Open Access: its contribution to developing a National Information Strategy in Scotland Elaine Fulton Director Scottish Library and Information Council Website:

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Scottish Library and Information Council  Advisory body Scottish Government and members Advocacy and promotion Standards  Current Activity ICT development in libraries, Interoperability, Standards schools, FE, public, Cultural Commission, Content Creation, Cultural Portal, Reader Development, Prison libraries, 21 st C govt, consultancy support to members…..

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Enabling Seamless Access : call for a National Information Strategy  Knowledge  Skills  Creativity  Building democratic intellect- citizenship  Health  Impact of ICT on individuals and communities - National Grid for Learning. People’s Network projects

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Current Landscape  Knowledge economy  World Summit on Information Society  Economic development  e-government  Lifelong learning  Seamless access to information  Smart Successful Scotland - Digital Scotland and its various guises  Social inclusion and Universal access  Falling population

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Current Landscape  Knowledge economy  World Summit on Information Society  Economic development  e-government  Lifelong learning  Seamless access to information  Smart Successful Scotland - Digital Scotland and its various guises  Social inclusion and Universal access  Falling population

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Drivers for Open Access in Scotland  National Licensing  Cost of subscription models  24/7 services  Scottish Information Environment  Development of Co-operative Networks – Scottish Science Strategy Working Group, Resource Sharing Scotland  UK House of Commons Committee on Scientific Publications

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Research Funding in Scotland Source: Universities Scotland  wins 12 per cent of the total UK funding council resources for research.  wins 12 per cent of the research councils' resources for research.  wins 13 per cent of government research departments' resources for research.  wins 12 per cent of the EU research resources spent in the UK.  has 16 per cent of all UK departments rated in the top three RAE categories.  has 12.5 per cent of all 5 and 5** - rated departments in the UK.  has 12.1 per cent of UK research active staff submitted to the 2001 RAE.

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – Why?  Widening Access  Economic Opportunity – Scottish Enterprise, SME’s Former students?  Best Value – modernising, 21 st C, efficient government  Help secure future of Scottish Higher Education  Inclusive  Quality kite mark for Scottish Research Community  Scotland the Brand – leaders in the global knowledge economy

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – Why? Securing the Digital Future  OCLC Report. Five Year Information Format Trends, March 2004 Rightly or wrongly, in the information seekers start with the web. Information seekers have increased expectations – Martini principle Availability v format

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – Why?  How do we ensure that these information seekers can easily access Scottish Research?  Any impact of Freedom of Information legislation  Not just science but health, Enterprise, culture, government, environment…  Open Access Repositories, with the right metadata, will create a quality resource to market Scottish Research

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – The Story so far  Scottish Science Strategy Working Group  3 sub groups National Licensing Science Portal Open Access  Development of the Scottish Open Access Declaration  11 th October Open Access Event

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 The declaration “The timely, universal and organised dissemination of advances in scientific and public policy research is fundamental to the proper operation of a modern society, in terms of community awareness and empowerment, economic advance, and optimal functioning of health, education and other vital services. For Scotland, this means not only gaining access to the fruits of research from throughout the world but also exposing the endeavours of our researchers as widely as possible to the world at large.

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Issues raised by Speakers  Copyright and IPR  Turning point for research publishing  Researchers V Publishers rights  Is All use fair use?  Information Overload  Who should pay?

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – The Story so far – 11 th October 2004  Majority of HE Institutions have signed up.  SLIC will be ensuring that this is an intrinsic element of its own Innovation and Development programme.  Funding Councils are supportive to this approach. Details need to be pursued

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004 Open Access – Next steps  Establish institutional or shared repositories, which meet interoperable metadata standards, to ensure effective and efficient retrieval of information  Encourage researchers to at least publish a Executive summary and deposit this  Continue to lobby Scottish Executive to offer its support and ensure that publicly funded research has to be published for the wider public good.

Scottish Library and Information Council 2004  TAKK Contact: Wiswisawn Article – summary of activity