1. ALLA 2012 Conference 13 September 2012
A protected past and an open future, copyright, the library mission, and the 21st century
ALLA 2012 Conference
13 September 2012
Professor Tom Cochrane
Deputy Vice-Chancellor , (TILS)
Queensland University of Technology

2. Preservation as power
Umberto Eco

3. But … Preservation is Dispensable
(Image of Jorge de Burgos)

4. Enlightenment
Voltaire

5. Mass Literacy
Raymond Williams

6. The Challenge of the Intelligent Filter
José Ortega y Gasset

7. Access and Copyright
Larry Lessig

8. The Age of Openness?
Alma Swan
Stevan Harnad

9. Open Access - a Definition
“Open access is, simply, the idea that research articles should be freely, immediately and permanently available online to anyone, rather than locked away in subscription journals as many currently are.”
Zoe Corbyn, THES, 12 November 2009.

10. Open Access - Origin and Inevitability of the Concept
The Technology Enablers – the net + application
Economic Imperative - the input/output distortions of the scholarly publishing business (the issue of moral hazard)
Researcher Motivation – the ceaseless quest for recognition and/or impact

11. Green and Gold Significant difference between these two approaches
Support for both possible from an institution
The importance of the distinction for everyone, especially publishers

12. The Debate... Is there an enduring case against Open Access per se?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Green?
Likewise, the strengths and weaknesses of Gold?
The Finch Report and its critics

13. OA advantage The funder The institution The researcher The community
The government
The disciplines

14. Green No additional fees Some costs to set up
Optimally, access at publication acceptance time
Embargoes may affect availability
Does not disturb subscription model/preserves traditional titles and their prestige
Nevertheless seen as a long term strategic threat by publishers, despite ten years of evidence so far
Institutional/Discipline Profile/Resource (Metrics for authors and Universities)

15. Gold New business model – requires new resources
New costs (as per Finch recommendations)?
Aggregation of resource to do new metrics
May not suit institution/discipline
Traditional publishers have possibility of adapting
Such adapting may lead to new price seeking behaviour

16. The Finch Report and its reaction
UK Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings (Dame Janet Finch)
Recommended Gold as preferred
Reaction from UK research universities to cost (up to UK 60M)
Reaction from OA advocates

17. The OA critique of Finch
Did not recognize ten years of preceding policy and practice in the UK
This includes 35% of outputs already Green cp 5% Gold
Gives support to “hybrid” Gold (where paid Gold access sits alongside subscription model)
Continues to draw funds out of Higher Education sector to large and very profitable publishers
Fails to see scale of future changes in research communication

18. Issues for the Next 10 Years
Access to what?
data
text
nanopublications
Libre or Gratis Access

19. Note:
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