MODULE 2: Humanities

Disciplinary Traits in Scholarly Communication Long publication lifecycle Monograph culture and increasing significance of journals Print over Digital, but also increasing reliance on digitized materials High number of citations per publication Use of large number of primary sources Single authorship prevalent Library as a physical space; the library’s gateway is starting point for research Publication cost a substantial part of the research cost Statistics and citation scores not commonly used in evaluation

What Humanists produce & the significance of the monograph RIN and JISC Report, (2009), Communicating Knowledge: How and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their finding,[Online] Available at:

Open Access in the Humanities: status quo 1.Already long history and increasingly growing awareness: 70% of respondents in OAPEN survey familiar with OA publishing 2.But… slower uptake than in STM field 3.Overall, perception that OA is beneficial for research (eg. OAPEN and SOAP surveys), a change from past attitudes Obstacles Less skilled in technology Fear that the print book will become extinct Worries about long-term availability of electronic publications/data Long lifecycle of publications Speed of publication generally not a priority Electronic publishing, and OA publishing, not part of the professional advancement evaluation process Copyright issues Proprietary attitude towards data, unwillingness to share

OA and publishing values Digital Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Report on User Needs, Janneke Adema, Paul Rutten, OAPEN Project,

Open Access Monographs The Monograph Crisis: In fact an opportunity A new model: Open Access Monographs New pilot models for monograph publishing Characteristics: Disciplinary and Technological Funding models and sustainability

Open Data in the Humanities Benefits o Data preservation o Enables data-intensive research in new ways and check on past research o Enables linking (Linked data) o Scholars in the humanities hesitant Slow uptake! Motive: Digging into the data challenge: Canada, US, UK, Holland. Funding for data-intensive researchDigging into the data challenge

Some resources for Open Access Research in the Humanities Repositories Open Access Journals Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) JURN: Open Access Books OAPEN Re-press Open Humanities Press Open Access Data Open Context Archaeology Data Service:

What can you do in Open Access? Deposit your articles or data in an IR or a subject repository Negotiate your right to self-archive with your publisher Ask your publisher for Open Access options Publish in an Open Access journal or with an Open Access Book publisher Encourage your editorial board to support OA Participate in an editorial board of an OA journal Convert out of print works to digital objects and deposit them in a repository Participate in Open Access projects when your library invites you to Grant receipients: check you funder’s policies

Open up, get practical! Image from: Palepu –Giustini – BCLA Conference 2008 Remember it takes only 10 minutes per paper to self-archive!