OPEN ACCESS MANDATES

Charles Darwin UniversityOffice of Library Services

•What is an open access mandate?

• A policy that requires researchers to make their published, peer-reviewed material, available open access

Source: Wikimedia Commons: Summary

NHMRC Mandate

• July 2012

• Applies to any documents accepted for publication from 1 July 2012

• Applies to peer reviewed journal articles

• Metadata deposited on acceptance

• Post print or published version to be deposited in IR within 12 months

ARC Mandate

• January 2013

• Applies to funding granted after 1 Jan 2013

• Applies to peer reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters

• Metadata deposited on acceptance

• Post print or published version to be deposited in IR within 12 months

What are some implications of Open Access mandates for researchers?• Self-archive publications in an institutional

repository

• Deposit citation metadata in the institutional repository in the first instance

• And when available, deposit appropriate full-text version in institutional repository

Some questions that may arise 1:

• Where will I publish my research?

• There is no restriction on where you publish

• If I choose to publish in a gold OA journal how will I fund this?

• Neither mandate refers to payments for APCs, but some grant allocations may be used

Some questions that may arise 2:

• If I choose to publish in a journal that requires a subscription, what provisions does the publisher make in order for me to comply with my funders’ open access policy?

• Some journals allow gold open access or deposit of post print

• Where does my funder require that I deposit my publication?

• OA Institutional Repository

If you are not able to comply because:• Publisher does not allow deposit of appropriate

version (published or post-print)

• Copyright agreement doesn’t allow publication to be made available within 12 months

• Publisher never allows the publication to be made available

• Intellectual Property reasons

• Cultural sensitivities

• Give an explanation with the reason/s in the final report to the funding body.

So what do you need to do at CDU?

• Once article/book/book chapter accepted, submit your metadata with CDU eSpace

• Once article/book/book chapter is published, submit the Post Print / Published version with CDU eSpace

• All enquiries to:

library-digitisation@cdu.edu.au

References

ARC Open Access Policy 2013, Australian Research Council, viewed 1 October 2013,<http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm>.

Comparison of ARC & NHMRC policies 2013, Australian Open Access Support Group, viewed 1 October 2013, <http://aoasg.org.au/resources/comparison-of-arc-nhmrc-policies/>.

Open access and espace@Curtin 2013, Curtin University, viewed 27 September 2013, <http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/open-access>.

Open access toolkit 2013, University of Western Australia, viewed 4 October 2013, <http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/content.php?pid=398996&sid=3267095>.