LIBER and Open Access - Los proyectos Open Access de LIBER

Semana del Acceso Abierto Peru, 25 October 2011

The LIBER Open Access projects – Los proyectos Open Access de LIBER

Wouter SchallierExecutive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)

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http://www.libereurope.eu/


Contents1. What does LIBER do?2. We live in a (primary) data world3. E-science and Open Access4. ODE project5. DART Europe6. LERU Roadmap towards Open Access7. MedOANet8. OA events9. Conclusions


“Making the case for European research libraries”

LIBER = the largest network of European research/academic libraries: 425 institutions, from over 40 countries

Mission: to represent and promote the interests of European research/academic libraries Formulate a European strategy for research libraries Knowledge sharing and dissemination, fostering partnerships Advocacy and lobbying


Strategy 2009-2012: areas of interest http://www.libereurope.eu/activities

Scholarly CommunicationsE-science, OA

Digitisation and Resource DiscoveryEuropeana, copyright

Heritage Collections and Preservation Organisation and Human Resources Architecture, quality and benchmarking, security, library

passport

http://www.libereurope.eu/activities


Sharing data is a necessity, not a luxury

The world is changing: From an information to a (primary) data society

Data deluge: now and even more in the future

Mission of research institutes: doing research and disseminating the results

We need NEW models for scholarly communication

Open Access

Cf. Obama admin, EC: open public data

Universities

Research libraries and data centres


Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice

Image: NASA


It’s all about laaaaaarge amounts of data

“Data are no longer considered as interim products to be discarded once the research reporting them is published. Rather, they have become important sources of scholarly content to be used and re-used.”Borgman, The role of libraries in e-science

Image: http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/pictures/mtpc40rowsRawData.gifRaw data from a central Pb+Pb event for 40 rows of the Main TPC


Making data usable/useful

Data description and identification Organisation Data protection, privacy regulations, ethical issues Visualisation Interpretation Preservation Persistent link between publications and datasets Integrated search

http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/LogBook.html


Making data usable/useful (2) Validation and peer review of data Data quality and integrity Interoperability Repositories Control over correct usage Selection Data publication Citation…


This is e-science … and no science fiction

Large scale computing resources

Data-intensive

Carried out over the internet

Collaborative (team science, virtual science communities)

Distributed (networked science)

Interdisciplinary

Heterogeneous

Quick and wide dissemination


The paradox of e-science

I share my data because I want/need your data

Vs.

I don’t share data because it doesn’t help my career It is MY data and I keep them safely stored on my laptop I don’t want other people to make misuse of my data


Opportunities for data exchange

Data sharing is smart: it is efficient, avoids duplication, stimulates the

advancement of science about transparency: it allows re-analysis about enrichment: it adds value to traditional publications rewarding: requirement for publicly funded research

3 perspectives: researchers, publishers, libraries and data centres

http://www.ode-project.eu/


There is no other way

E-science is a reality and Open Access goes hand in hand with it

Research output needs stable and trustworthy Access Storage


Challenges for research libraries/data centres

Directly contribute to more efficient/transparent research and education (open scholarschip, open knowledge)

Getting involved in the research and education workflows Set new priorities


DART Europe OA e-theses portal

Portal for discovery of European research theses in Open Access Run by UCL (University College London) for LIBER At http://www.dart-europe.eu

228,665 research theses available (24 October 2011) from 359 European Universities in 20 European countries

http://www.dart-europe.eu/


Open Access to research theses

Theses freely available in Open Access are more heavily used than paper equivalents

Example: Dublin City University, 2009

518 consultations of paper theses

16,212 downloads for the equivalent digital theses

See: Hill, R. and Moyle, M. (2010) http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19955

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19955


LERU.org

LERU (League of European Research Universities): Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Université de Genève, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Helsingin yliopisto (University of Helsinki), Universiteit Leiden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Imperial College London, University College London, Lunds universitet, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München, University of Oxford, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris-Sud 11, Université de Strasbourg, Universiteit Utrecht, Universität Zürich


LERU Roadmap towards Open Access

Top-level findingsOpen Access can be viewed in the wider context

of Open Scholarship and Open KnowledgeEach LERU University could consider appointing a senior

Officer to act as Open Access championSome LERU Universities are interested in collaborations

over Open Access publishing, particularly for Open Access monograph publishing in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences


LERU Roadmap towards Open Access (2)

Roadmap highlights current LERU practices UCL (University College London) Open Access mandatePublications fund in the University of BarcelonaAward-winning strategy for Open Access in the

University of Zürich Roadmap available via

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1310639/http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1310639/

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/


Green route

Institutional repositories provide a basis for Open Access approaches (para. 20)

Costs vary from €30,000 - €242,000 per year in the UK (para. 22)

Communications Strategy needed to support advocacy (para. 23)

Universities need to be clear about what type of material is being deposited (para. 25)


Green route (2)

University of Helsinki requires authors to deposit copies of their research articles published in academic journals in HELDA – the institutional repository (para. 25)

Open Access Strategy should be embedded in pan- University Strategies (para. 30) Research Copyright Teaching & Learning


Green route (3)

LERU Universities can consider adopting Open Access mandates at an institutional level (paras 32-34)

Authors should not assign their copyright to publishers Better model is for authors to grant non-exclusive rights to an

author to publish (para. 35)

Research data, once made available in Open Access, opens up opportunities for re-use and collaboration (para. 36)


Green route (4)

There is a gap in the current European infrastructure for long-term secure digital preservation Certainly as concerns Open Access repositories and Open

Access journals LERU, research funders and other stakeholders can work

together to identify what infrastructure is needed and who should provide it (para. 38)


Gold route

Changes are taking place in scholarly publishing across the world and LERU institutions are not exempt (para. 40)

Sustainable Business Models for Gold Open Access publishing need to be developed (para. 42)

Two models currently exist Full Open Access journals Hybrid Journals, which allow Author-Pays charges

Problem of ‘double dipping’ should be addressed (paras 43-4)


Gold route (2)

LERU, perhaps with others, could investigate reductions in Author Payment charges with publishers and membership fees with Open Access publishers (para. 46)

Changes to existing publishing models will incur transition costs

LERU and/or other Universities can work with other stakeholders to leverage funding (para. 48)

LERU institutions can work with Open Access monograph publishers

Particularly where the languages are other than English (para. 49)


Gold route (3)

There is a need for a cross-institutional study to identify University commitments to the current publishing models Authorships Peer reviewingMembership of Editorial Boards

Resulting study would act as a baseline for future developments into the Open Access arena (para. 51)


MedOANet

Co-ordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures at the national and regional Member State level

Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey Online ‘Mediterranean Open Access Tracker’


Events

LIBER 41st Annual Conference, Estonia, June 2012http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/

OAI8, Geneva, June 2013

http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/


Thanks to dr Paul Ayris for the slides on DART Europe and LERU

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