open access: the university perspective
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Open Access presentation for CoSS June 2014TRANSCRIPT
the University perspective
Suzanne Atkins : Open Access & Research Publications AdvisorDigital Assets TeamWhat does open access mean for you? June 2014
What are we doing at UoB?
Guidance
Compliance
Preservation
All increasing the visibility of your research
Guidance
Different routes to Open Access (Green or Gold)
Funder and publisher policies
Copyright issues
Gold Article processing charge (APC) paid
Author/ institution usually pay
APC to publisher
Free and immediate access on journal’s
usual platform
Green Self-Archive version in
Open Access repository
No fees paid to
publisher
RCUK accept a range of embargo
periods after publication
Usually accepted version
(post print)
Compliance
In many cases, researchers can upload final draft manuscript to Pure and be compliant with funders and publishers policies (Green OA)
Library manages central budget for APCs for Gold Open Access
Reporting to funders/ preparing for the ‘post-2014’ REF – HEFCE OA policy (Apr 2016)
Preservation
Institutional repository for OA publications: UBIRA/Pure
Metadata to ensure discoverability and visibility
Developing preservation of research datasets
As researchers, what do you want from publishing?
or
Top tips for authors
Go as open as you can by depositing final drafts in PURE/UBIRA
Keep accepted final draft version of your work
Be familiar with your publisher conditions. Read any CTA you sign about your rights
If you are funded check what your obligations are on dissemination
Open Access support for researchers
Library Services support for Open Access
Intranet Open Access pageshttps://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/openaccess/
Contact the Digital Assets [email protected]