Open BU 23 October 2013 Jack Ammerman

Open AccessNational policySustainabilityArticle Processing Charges 2/18/2016Open BU 2 Gold

Pure Gold (almost) 2/18/2016Open BU 3

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2009, Geomartin 2/18/2016Open BU 5

How many carats? By Original image: CNN 2/18/2016Open BU 6

How many carats? By Original image: Metallos [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA ( via Wikimedia Commons 2/18/2016Open BU 7

Open Access: Two Models  Gold Open Access  Open from publication  Hosted on publishing platform  A variety of business models  Directory of Open Access Journals 2/18/2016Open BU 8

Open Access: Two Models  Green Open Access  Sometimes an embargo  Often not the final publisher’s copy  Hosted on OA Repositories  OpenBU 2/18/2016Open BU 9

Open Access  Digital  Readable by humans  Readable by machines  Online  Free of Charge  Free of most copyright & licensing restriction 2/18/2016Open BU 10

(Hybrid) Gold Open Access 2/18/2016Open BU 11

How many carats? 2/18/2016Open BU 12

(Hybrid) Gold Open Access  Article  Journal  Generally incurs an Article Processing Charge 2/18/2016Open BU 13

(Hybrid) Gold Open Access  Digital  Readable by humans  Readable by machines  Online  Hosted on the Publisher’s web site along with non-OA articles.  Free of Charge to the reader  Free of most copyright & licensing restriction 2/18/2016Open BU 14

National Policy: UK 2/18/2016Open BU 15

The Finch Report  Recommends “Extended Access” rather than Open Access  Recommends paying for “hybrid” Gold Open Access rights without securing re-use rights  Out of line with other national policies 2/18/2016Open BU 16

Sustainability 2/18/2016Open BU 17

Economics of Hybrid Gold Open Access Publisher Expenses  Subscription Management  Peer Review Management  Editorial  Marketing  Publishing Platform  Access & Archiving Publisher Income  Subscriptions  Article Processing Fees  Avg. $1500-$3000 Open BU 18 2/18/2016

Economics of Hybrid Gold Open Access Institution Expenses  Subscription Researcher/Author Expense  Article Processing Fees Open BU 19 2/18/2016 $1500-$3000 $3000-$6000

National Policy: US 2/18/2016Open BU 20

Office of Science and Technology Policy 2/18/2016Open BU 21

 Ensure that the public can read, download, and analyze in digital form final peer-reviewed manuscripts or final published documents  Facilitate easy public search, analysis of, and access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications  Maximize access, by the general public and without charge, to digitally formatted scientific data  Allow the inclusion of appropriate costs for data management and access in proposals for funding Open BU 22 2/18/2016

SHARE  SHared Access Research Ecosystem  Association of Research Libraries  Association of American Universities  Association of Public Land-grant Universities Open BU 23 2/18/2016

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Open BU 25 2/18/2016 Thank you Questions?