05. Dezember 2012

Sustaining central funds for Open Access publicationsGerman positions on the topic

COASP2015, Amsterdam 15-17 Sep 2015, Margo Bargheer

https://www.open-access.net/community/weitere-veranstaltungen/workshop-publikationsfonds/

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DFG: fostering university-based OA publication funds

• 2009 launch of DFG program to support German universities in setting up central funds for Open Access payments (2009 – 2019)

• Transformation strategy rests on co-funding by universities, price caps at 2.000 EUR, no hybrid OA and rising co-funding ratio

• Limited to APC for articles (OpenAIRE2020 pilot also covers books and non-APC support)

• Proposals need to include detailed reporting on university‘s publishing output and Open Access ratio, sustainability schemes and processes

• More than 20 German universities run OA publication funds with DFG funding (appr 20 universities without DFG funds)

Nachhaltige OAP-FondsZahlen, Fakten, Trends und Fragen – Auswertung der Umfrage im

Vorfeld des Workshops

Dr. Johannes Fournier

Summary of survey and workshop

• 38 universities filled survey • Ø full universities with 2400

researchers• “OA is here to stay”

(repositories, OA policies)• 32 run OA publication fund,

6 plan to implement one, 34x done by library

• Ø 83,000 EUR volume, spent on 64 articles

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Challenges in sustaining funds, I: what is it?

2013: Anzahl APC-finanzierte OA-Artikel von UGOE-Ange-hörigen, aus UGOE-Kosten-stellen bezahlt

2013: Anzahl APC-finanzierte OA-Artikel von UGOE-Ange-hörigen, aus Publikationsfonds gezahlt

2013: Unklare Finanzierung kostenpflichtiger Open-Access-Artikel

2014: Anzahl APC-finanzierte OA-Artikel von UGOE-Ange-hörigen, aus UGOE-Kosten-stellen bezahlt 2014: Anzahl APC-finanzierte OA-Artikel von UGOE-Ange-hörigen, aus Publikationsfonds gezahlt 2014: Unklare Finanzierung kostenpflichtiger Open-Access-Artikel

2013

2014

181

126

88=395

Articles paid via individual UGOE budgets

Articles paid via UGOE‘sOA publication fund

Unknown payments, articles with UGOE corr. author

249

187

78= 514

Articles paid via individual UGOE budgets

Articles paid via UGOE‘sOA publication fund

Unknown payments, articles with UGOE corr. author

Minus in 2014: - 66.884,01 €

Average article price 1.263 € 1.346 €

Faculties articles 2013

costs 2013

Artikel 2014

Etat 2014

Kosten 2014

Medical School 52 69.030 € 101 30.000 € 137.896,76 €

University 74 90.156 € 86 (SUB) 30.000 €

112.847,25 €

DFG-funding 92.895 € UGOE-cofunding (25%) 30.965 € All (incl. 19% Tax) 126 159.186 € 187 183.860 € 250.744,01 €

Challenges in sustaining funds, II: what if they like it?

Challenges in sustaining funds, III: what will it be?

2013

2014

Year 2012 – 2014

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ff

Funding period 1 – 3 4 5 6 7 8 -

DFG- funding % 75% 75% 75% 75% 40% 40% 0%

Our funding % 25% 25% 25% 25% 60% 60% 100%

Cofunding medical school

30.000 30.000 negotiation negotiation negotiation negotiation negotiation

Library budget 20.000– 98.000

130.000 130.000* 130.000* 130.000* 130.000* New budget plan 2019 ff

Faculty X 0 0 X? X? X? X? X?

*) unclear whether DFG application and co-funding from university will continue

Challenges in sustaining funds, IV: how will we pay?

Open Access: Überblick und Finanzierung: 15. Januar 2013

openapc.github.io/openapc-de/

Challenges in sustaining funds, V: market distortion?

Summary of survey and workshop

• Majority of funds fully spent, ¼ overspent

• When demand exceeds offer, it calls for – Co-payment of authors

(project funding)– Co-payment by faculties

(additional strain on literature budget)

– No hybrid OA support (unless within clear offsetting models)

– Maintaining strict price caps

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Aspects of adequate Open Access publication system• Pluralism

diversity, discipline-specific publication cultures• Transparency

open and clear information on publishing services, prices and terms

• Competitionin a market largely resting on public funds, stakeholders on public side have to insist on competition for consumer’s benefit (f.e. via price caps)

• Economic viabilityfunding of services plus efficient business processes among all stakeholders involved

• Sustainability permanent access and extensive reuse rights are needed for further usage scenarios (VRE, social welfare, etc.)Adopted from „Positions on creating an Open Access publication market which is scholarly adequate”,

http://doi.org/10.2312/allianzoa.009

Thank you for your attention, happy to answer further questions

Margo Bargheer bargheer@sub.uni-goettingen.de, @margoline

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