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.
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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