Snagging Funds for Your Articles: VT’s OPEN ACCESS SUBVENTION FUND Gail McMillan Director, Digital Research & Scholarship Services University Libraries, Virginia Tech NLI, Oct. 22, 2013

Reputation Economy in Academia Publishing models changing Libraries respond to changes  Hosting  Publishing  Subvention funds

Article Processing Fees Open Access Subvention Funds Support OA journals  All articles are publicly available Support hybrid journals  Some OA articles  Some subscription-only articles

Where do the $$$ come from? Dean of University Libraries Provost Vice President for Research 2-year pilot project $24,00/year

Is there any money left? For authors that do not have any other source of funding. $ per article  Max $ per author per year  Prorated for multiple Virginia Tech co-authors $1500 distributed among the Virginia Tech co- authors 3 authors of one article subsidized at $500 each

Who can you take advantage of OASF? The Virginia Tech community  Faculty  Staff  Graduate students  Undergraduate students

Qualify 1.Author a scholarly peer-reviewed article accepted for publication in open access or hybrid journal 2.Publisher is a member of OASPA or complies with its code of conduct 3.Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)DOAJ 4.Hybrid journal publishers reduce institutional subscriptions 5.Funds allocated in order requests received

Apply Name PID Department and college Status Article: title, journal, publisher Publisher’s fee Amount requested Link to journal’s OA policy No alternative sources of article support

Review, vet, prioritize, notify Applications reviewed by team of librarians  Gail McMillan, fund manager Funds Eligibility Guidelines notification (10 days)

Last steps How are APC paid?  Notice to authors includes Where to have the invoice sent, or Proof of payment for reimbursement Acknowledge VT OASF in published article Also submit article to VTechWorks

Who has used the VT OASF? FY2013: 29 requests  22 articles supported  55 VT authors  $24, FY requests as of Oct. 19  15 articles supported  43 VT authors  $18,020.50

Articles VT OASF supported to-date

Journals VT OASF has supported Acta Crystallographica Section E Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Applied Physics Letters BioMed Central Microbiology BioMed Central Public Health BioMed Central Research Notes BioMed Central Systems Biology BioMed Central Veterinary Research Cancer Prevention Research Frontiers in Antimicrobials, Resistance, and Chemotherapy Health IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing International Breastfeeding Journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing International Mathematical Forum Journal of Dairy Science Journal of Medical Internet Research - Research Protocols Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research Micromachines Nucleic Acids Research Optics Express Public Library of Science One Remote Access VISAAUG2013BLB Wetlands

VT Open Access Subvention Fund Open access subvention fund  Gail McMillan 