The 5th SPARC Japan SeminarThe 5 SPARC Japan Seminar

“An open access business model“An open access business model and researchers' attitudes”

Oct. 20, 2009National Institute of Informatics

Moderator: Kazuhiro Hayashi (Th Ch i l S i t f J )(The Chemical Society of Japan)

20082008

Open Access DayOpen Access Day

Special Seminar

“What is the most appropriate OAWhat is the most appropriate OA model for Japan?”

Oct. 14, 2008National Institute of InformaticsNational Institute of Informatics

StakeholdersStakeholders

Speakers(2008)• Society Publisher: Ms. Nagai• Librarian with IR activity: Mr TomitaLibrarian with IR activity: Mr. Tomita• Not-for-profit private organization: Mr.

B dBando• Research librarian: Mr. SatoResearch librarian: Mr. Sato

M d t K H hi• Moderator: K. Hayashi

20092009Open Access WeekOpen Access Week

3 events in Japan3 events in Japan

• 20th SPARC Japan seminar– Discussing trends in “typical” OA activitiesg yp– From OA publisher and Scientific researcher

23 d O A W k F id & Ni ht• 23rd OpenAccessWeek Friday & Night– Discussing potential power and related

matters of OA (e-Science, OpenCourseWare, Creative Commons)

• 19th -23rd IRcuresILL eventEnhancing the use of IR before asking ILL– Enhancing the use of IR before asking ILL

openaccessweek.jp IRcuresILL

About this seminarAbout this seminar“A b i d l d“An open access business model and

researchers' attitudes”

• First case of collaborating with Library and P bli h t i SPARC J iPublisher to organize a SPARC Japan seminar

• OA=Commercial Publisher × Library• “×” means a battle?× means a battle?• Not today

Two case studyTwo case study

From Publisher side• BioMedCentral : one of the most successful OA

publisher– Historyy– Business model– Vision

From Library side• Prof Tochinai : A biologist and OA&IR friendly• Prof. Tochinai : A biologist and OA&IR-friendly

researcherResearcher’s honest idea to OA– Researcher s honest idea to OA

2 way approach2 way approach

• Commercial Publisher (Springer) ↓↓

• BMC & Charlotte (publisher and editor) ↓↓

• [[OPEN ACCESS]] “×” means synergy↑

• Prof. Tochinai (IR friendly researcher) ( y )↑

• Library & IR• Library & IRTo work out OA, not to fight

Today’s stakeholdersToday s stakeholders

Audience from• Society and Commercial Publishers• Libraries and Research librarianLibraries and Research librarian• Printers and Vendors• Scientific Researchers• Governmental Sections• Governmental Sections• Bloggers (less than last year)• And more,,,

Mission and Goal• Understand current OA activities from

one of the most successful OAone of the most successful OA publishers

• Understand current researchers’• Understand current researchers attitudes towards OA activitiesT l OA l→To learn OA properly

→To establish a good model for scholarly communications themselves

What’s your thought?(afterwards)