1. The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities: are we there yet? Denise R. Nicholson Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Wider Gauteng IR Forum Workshop – 4 September 2014

2. FOER Strategic Plan 2010 – encourages staff to deposit in IR Berlin Declaration signed – November 2012 Author’s Addendum launched November 2012 Wits Information Sheet on OA – October 2013 OA Brochures - 2012, 2013 and 2014 OA Week events on campus each year All these can be found under OA@Wits at: http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication No OA Policy as yet. Wits OA Strategy

3. Regular talks & notices about OA to staff and PG students Initiated talks with Research Office re: integration of Info-Ed RIMS with WIREDSPACE in 2011 - still liaising with Info-Ed – very expensive! Appointed Data Services Librarian - 2012 Library OA and Digitisation Workgroups merged – Jan 2014 Copyright Services Librarian upgraded to Scholarly Communications Librarian - to promote OA, OA publishing & IR Libguides published ( see: http://libguides.wits.ac.za/profile/copyright )http://libguides.wits.ac.za/profile/copyright  Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication – Oct 2010 Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication  Open Educational Resources (OERs) – Sept 2011 Open Educational Resources (OERs)  WIREDSPACE – Jan 2012 WIREDSPACE  Open Educational Resources for Humanities & Social Sciences – Feb 2014 Open Educational Resources for Humanities & Social Sciences Library Initiatives

4. Sent various OA documents to Research Office and are liaising with Research Office, DVC: Knowledge Management and ICT, DVC: Research and VC’s office regarding OA Policy Drafted document for URC Committee meeting in October 2014 recommending an automatic integration process between Research Office/Info-Ed RIMS system and WIREDSPACE, and Immediate Deposit/Optional Access Policy (QUT, Australia and many others, have this policy in place). Will attend the URC meeting in October 2014 and hope a decision on an OA Policy will be taken then. Will still need to go to Senate before any policy is adopted. Recommend a National OA Policy – to avoid each institution re-inventing the wheel and to save millions in public-funded money in the process. Moving Forward

5. Scholarly Communication/Publishing - http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ScholarlyCommunication Accredited DHET Journals (& ones without apcs) - http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=308241&sid=3817596 The Immediate-Deposit/Optional-Access (ID/OA) Mandate: Rationale and Model - http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/71-guid.html ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies - http://roarmap.eprints.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (no apcs) - http://doaj.org (click on Search then Publication Charges, then No Charges, on left of screen) Useful Resources

6. Policy Design and Implementation Monitoring for Open Access - http://blogs.plos.org/opens/2014/09/03/policy-design- and-implementation-monitoring-for-open-access/ Opening Access to Southern African Research: Recommendations for University Managers - http://openuct.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/media/SCAP_Brief_4 _Swan_et_al_Opening_Access.pdf Useful Documents

7. Denise R. Nicholson Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za Free online information service – subscribe @: http://www.africanlii.org/blogs/denise http://www.africanlii.org/blogs/denise Thank You