1 Working together to strengthen research in Europe Open access and preservation: how can knowledge sharing be improved in ERA? (session 1.5) Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK

2 Working together to strengthen research in Europe The background The Web allows faster, wider, deeper dissemination of research outputs Affordability and accessibility problems are thus resolvable Industry, which innovates upon basic research, has poor access to that research in Europe The Commission, as a research funder, has so far mandated that Open Access be provided for 20% of FP7-funded outputs

3 Working together to strengthen research in Europe Creation and sharing of knowledge Looking forward to a new Framework Programme Scientific outputs are changing (datasets) Scientific practices are changing (e-science) Semantic technologies will play an increasingly important role in scientific research (data- and text-mining) Open Access is an enabling mechanism for all these things

4 Working together to strengthen research in Europe The exploitation of research results Three major challenges: To provide research outputs in an openly accessible way that permits easy re-use To create a European research communication ecosystem where digital publications, data, software and the tools to manipulate these things work together seamlessly To provide discover, search and retrieve systems that deliver scientific outputs to all stakeholders, including innovative industries

5 Working together to strengthen research in Europe Recommendations: Open Access for the long term Expand the Commissions current policy to cover 100% of FP-funded work (publications) Require a formal data management plan for every project Fund data management (~10-15% of each project cost) Encourage and enable XML as the common standard Provide a legal regime that is appropriate for academic research needs, enables re-use and encourages sharing Pilot an e-journal registration service to serve long term preservation practices Establish suitable financial mechanisms to enable Open Access publication

6 Working together to strengthen research in Europe Recommendations: research communication ecosystem Interoperability: encourage institutions to adopt common, effective policies for OA, and standards that allow sharing and re-use (e.g. CERIF) Coordinate national policies and practices to make ERA the world leader in research sharing culture Coordinate development of facilities in Member States to store and preserve research outputs Support and reward researchers who participate in knowledge sharing (new systems of assessment, recognition and reward)

7 Working together to strengthen research in Europe Recommendations: delivery of research outputs to stakeholders In particular, provide assistance to innovating SMEs to enable them to discover, find and obtain research material that they need to create future wealth Remember that stakeholders are the research community, the public, our European neighbours and the world at large