1. OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING Eric Forte, Associate Dean, Library Services Marilyn Moody, Dean, University Libraries Peggy Cooper, Associate Dean, Library Collections Boise State University Albertsons Library Its Impact on You!

2. What is Open Access? Freely available research materials Peer-reviewed scholarly articles Preprints and working papers No or limited copyright restrictions Free to read Free to share

3. Why did Open Access Arise? Evolution of Scholarly Publishing Private publishers Taking over publishing on behalf of scientific societies Low cost of inputs: automakers vs. journal publishers automakers journal publishers Price inelasticity for journals: chart chart

4. Why did Open Access Arise? Pt. II $$$$$$$ Serials inflation chart chart2 chartchart2 Exploding research subfields Publishers start new journals; eager editors Serials explosion chart chart2 chartchart2 Decreased reach and impact Decreased access to taxpayer funded research (taxpayer access) (OECD)taxpayer accessOECD Decreased impact of research (impact)impact

5. How and when did Open Access emerge? Growth Coincides with Internet Advocacy, Law and Policy BBB Budapest (text)text Bethesda (text)text Berlin (text)text Nobel Winners Nobel letter Nobel letter Nat’l Institutes of Health (NIH Public Access Policy)NIH Public Access Policy Harvard (Harvard Faculty policy)Harvard Faculty policy

6. Summary: Why Support Open Access? Increase impact of research Increase availability of research Responsible use of tax and research dollars- AND library budgets

7. Why NOT Open Access? Barriers (text)text STM Publishers object (PRISM)PRISM Investors in STM publishing object Cost of producing open access

8. Open Access in Action OA Journals Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)DOAJ Public Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS BioMed Central (for-profit OA)for-profit OA ‘Green’ Open Access Publishers (policies) (self-archiving)policiesself-archiving Institutional Repositories (list) (list2)listlist2 Disciplinary Repositories (RePec) (ArXiv)RePecArXiv

9. What you can do to support OA? Author/Researcher Education (Create Change) (Framing the Issue)Create ChangeFraming the Issue Copyright Education (Scholar’s Copyright Addendum engine)Scholar’s Copyright Addendum engine Editor Education (start an OA journal)start an OA journal Repository Education Creating repositories (SPARC Guide)SPARC Guide Self Archiving (link)link Open Access metadata (link)link

10. It’s the End! Libraries in an Open Access World? ILL? Gutted! Serials Collections? Huh? Disciplinary discovery databases? I’m good with a search engine, thanks anyway (and thanks metadata)

11. The Boise State Strategy HINT…it’s not about the blue turf…

12. Key Elements Research Distribution Policy/Strategy Institutional Repository+ Faculty Education Campus Wide Initiative Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations

13. Research Distribution Strategy Initially Sparked by NASULGC (David Shulenburger Remarks)David Shulenburger Remarks Campus Wide Top-Level Initiative Provost and VP for Academic Affairs VP for Research Dean, Graduate College Dean, University Libraries

14. Why? Greater access to Boise State research for students, researchers, Idaho citizens and the general public More people reading and using research, more citations, higher prestige, more public value, greater leverage of funding

15. Institutional Repository + In process of purchasing Digital Commons/Selected Works Open access for faculty publications Publishing platform for other university research publications Open access journal publishing Open access to undergraduate research

16. Faculty Education Scholarly Communication Issues Open Access Issues NIH Requirements Use of Institutional Repository What’s in it for me?

17. Open Access ETDs Graduate College committed to open access electronic theses and dissertations Digital Commons provides publishing platform Requires campus buy-in and dialogue about possible options (embargoes, etc.)

18. THANK YOU!