Open Access at the World Bank

OA Policy and Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) InteroperabilityJose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officer

Paschal Ssemaganda, Publishing Officer

CONFERENCE ON “OPEN ACCESS, KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IN

UGANDA”BUGOLOBI, KAMPALA, 21ST MAY 2013

“We need to do development differently”

Robert B. Zoellick, Former President, The World Bank Group

New Direction: Democratizing DevelopmentWe need to throw open the doors, recognizing that others can find and create their own solutions. We need to recognize that development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower. The aim is to open the treasure chest of the World Bank’s data and knowledge to every village health care worker, every researcher, everyone. Georgetown University, September 2010

THE WORLD BANK OPEN AGENDA

Embracing Openness

Strategic Review ofWorld Bank Publishing

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Why an Open Access Policy?

• To provide greater access to Bank research and knowledge outputs

• To encourage innovation allowing use and re-use (i.e., derivative works, translations, text-mining,etc.)

• To join a growing Open Access community (e.g., governments, universities, and other institutions)

• To align Bank’s Publishing with Bank’s Open Development Agenda

Policy Scope

WB OA Policy applies to manuscripts and accompanying data sets that:

(a) that result from research, analysis, and economic and sector work;

(b) that have undergone peer review or have been otherwise vetted and approved for release to the public; and

(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1, 2012.

1. For works published by the Bank− Available immediately in OKR

− Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

2. For works by Bank staff published externally (mostly journal articles)

‒ Working paper version available immediately in OKR under CC BY

‒ Final, peer-reviewed Accepted Author Manuscript (AAM), available in OKR after Publisher's embargo under CC BY NC ND (unless more liberal license is accepted)

Policy Requirements

Policy Compliance1. Bank Published Works

Content type: 1.Books2.Working Papers3.Economic and Sector Work4.Micro-datasets

Policy Compliance2. Works Published

Externally 1. New publishing agreements with academic

publishers (publishing and posting agreements)

2. New manuscript submission workflows (from author to external publishers)

3. Ingestion of AAM into Bank repository (OKR)

4. Creation and curation of metadata for each AAM

5. Communication strategy

World Bank PublishingIntranet web site

Internal Training

Step-by-Step Guides for Authors

Paschal

Four Comparative Advantages

1. Optimal Discoverability: • Interoperable with other repositories• Adherence to Open Access standards (Dublin Core

metadata and OAI-PMH)• Systematic metadata curation process

2. Intuitive Interface: • Several browse options, advanced search, most

viewed content, citation information, permanent links, etc.

• Built on DSpace - OA platform3. Allows Use, Reuse and Building-on Bank’s Work: • CC BY copyright license

4. New Content: • Content published by external Publishers

1 million downloads in 1 year (44% from developing countries)

Total Downloads

Advanced Metrics

Improving interoperability

The problem: All or nothingDSpace is limited in flexibility for metadata

harvesters.

The solution: A bit of this and thatAllow filtering via facets like country and

topic to create virtual sets. The resultant XML output is OAI-PMH compliant and exportable

The benefit: More exchange of metadata

Conclusions1. We are at very early stages in Open Access

publishing.

2. Academic publishers are rebuilding their business models: some embrace, some resist and some hide.

3. Different government approaches to OA in the UK (Gold OA) and US (Green OA) has created some confusion.

4. Institutional mandated embargo periods are not as strong as government mandates (E.g., WB Vs. NIH).

5. Open Repositories built on open software (DSpace, ePrints) increase dissemination significantly… but marketing and outreach is very important.

6. WB focused on technical innovations and building new partnerships to drive usage and discovery

Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officerjdebuerba@worldbank.org

Paschal Ssemaganda, Publishing Officerpssemaganda@worldbank.org