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Open Access Gets Tough
Phil Sykes – University of Liverpool
UKSG Conference, Bournemouth 2012
Open Access Two Years Ago
Open Access Now
What’s happened so farWhere we are nowSome thoughts on what we do next
Covering three things
High hopes at the turn of the century and gentle progress since the Budapest Declaration in 2002
Laaslo and Bjork survey in 2010 indicated that◦2.7% of published articles going into
institutional repositories◦5.3% into Open Access journals◦2% Open Access in hybrid journals
History
UK Government very unsupportive to OA until recently
Profound change with the appointment of strongly pro open access David Willets
Willetts convened Round Table in March 2011 saying issue was not “whether” OA but “when” and “how
Finch Group convened to answer the question “How can we make a breakthrough”
History (2)
OA best taken forward through Gold Open Access
Earmarked funding should be provided by research funder for OA
Articles should be made available on a liberal Creative Commons licence (CC-BY)
Finch recommendations
Gold makes it possible for articles to be released on a liberal reuse licence. Minimum obstacles to text-mining etc.
Needed to recommend something that would effect a dynamic changes
Version of record of the article becomes instantly available- no waiting
Why did Finch go for Gold?
Researchers they funded had to publish on an OA basis in journals that complied with their policy
◦ Gold option; or◦ Green option with maximum six month
embargo period (12 in social sciences and humanities
◦ Provided funding for 45% to be published on Gold OA basis in 2013-14
◦ Required CC-BY
What happened next? : Research Councils UK policy
Allowed longer embargo periods for Green when the publisher provides a Gold option which the author doesn’t take up (Elsevier interpreting that as allowing 48 months!)
OA is “a journey”. No need for 100% of articles to be in OA form in year 1. 45% have to be in OA form in 2013-14; but no prescription as to balance of Gold and Green
RCUK made concessions
Central proposition: in order to be submitted to REF 2020 research outputs, subject to exceptions to be agreed, have to be published in OA form
Tone more even handed as between Green and Gold than RCUK policy
HEFCE not making any specified funding available
On licences and embargoes would like to align with RCUK
HEFCE consultation about consultations
The triumph of Open Access is now inevitable
Thank you. Goodbye
The End of History
The current situation results from a very fortuitous combination of circumstances: David Willetts and key personnel in funding bodies all strongly pro-OA
So we have to be resolute and make use of the improbable opportunity we now have.
We have to provide strong support nationally through our professional bodies and skilled advocacy on campus
We have to make Gold work too!
Then again, maybe not.
Open Access Gets Tough
Phil Sykes – University of Liverpool
UKSG Conference, Bournemouth 2012