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Putting Down Roots: Securing the Future of Open Access Policies Rob Johnson, Director, Research Consulting Pasteur4OA Final Conference 18 May 2016

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Page 1: Securing the future of OA policies - Rob Johnson

Putting Down Roots: Securing the Future of

Open Access Policies

Rob Johnson, Director, Research Consulting

Pasteur4OA Final Conference

18 May 2016

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Defining the

problem:

1. On what

services do OA

policies depend?

2. What are the

risks to policy

implementation?

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Starting assumption….

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Breaking down the problem

3 Policy

components

6 Service

categories

12 Policy

elements

18 Service

subcategories

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How do

policies relate

to services?

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Where are we now?

1. Broad commonality in OA

policies

2. OA policies depend on OA

services

3. OA services are fragmented and

poorly supported

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Envisioning a Co-ordinating Body for OA

ServicesRob Johnson, Director, Research Consulting

Pasteur4OA Final Conference

18 May 2016

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Mission:

To promote and facilitate the

development of an open scholarly

infrastructure, in order to enable the

widest possible legal dissemination and

usage of the published outputs of

scholarly research.

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1. Maintain a register of key OA services

2. Assess sustainability, governance,

usage and interoperability.

3. Publish recommendations on funding,

risks and new services required

4. Collect and distribute funding

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Activities:

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Key issues and concerns

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Interaction

with existing

bodies

Must be

‘lightweight’

Proposed

scope is too

broad

Funding and

finance – who

pays, and how?

Needs a

‘sponsor’

organisation

Sounds too

interventionist

What will it cost

to run the body,

and support key

services?

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“Support work in progress and further develop Principles for Open

Scholarly Infrastructures to set up concerted mechanisms and fund

initiatives to maintain a register of key open access

services that address sustainability, governance,

usage and interoperability.

Publish the recommendations on funding and risks in a

workshop in order to derive a generic approach for such services in

general.”

Amsterdam call for

action on Open

Science:

http://www.eua.be/activities-services/news/newsitem/2016/04/14/dutch-presidency-issues-

amsterdam-call-for-action-on-open-science

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Discussions underway between key

service providers to set up a small-

scale pilot

Watch this space….

“A coalition

of the

willing”

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For more information…

Contact:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @rschconsulting

Website: www.researchconsulting.co.uk

www.knowledge-exchange.info