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The challenge of International Open AccessSustaining services
Introductory remarks and background
Starting assumption
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=+Open access
servicesCultural/
behavioural change
Policies
Knowledge exchange partnership
Five key national agencies and bodies within Europe responsible for the development of infrastructure and services to support the use ICT within education and research.
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German Research Foundation
Jisc (United Kingdom)
Denmark’s ElectronicResearch Library
SURF (Netherlands)
CSC – IT Centre for Science (Finland)
Project team
Rob Johnson,Director
Mattia Fosci,Consultant
Saskia Franken,Project manager and consultant – Open Access
Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access adviser and researcher
Defining the problem
Defining the problem
1. On what services do OA policies depend?
2. What are the risks to policy implementation?
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The challenge of International Open Access
OA archiving
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OA compliance
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How do policies relate to services?
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Policies
Compliance
Services
Standards
How do policies relate to services?
»Interdependent
»Organic
»Transnational
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The challenge of International Open Access
Which services matter most?
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So, what is the problem?
1. Governance2. Sustainability3. Fragmentation4. Incoherence
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Services
Infrastructure
A solution?
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»Do nothing?
»Support only the most important services?
»Body or architecture to oversee OA services?
An international body to oversee OA services
To promote and facilitate the development of an open scholarly infrastructure, in support of the transition to widespread open access to published scholarly outputs.
Mission:»Maintain a register of the
most important OA services
»Make recommendations on their funding, sustainability and the need for new services
»Collect and distribute funding from funders/HEIs to service providers
Activities
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An international body to oversee OA services
»Gauge stakeholder support»New or existing body?»European or global?»Determine mechanisms for funding, governance and decision-making
Next steps
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jisc.ac.uk
Thank you, and questions?Feedback welcome, now or by emailNeil JacobsHead of scholarly communications [email protected]
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Rob JohnsonDirector, Research [email protected]
