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Moving beyond borders: open access publishing in the age of globalism Julia Gross

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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 2011

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Page 1: Moving beyond borders

Moving beyond borders:

open access publishing in the age of globalism

Julia Gross

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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

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Scholarly communication crisis

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Key stakeholders

publishers authors libraries scholars

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“Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist”

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Publishers

The big 3 STM publishers

Research is publically funded– Authors not paid– Publishers get free content

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Publishers side of the argument

Provide support for research

Meet a need

Manage publication process

Manage peer review process

Ensure quality

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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

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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

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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)

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is there another

way

forward ?

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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

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Open Access – how?

Green RoadAuthor self archives

Institutional e-repository

Discipline repository

Gold RoadAuthor publishes in OA journal

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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

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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

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E-Repositories

Published works

book chapters, conference papers

journal articles, working papers

Digital formats

media, music, images

Dissertations

Conference and journal publishing

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Growth in E-Repositories 2003-

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E-Repositories worldwide 2100+

Europe

Americas

Asia

Other

23%

17%

1314%

Europe

Asia

Americas

Other

46%

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ECU’s E-Repository

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Repository Open access journal

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Humanities Open Access journals

Open Humanities Press

Culture Machine

Postmodern Culture

Australian Humanities Review

First Monday

Digital Humanities Quarterly

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Vanishing borders?

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Thankyouany questions?