using services and compliance with rcuk and hefce policies: romeo, juliet, and fact scounul...
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Using services and compliance with RCUK and HEFCE policies:
RoMEO, JULIET, and FACT
SCOUNUL Conference Fringe27th June 2014
Bill HubbardDirector, Centre for Research Communications
The place of funders
• Funder policies are the key• Funders are “upstream” of all research
activity• Other policies have to respond to and respect
these policies - and if they don’t, then the political question can be asked - why not?
• Conversely, without funder backing, what can succeed?
Funding and policies
• UK Government• Research Councils UK• UK Research Assessment 2020
Pity the researcher . . .
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Policy clashes
• Complex, restrictive policies– some publishers, e.g. Elsevier, have policies that
change if the institution or funder has a policy!
• Push for take-up of hybrid option, for a fee– concerns of double-dipping, on national scale– speculation on fee-levels in future
• Moves into asking for rights in data?• Consider place of publisher in process • Overall picture fragmenting
Integrated policy framework
• Authors and researchers have clarity• Responsibility for compliance check is defined• Funders adopt common policies• Institutions harmonise their policies with funders• Publishers simplify their response and adapt• . . . and systems for archiving, payment,
compliance, etc in place and automated
Support infrastructure
• Repository• Mediated deposit service• OA publication funds• Institutional OA support service• Gold fee finance systems• Institutional policies• Funder grant compliance systems• Research assessment planning
Support examples
• RoMEO - summarises Publisher policies• JULIET - summarises Funder policies• FACT - combined policy advice for authors• OpenDOAR - lists OA repositories• DOAJ - lists OA journals• OAK - payment intermediary for OA fees• CORE - UK national aggregation• OpenAIRE - European policy support
Support examples - URLs
• OpenDOAR - www.opendoar.org• DOAJ - www.doaj.org• RoMEO - www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo• JULIET - www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet• FACT - www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact• OAK - www.openaccesskey.com• CORE - core.kmi.open.ac.uk• OpenAIRE - www.openaire.eu
Discussion
Abstract
• Funders, authors and readers may want open access to research, but can they achieve it? A researcher who has been encouraged to make their work open has to deal with regulations, guidance, and mandates from their institution, their funders, their publisher and their national government. These policies are often complex and can be ambiguous, or in conflict with each other. A supportive policy environment and guidance through the relationship of one policy to another has proved to be essential for real progress in opening access to research. How should policies support the researcher and the research process? How can policies based on commercial profit fit into an open environment? What role do funders have in protecting their investment and the public interest? The session will address these issues, reflect on current policies and suggest best practice.