAK, libraries’ OPACs,

other information service providersother information service providers


Golden road: HRČAKGolden road: HRČAK

discussions on OA often stress “discussions on OA often stress “author-paysauthor-pays” ” and neglect “and neglect “subsidisedsubsidised” model of OA journals” model of OA journals– in Croatia “in Croatia “subsidisedsubsidised” model has special ” model has special

importanceimportance majority of scientific and professional journals majority of scientific and professional journals

in Croatia are subsidised by the Governmentin Croatia are subsidised by the Government– mostly non-profit journals whose publishers are mostly non-profit journals whose publishers are

learned societieslearned societies– a number of them cannot even afford an online a number of them cannot even afford an online

editionedition


...... for such for such ««smallsmall»» journals (if they are in journals (if they are in

English) - being OA can contribute a lot to their English) - being OA can contribute a lot to their successsuccess

HRČAK HRČAK (project of SRC(project of SRCee & HIDD WG) & HIDD WG)

– providing a tool for easy online publishing of providing a tool for easy online publishing of OA journalOA journal

– providing a single access point for searching providing a single access point for searching and browsing and browsing

– OAI compliance (ensuring greater visibility OAI compliance (ensuring greater visibility in the world)in the world)

– such arrangement can be beneficial and such arrangement can be beneficial and acceptable for both - journals and usersacceptable for both - journals and users


Importance for smaller Importance for smaller countriescountries

there are there are 892.442892.442 journal articles journal articles published in 2005 and indexed in published in 2005 and indexed in Current Contents databaseCurrent Contents database

(from USA 279.095)(from USA 279.095) from Croatia -from Croatia -1.3021.302 (at least one (at least one

author from Croatia)author from Croatia) there are there are 15.91615.916 items published in items published in

2005 and indexed in CROSBI, 2005 and indexed in CROSBI, 5.3845.384 are journal articlesare journal articles

it’s important to make them more it’s important to make them more visible!visible!

Dr Rafael Ball, Research Centre Jülich, CenDr Rafael Ball, Research Centre Jülich, Central Librarytral Library

Ball’s 7 thesisBall’s 7 thesis1. Open Access is a matter of concern for the

scientific community2. Open Access is needed if libraries are to

establish themselves as a market power in the information marketplace

3. Science needs a new model of scientific communication

4. Open Access grants everyone access to information, even those who cannot afford subscription content

5. Open Access is an alternative to the established publication process

6. Open Access is a never-ending process7. Everyone’s a winner with Open Access

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