Open Access policies in Developing and Transition

Countries

Iryna Kuchma, eIFL Open Access program manager, eIFL.netPresented at the Science and Technology Libraries Section

"Open Access to Science and Technology Research Worldwide: Strategies and Best Practices"

25 August, 75th IFLA World Conference, Milan, Italy

eIFL.net

4 000 libraries in 46 countries

eIFL Open Access (OA)

OA policies and mandates

Helicopter flight

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National policies UASince January 2007 Ukraine

has a law: proposed mandate for open

access to publicly funded research

more than 150 Ukrainian University librarians

endorsed OA to knowledge statement

National policies UA 2

Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine

http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua:8080/dspace/ OAI-PMH:

http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua:8080/dspace-oai/request

Software: DSpace

National policies LTa new Lithuanian law on

science

requires online access

for publicly-funded research

Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network

was recognised as one the most active players in the

field of OA in Lithuania (by CREST members and observers)

University Associations EU & SAEuropean University Association:

“Universities should develop institutional policies and strategies that foster the

availability of their quality-controlled research results for the broadest possible range of

users, maximising their visibility, accessibility

and scientific impact. The basic approach …should be the creation of an institutional

repository or participation in a shared repository…

http://www.eua.be/fileadmin/user_upload/files/Policy_Positions/Recommendations_Open_Access_adopted_by_the_EUA_Council_on_26th_of_March_2008_final.

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Universities HK, BY, RU, UA

Hong Kong Universities proposed OA policy for

publicly-funded research

all have OA repositories

University policies RU & UA

University mandates UA

University mandates UA 2The open access policy

adopted by Ternopil State Ivan Pul'uj Technical University

(TSTU) mandates that all published journal articles

and conference papers be deposited in Electronic Archive of TSTU

(ELARTU) if there are no legal objections by publishers

University mandates UA 3ELARTU also encourages

and fully supports self-archiving of other research output

produced by scientists and students of the university

as well as other members of the scientific community

University mandates SA

University mandates SA 2To assist the University of Pretoria

in providing open access to scholarly articles resulting from research done at the University,

supported by public funding, staff and students are required to:

-- submit peer-reviewed postprints + the metadata of their articles to UPSpace, the University’s

institutional repository, AND-- give the University permission to make the content

freely available and to take necessary steps to preserve files in perpetuity.

University mandates SA 3Postprints are to be submitted immediately

upon acceptance for publication.Access to the full text of articles will be subject to

publisher permissions. Access will not be provided

if permission is in doubt or not available. In such cases, an abstract will be made available

for external internet searches to achieve maximum research visibility.

Access to the full text will be suppressed for a period if such an embargo is prescribed by the publisher/ funder.

University mandates SA 4The University of Pretoria

strongly recommends that transfer of copyright be avoided.

Researchers are encouraged to negotiate copyright terms with publishers when the publisher does not

allow archiving, reuse and sharing. This can be done by adding the official UP author

addendum to a publishing contract.

University mandates SA 5The University of Pretoria

encourages its authors to publish their research articles

in open access journals that are accredited.

Research organisations SA

The Academy of Science of South Africa

adopted an OA business model for the journals

Research organisations RUCentral Economics and Mathematics Institute of

Russian Academy of Sciences:

All researchers are mandated to immediately deposit

their papers/articles in the institutional Open Archive.

http://www.cemi.rssi.ru/rus/news/initiat-eng.htm

http://www.cemi.rssi.ru/rus/news/initiat-rus.htm

Why OA?

Opening up the outputs of the institution to the world

Maximizing the visibility and impact of these outputs

Showcasing the quality of the research in the institution

Why OA?

Collecting and curating the digital outputs of the institution

Managing and measuring research and teaching activities

Providing a workspace for work-in-progress and for collaborative and large-scale projects

Why OA?

Enabling and encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to research

Facilitating the development and sharing of digital teaching materials and aids

Supporting student endeavours, providing access to theses and dissertations

and a location for the development of e-portfolios

Why OA? Institutional and national level

research assessment and research management, bringing together research expertise

across the institution and country

Information rich collaboration, effective decision-making

and successful research activity

Improved governmental policy and public health care outcomes

Why OA mandates?(thank you Arthur Sale!)

Academics are busy and self-archiving (about 5 minutes on average)

is a last on the “to-do” list. Long experience has shown that however strong

the persuasion, voluntary deposits seldom exceed 20% of a university’s total publications.

Mandates work! (Sale, AHJ (2009) Academic Participation. In: Gaining the momentun: Open Access and

advancement of science and research, 14 May 2009, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa. (Unpublished): http://eprints.utas.edu.au/8693/)

Where are the libraries?Academic and research libraries

set up and maintain OA repositories and help researchers and students

to self-archive, become partners in open access publishing, help to create open educational resources,

promote open access and help to shape open access policies.

Key success factors

Involve key stakeholders: provosts,

faculty governance and the general counsel’s office,

academic staff (supporters and champions!), library staff,

technical and other support staff

Key success factors 2

Communicate and show your support to the faculty:

build awareness (seminars, discussions, presentations) and obtain the feedback

to determine the faculty support

Be ready to assist the faculty in complying with the policy

and to work with the publishers

Key success factors 3

Fit the repository to the institution wide

intellectual property rights policy and scholarly communications policy,

departmental digital stores of publications and an information management strategy

Key success factors 4

Generate statistics and management reports

from your institutional repository, collect usage

and item download statistics

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

Thank you!Questions?

Iryna Kuchmairyna.kuchma[at]eifl.net; www.eifl.net

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