moving beyond borders
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Presentation on open access published at the ASAA (Association for the Studies of Australasia in Asia) International Conference in Hyderabad, India, December 2011TRANSCRIPT
Moving beyond borders:
open access publishing in the age of globalism
Julia Gross
Moving beyond borders: open access
1. Scholarly communication crisis
2. Publishers, authors, libraries and scholars
3. Open Access movement
4. Institutional repositories
5. Role of library
Scholarly communication crisis
Key stakeholders
publishers authors libraries scholars
“Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist”
Publishers
The big 3 STM publishers
Research is publically funded– Authors not paid– Publishers get free content
Publishers side of the argument
Provide support for research
Meet a need
Manage publication process
Manage peer review process
Ensure quality
Authors
Authors interested in– Research outcomes– Citations and impact factors– Peer review, quality control– Career, academic promotion, tenure
Vested interest in the status quo
Authors value open access
Libraries
Online = library pays access fee to publisher
Licence agreements with publisher
Library budgets are under pressure
Percentage spent on journals increasing
Journal price increases33% 2007-2011 over 5 years
Less money for books
Scholars
Scholars need access to publications
Scholars loose out in closed access
Only staff/students of institution get access
Not free to those outside institution
Journals charge toll-access to articles
e. g. US$30 per journal article (Elsevier)
is there another
way
forward ?
Open Access (OA)
Open access to publicly funded research
Budapest OA Initiative 2002
OA embraced by research funders, libraries, scholars
OA benefitsGreater exposure
Universal access
Discovery via Google
Open Access – how?
Green RoadAuthor self archives
Institutional e-repository
Discipline repository
Gold RoadAuthor publishes in OA journal
Advantages of E-Repositories
Free access to scholars
Available worldwide
Digital preservation for the long-term
Challenges the closed publishing model
Faster access
Citation benefits
Advantages of E-Repositories
Promotes and showcases research
Preserves research online
Stores and organises research
Optimised for Google search
Included in Google Scholar
Enhances scholarly communication
E-Repositories
Published works
book chapters, conference papers
journal articles, working papers
Digital formats
media, music, images
Dissertations
Conference and journal publishing
Growth in E-Repositories 2003-
E-Repositories worldwide 2100+
Europe
Americas
Asia
Other
23%
17%
1314%
Europe
Asia
Americas
Other
46%
ECU’s E-Repository
Repository Open access journal
Humanities Open Access journals
Open Humanities Press
Culture Machine
Postmodern Culture
Australian Humanities Review
First Monday
Digital Humanities Quarterly
Vanishing borders?
Thankyouany questions?