1. UF Open Access Publishing Fund
Open Access Week 2011
October 26, 2011
Greetings:
Introduce self: Title, Director, Academic and Scholarly Outreach
Office, scholarly communications & open access, copyright support, administration of the UFOAP Fund.
Delighted to …

2. Open-access journal publishing in brief
Agenda
Open-access journal publishing in brief
Meet recipients of the UFOAP Fund
Introducing a new service: Open Journal Systems (OJS)
There are two ways to participate in OA publishing at UF: 1) self-archiving in the -- the portal to UF research output, and there is a separate session on this later this afternoon, and 2) publishing in an OA journal.
This session specifically focuses on the second method of open access and the resource we now have here at UF to support OA journal publishing—the UFOAP, and to enable you to hear from a handful of recipients of the UFOAP on the value of the Fund and OA publishing.
If time permits, we will also introduce a new service: Open Journal Systems for online OA journal editing and hosting your journal here at UF

3. OA journals are different:
PUBLISHING in an OA JOURNAL
OA journals are different:
free of charge to readers,
unrestricted and
online
Different funding model
What is an Open Access Journal?
Defined: OA journals are peer-reviewed, scholarly journals that are:
freely available to readers,
Relatively unrestricted in terms of copyright restrictions, and
online and available to anyone, anywhere, at anytime.
OA journal publishers use a different funding model: freely available to readers, but not necessarily “free”; instead of charging readers or their institutions (e.g., libraries) for access, a minority of OA journals have article processing fees – usually the responsibility of author, but covered by research grant and/or employing institution.

4. The Open Access Publishing Fund supports making UF research findings
UF OPEN ACCESS
PUBLISHING FUND
The Open Access Publishing Fund
supports making UF research findings
immediately, freely and globally
available through Open Access
publishing.
When funds are not available from other sources, the UFOAP Fund will assist UF authors by paying reasonable article processing fees for publishing in open access journals and for a portion of paid access fees charged by other publishers.
Articles that comply with the eligibility criteria are funded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please see the brochure and the website for details about eligibility criteria, the level of funding allowable, and the procedures and application process.

5. Began July 1, 2010 Lasts 18-24 months $120,000 provided by Provost
PILOT PROJECT
Began July 1, 2010
Lasts months
$120,000 provided by Provost
The pilot project began on July 1, 2010
$120,000 was provided by the Provost for months.
The funds do not replace grant or other funding. Researchers should be encouraged or reminded to include Article Processing Fees in their grants.
We have spent just over half the fund to date. The UFOAP Fund Mid-Term Report is available on the libraries’ homepage.

6. UFOAP Disbursements & Recipients
Number of applications approved : 72
Amount disbursed: $91,000+
UF researchers benefitted date: 207
34 UF academic departments and nine colleges
To date, we have
approved 72 applications,
disbursed over $91,000,
Benefitting a total of 207 Gators: faculty, students and staff, and
Reached 34 UF departments and 9 colleges.

7. Meet the Recipients
Jennifer Elder, Professor and Associate Research Dean, College of Nursing
Wade Yang, Asst. Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition, CALS
Corey Simon, Graduate Student, Physical Therapy, PHHP
Steven George, Physical Therapy, PHHP
David Reed, Mammals Curator, Museum of Natural History
Questions Posed:
Why do you support open access publishing?
What has open access publishing meant for your research impact?
How did you find the UFOAP process?
How has the UF Open Access Publishing Fund helped you to disseminate your research?
What impact do you think this open access publication will have on your academic career? 
Meet the Recipients:

8. Open Journal Systems (OJS)
OJS: software for online journal editing
OJS software and journal hosting is now available
Contact: Library Liaison
Laurie Taylor, Interim Director, DLC
Christine Ross, Scholarly Communications Librarian
OJS, Open Journal Systems, is software for editorial workflows for online OA journals
Because of the Libraries commitment to open access to research, it is providing Open Journal Systems (OJS) to host academic journals for UF faculty. UF faculty have already launched online open access journals, and several have adopted OJS offered through the Libraries.
In fact, would like to recognize with us today is: Professor Emeritus, Hunt Davis, Jr., who is the Editor-in-Chief, African Studies Q, published since 1997, internationally-recognized scholarly journal, that happens to be online and OA.
OJS has a highly configurable system for editorial workflows and is replete with many editorial features:
Online author submission
Various peer-review processes (e.g., blind, double-blind, or open)
Online management of copyediting, layout, and proofreading
Delegation of editorial responsibilities according to journal sections
Management of publication schedule and ongoing journal archiving
Customizable presentation features
Multilingual interface supporting 10 languages
Support for a variety of reader tools, e.g. RSS feeds & share buttons
For More Info, Contact: Your Library Liaison, or Laurie Taylor, Interim Director, Digital Library Center, and/or Christine Ross, Scholarly Communications Librarian, who I would like to introduce to you now to talk about Copyright and Author’s Rights

9. QQuestions aAnd CComments
Questions? For me or any of our recipients?
In closing: I want to thank you for your attendance today, and your interest in OA.