Caren Milloy, Head of Projects, JISC #oapenuk
58 HSS titles: Experimental Group (29 titles) Experimental Group (29 titles) Control Group (29 titles) Control Group (29 titles) OA with CC licence OAPEN Library Publishers website Institutional Repository Google Books (100%) OA with CC licence OAPEN Library Publishers website Institutional Repository Google Books (100%) Standard e-book agreements Publishers website E-book aggregators Google Books (10%) Standard e-book agreements Publishers website E-book aggregators Google Books (10%) Print version available for sale E-book device friendly version available for sale Print version available for sale E-book device friendly version available for sale
The research programme 1.How policies, processes and mechanisms need to change in order to enable OA publication of monographs? 2.What are the measurable effects of a move to OA monographs? 3.How do perceptions of OA monograph publication change among participants during the #oapenuk
OAPEN-UK Research Plan Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Research process Initiation Year 1 end Year 2 end Project end 1. Literature review 2. Annual benchmarking survey 4. Initial scoping interviews / survey 3. Initial focus groups 5. Quantitative data analysis 6. Annual participant focus groups 7. Planning for year 3 8. Additional year 3 activities 9. Final evaluation and report 1. Literature review 2. Annual benchmarking survey 4. Surveys, case studies / in-depth interview 3. Initial focus groups 5. Quantitative data analysis 6. Annual participant focus groups 7. Planning for year 3 8. Additional year 3 activities 9. Final evaluation and report
The HSS researcher survey
About the respondents
Open access awareness
Creative Commons
Profits from publishing
Author priorities
Publisher choices
Author services
Author priorities
Self-publishing
Scholarly communications goals
Conclusions Considerable potential for OAPEN-UK-style open access model Need to increase confidence and understanding of Creative Commons A push for CC BY may alienate researchers?? Need to investigate researchers understanding of publisher’s services Encourage authors to care more about post publication elements Quality is paramount – need to ensure that OA model tackles negative perceptions
Thank you & Further Info OAPEN-UK website: uk.jiscebooks.org/ Diigo Group: OAPEN-UK Caren Milloy #oapenuk