Open Access Initiatives Memorial University Libraries Lisa Goddard Scholarly Communications Librarian April 2011
A quick definition Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. - Peter Suber, 2007
Open Access Initiatives GOLD OA Author’s Fund OA Publisher Subscriptions Open Journal Systems GREEN Research Repository
OA Journal Business Models Academy Funded Advertising Author Fees Institutional Memberships
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Author Fees Some OA journals charge author fees Author pays $ $3000 After article reviewed & accepted
OA Author’s Fund $20,000 in FY 2012 Faculty & graduate students Up to $3000 each per year
Eligibility a) Journal content is peer-reviewed. b) Journal does not charge subscription fees for any of its content. c) Author retains copyright over his or her work.
Institutional Subscriptions
OA Journal Hosting
Open Access MUN
research.library.mun.ca
Research Repository Pilot To gauge faculty interest. To understand faculty needs. To assess the quality of self-archiving. To determine best practices. To learn together.
What can faculty submit? Published articles Book chapters Finished data sets Reports Performances Conference papers Lectures Presentations Creative and intellectual output
Content Recruitment
OA Evangelism Collections Librarians Scholarly Communications Librarian The Open Library aka All of us.
Target Major Researchers
Article Indexes
Institutional Bibliographies
Self-Submission
Self Submission: Metadata
Self Submission: Rights
Deposit Agreement
Depositor Agreement Certifies that he/she has the right to submit material. Indemnifies the library from responsibility for copyright violations. Right to submit and remove material at discretion.
Library Rights To remove materials that violate copyright. To make copies for purposes of preservation. To migrate formats for purposes of preservation.
Library Help & Support Approve submissions Mediate submissions Copyright checking Metadata support
OA Benefits: Visibility & Citation
Visibility in Google
Indexing in Google Scholar
Social Media Sharing
Institutional Access Faculty and students do not have access to 20% of articles authored by Bucknell faculty.
Global Readership
More Citations
OA Benefits: Author Retains Copyright
Reuse
Sharing with Colleagues
Course Websites
Online C.V.
Departmental Portfolio
Thank you. Lisa Goddard Scholarly Communications Librarian