overview of the new open access policy and open knowledge repository
DESCRIPTION
CommNet Learning Session, (March 28, 2012) Presenter: Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officer, Marketing Manager, The World Bank Links: http://wrld.bg/wvwOK http://openknowledge.worldbank.orgTRANSCRIPT
OVERVIEW OF THE NEW OPEN ACCESS POLICY AND OPEN KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY
Jose de Buerba
Sr. Publishing Officer
CommNet Learning Session
March 28, 2012
Thought the World Bank Couldn't Get any More Open?
… think again
Hello Open Access!Hello OKR!
OPEN DEVELOPMENT
Open Data (April 2010)
Access to Information Policy (July 2010)
Open Solutions/Tools (September 2010)
Open Access Policy to Research, Knowledge (July 2012)
KEY DATES
March 29 Knowledge and Learning Councilapproves Open Access Policy
w/o April 9 Open Access Policy announcement Open Knowledge Repository launch
May (TBD) Open Access Event
July 1 Open Access Policy goes into effect
Open Access Policy
Creative Commons
Open Knowledge Repository
NEW WORLD BANK OPEN ACCESS POLICY
WHAT IS OPEN ACCESS?
Origins of the Open Access movement 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative (Open Society
Inst.) 2003 Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing 2003 Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge
in the Sciences and Humanities
Open Access is: Online Free to access Free of most restrictions on re-use
Open Access ≠ Public Domain
OPEN ACCESS POLICY - SCOPE
Applies to manuscripts and all accompanying primary data sets: (a) that result from research, analysis, economic and
sector work, or development practice; (b) that have undergone peer review or have been
otherwise vetted and approved for release to the public; and
(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1, 2012.
Policy also applies to external research funded by the Bank
OPEN ACCESS POLICY - REQUIREMENTS
For work published by the World Bank Deposit on OKR final manuscripts & metadata Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
For work by Bank staff published externally Deposit on OKR final manuscripts & metadata Internal availability immediate External availability after Publisher's embargo CC Attribution – Non-Commercial – No-Derivatives
(CC BY NC ND)
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES
2. Change Copyright Practice
For content owned and published by the Bank
For content owned by theBank but published externally
CHANGE COPYRIGHT PRACTICEFROM © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO CREATIVE COMMONS
THE ADVANTAGES OF
Aligned with the spirit and intent of the Open Agenda
Reuse of content by third parties in creative ways Use, re-use, distribute and build-on the Bank’s work Text mining for innovative decision and/or research
tools Educator can compile content (e.g., chapters from
different books) and translate for localized course pack
The Bank positioned at forefront of Open Access
ANATOMY OF CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES
Machine Readable
Human Readable
Legal Code
OPENKNOWLEDGE.WORLDBANK.ORG
NEW WORLD BANK’S INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
WHAT IS THE OKR?
Official open access repository for Bank research outputs and knowledge products
Collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves Bank’s intellectual output
Interoperable with other repositories; supports optimal discoverability and re-usability of content Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) standards Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata
Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
BENEFITS OF THE OKR
Research and knowledge products only Interoperability CC BY for most content Citation information and permanent URI Journals articles
Links to version of record Full text (post publisher’s embargo) Working paper version (no embargo)
Chapters/books published externally (post-embargo) Links to micro-datasets (coming soon) Usage stats:
At item level Most viewed
Author’s tools (e.g., profiles, alerts…)
OKR CONTENT ON LAUNCH (APRIL 4)
World Bank published books (last 3 yrs.) All WDRs since 1978 PRWPs (last 3 yrs.) ESWs from (last 3 yrs.) Journal articles (2007-2010):
World Bank Economic Review (WBER) World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) Development Outreach
Content in languages other than English Annual Reports and IEG studies
TOTAL ≈ 2,100 WORKS TBD: Links to journal articles (some 2,000)
OKR CONTENT – COMING SOON
Content published prior to 2009
WBER and WBRO articles prior to 2007
Bank-authored content published by third-party publishers (journal articles, books and chapters)
Links to datasets associated with a specific work
Other knowledge products published by the Bank
OKR - DEMO
WHY?WHAT’S NEW?WHO BENEFITS?
WHY AN OPEN ACCESS POLICY?
Align with Bank’s Open Development Agenda Provide greater access to research and
knowledge outputs Encourage innovation allowing use and re-use
of Bank content Join a growing Open Access community (e.g.,
governments, universities, and other institutions)
The Bank will be the first IGO to implement an Open Access policy and adopt CC licenses
WHAT IS NEW?
Ease of access: OKR will be interoperable with other major
repositories such as RePEc, SSRN, Economist Online, or Google Scholar.
Ease of use and reuse: CC BY copyright license
New content: Content published by third parties
New features: Several browse options, advanced search, most
viewed content, citation information, permanent links, link to articles published outside, links to datasets...
WHO BENEFITS?
Externally: Researchers and students working on development
solutions Research center or policy think tank in Part 2
countries Policy makers in client countries
Internally: Authors of books, papers, book chapters… Communication staff in country offices Operations staff through greater ESW dissemination
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Help us spread the word Academics Policy makers Libraries, think tanks, research centers… Development practitioners
Communicate with staff in country offices
Particularly those that publish ESW
Give us feedback!
THANK YOU&
QUESTIONS
Contact Information:
Jose de Buerba
Sr. Publishing Officer