Libraries in the evolving scholarly communication environment: case studies from EIFL network

Iryna KuchmaEIFL Open Access programme manager

Open Access and the Changing Role of Libraries, August 9, 2010, Gothenburg

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Who we are

EIFL is an international not-for-profit organisation with a base in Europe and a

global network of partners

(libraries organised in national library consortia)

Our mission

Enabling access to knowledge through libraries in developing and transition countries to

contribute to sustainable economic and social development

Core initiativesAccess to Knowledge for Education, Learning

and Research

EIFL Open access, EIFL Consortium management, EIFL-Licensing, EIFL-IP, EIFL-FOSS

Access to Knowledge for Sustainable Livelihoods

EIFL-PLIP: Public Library Innovation Program

48 EIFL partner countries

EIFL OAWe advocate for the adoption of open access

policies and mandates by research funding agencies, universities and research organizations

nationally and internationally

We build capacities to launch open access repositories, and to ensure their long-term

sustainability

EIFL OA (2) We empower library professionals, scholars,

educators and students to become open access advocates

Training & knowledge sharing

EIFL OA (3)36 workshops in 26 countries with participants

from over 50 countries (awareness raising, advocacy and capacity building, 2008-2010)

16 open access mandates (China, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, South Africa & Ukraine)

257 open repositories in 36 countries

2,455 open access journals in 34 countries

EIFL OA (4)Report on Open Repository Development in

Developing and Transition countries

(EIFL, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd)

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2010_07_05_report-on-open

Report on the implementation of open content licenses in developing and transition countries

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2010_07_09_report-on-implementation

Key objectives 2010 - 2011Coordinating open access policies

Encouraging networking and knowledge sharing (OA repositories and OA journals)

Outreach campaigns to the research community and students

OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe)

China - National Science Library, CAS

China – NSL CAS (2)

a Knowledge repository http://ir.las.ac.cn

Open access mandate

Key objectives 2010 - 2011Coordinating open access policies

Encouraging networking and knowledge sharing (OA repositories and OA journals)

Outreach campaigns to the research community and students

OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe)

Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium

Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network

a National open repository eLABa (Electronic Academic Library of Lithuania http://elaba.library.lt):

Lithuanian ETDs, books, journals, conference proceedings, working papers, data

a Law on Science of the Republic of Lithuania requires public access to research results

Vilnius University – Open Access mandate

Mozambique

Ukraine

Macedonia

Digital repositories support (2)

Macedonia (2)

Moldova

http://www.library.up.ac.za/openup/docs/UPmandateAfrica.pdf

UkraineOpen access to research outputs funded from

the state budget of Ukraine

(the Law of Ukraine “On the principles of Developing Information Society in Ukraine in 2007-2015”,

January 9, 2007 )

As a result of this mandate 1,300 journals are publicly available http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/portal

Armenia - Fundamental Scientific Library, NAS

Serbia http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs

Serbia http://scindeks.nb.rs

Open Repository Development

Report on Open Repository Development in Developing and Transition countries

(EIFL, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd)

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2010_07_05_report-on-open

Motivations83% to increase the visibility of the institution's

research output

66% to provide free access to the institution's research output

62% to preserve the institution's research output

Motivations (2)35% the repository was set up to help evaluate

researchers and departments

34% the repository was set up in response to requests from faculty

Stimulants57% Increased visibility and citations for the publications of the academics in our institution

32% Simple and user-friendly depositing process

32% Institutional policy of mandatory depositing

32% Awareness-raising efforts among the academics

Stimulants (2) 27% Interest from the decision makers within institution

16% The requirements of research-funding organisations in our country regarding depositing

research output in Open Access repositories

14% Policy to safeguard the long-term preservation of the deposited material

11% Institutional policy of accountability

11% Integration/linking of the digital repository with other systems in our institution

Inhibitors49% Lack of an institutional policy of mandatory

depositing

40% Lack of requirements of research funding organisations in our country regarding depositing

research output in Open Access repositories

33% Lack of interest from the decision makers

Inhibitors (2) 33% The situation with regard to copyright of (to be)

published materials and the knowledge about this among academics in our institution

30% Lack of an institutional policy of accountability

Lack of awareness-raising efforts among the academics in our institution

21% Lack of coordination of a national body for digital repositories

ChallengesMajor challenge: Content recruitment (42%)

Challenges:

50% Engendering faculty awareness and engagement

46% Securing adequate funding and other resources 42% Copyright issues

41% Communicating with faculty about the repository

35% Integrating the repository into workflow and other existing structures

31% Staffing issues

COAR

Working Groups 1. Repository content

Working Groups 3. Repository and Repository Networks Support & Training

COAR WG 3 – Who we areIryna Kuchma, EIFL (chair)

Marjan Vernooy, SURF (co-chair)

Neil Jacobs, JISC

Gyöngyi Karacsony, University and National Library University of Debrecen

Ikuko Tsuchide, DRF, Osaka University Library

Kathleen Shearer, CARL,

Paola C. Bongiovani, Sistema Nacional de Repositorios Digitales en Ciencia y Tecnología, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva)

Anja Oberländer, Universität Konstanz – Bibliothek, Projekt Open Access

Marnix van Berchum, SURF

Alenka Kavčič – Čolić, NUK

COAR WG 3 – why?Facilitating the emergence of new profession

- repository manager

Fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise

Sharing experiences and best practices

A global forum for the exchange of information and experiences

Knowledge sharing through peer-to-peer learning and information exchange

Community of professionals

Thank you! Questions?

iryna.kuchma[@]eifl.nethttp://www.eifl.net

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