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UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
LERU and Open Access and E-Presses
Dr Paul Ayris
Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright OfficerPresident of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
e-mail: [email protected]
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Contents
Association of American
University Presses
Report (March 2011) UCL Case Study
UCL Open Access mandate E-Publishing initiatives
Possible next steps for UCL
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Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presseshttp://aaupnet.org/resources/reports/business_models/a
aupbusinessmodels2011.pdf Current business model, sales of print copy, to identified
markets, is no longer sustainable Position for books is complex. Many experiments are
underway, supported by a variety of business models, which will have to co-exist with traditional print-based models for some time
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These will include market-based revenues and institutional support, with a growing emphasis on the latter, particularly in Open Access publishing
Need for collaboration among scholarly publishers is more evident than ever, among Libraries E-Presses Funders Content providers
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What does the Report recommend?
1. Pool information to avoid duplication of effort2. Collaborative partnerships between different stakeholders
should be encouraged3. For smaller University Presses, the ability to gain funds
from external sources will be vital to underpin their move to the production of digital books
4. Open Access publishing is strongly supported by many Universities and scholars as a matter of principle
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5. Open Access will not succeed unless viable Business Models can be identified and this is a discussion in which all stakeholders should be involved
Based on
at http://www.aaupnet.org/resources/reports/0910digitalsurvey.pdf
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Association of American
University Presses
Report (March 2011) UCL Case Study
UCL Open Access mandate E-Publishing initiatives
Possible next steps for UCL
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UCL has an Open Access mandate In the first phase, UCL´s Academic Board, in May 2009,
agreed two principles to underpin UCL’s publication activity and to support its scholarly mission: That, copyright permissions allowing, a copy of all research
outputs should be deposited in the UCL repository in Open Access The second phase of implementing the mandate was
accomplished in Autumn 2010 when UCL’s Academic Board ratified a formal Publications Policy which expands on the two principles agreed in 2009
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Close collaboration in the University’s Academic Board and liaison with academic colleagues has been important in taking forward a broad Open Access policy in UCL
A second important driver has been the linking of UCL’s Open Access mandate to a pan-university Publications Policy with Open Access as the result, copyright permissions allowing
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UCL Discovery is UCL’s Open Access repository As of March 2011, the number of full-text deposits were:
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In 2010 almost 532,000 records were downloaded from the system, compared to some 305,000 in 2009.
UCL Discovery received some 143,000 hits per day in December 2010
76% of its user traffic came from search engines UCL Discovery is a global service Highest number of downloads in 2010 by country were
from the UK, with the second highest from USA, and the third highest from China
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All UCL’s work has, thus far, been directed towards implementing the Green route for Open Access Aligning copyright/IPR frameworks Producing a UCL Publications Policy, approved by the academic
Senate Building capacity in terms of infrastructure to support the move
towards Open Access Putting in place workflows to support the new processes
How can these developments now support moves to Gold Open Access publishing?
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Association of American
University Presses
Report (March 2011) UCL Case Study
UCL Open Access mandate E-Publishing initiatives
Possible next steps for UCL
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UCL Publications Board favours work in 4 broad areas: Research publications, particularly research monographs and
conference proceedings Teaching support, particularly textbooks Journal publication Data publication
UCL is minded to take forward work in all these areas, in a phased way
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Research publications, particularly research monographs UCL is considering collaborative ventures
Perhaps with commercial Open Access publishers in the UK or further afield
Issues raised by the AAUP Report of March 2011 concerning print and digital, collaborations and Business Models need to be addressed in a sustainable way
UCL Discovery could develop a publications layer for Conference proceedings for Conferences held in UCL. Conference proceedings are difficult to place with commercial publishers
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Teaching support, particularly textbooks Further work needs to be done in this area UCL Publications Board, however, has noted that UCL-
authored textbooks, such as those designed for first year undergraduates in STEM subjects, could be licensed in order to generate income for UCL, rather than such students purchasing items directly from booksellers
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Journal Publishing There is great interest in UCL in developing an overlay
journal publishing system, based on copy housed in UCL Discovery
Development work being planned would build on the earlier successful RIOJA project (2008) See http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/11927/
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Data Publication UCL is developing its own in-house data curation system
called the UCL Research Data Service The position being advocated for primary data is that it
should be viewed as Open data, unless otherwise constrained by funding agreements/data protection legislation/the EU Database Directive
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Roles and responsibilities are being identified via the UCL Research Data Service Project Board
UCL Publications Board is particularly keen on addressing the question of Laboratory Notebooks Currently available in print and e-formats How can UCL present these in a systematic way? What level of access can be granted to such outputs?
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Contents
Association of American
University Presses
Report (March 2011) UCL Case Study
UCL Open Access mandate E-Publishing initiatives
Possible next steps for UCL
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Next Steps for UCL
Collaborate with LERU
members in identified areas Discuss and agree ways
forward with LERU members on issues raised by AAUP Report
Discuss possibilities for a European E-Press as the framework to take issues of Gold Open Access Publishing forward
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Next Steps for UCL
If you have been… Thanks for listening
Happy to hear your views