Bringing the emphasis back
to Open Access
Bill Hubbard
RSP Autumn School,
Miskin Manor
9th November 2011
In the beginning was the Repository
Repositories were about Open Access to
research results
OA benefits for researchers, authors,
institutions, funders, the public
Objective was to reach the tipping point
Key was to get content
Vision was Open Access to the world’s
research
But then . . . .
Compromise and growth
First compromise was weak OA
When we built it, they didn’t come . . .
Content became a driver in itself
RAE horse and the IR cart
TARDIS and add the full-text later . . .
What happens when a researcher finds “access
denied” from an Open Access repository?
Institutional integration
Links to RPD, RAE, staff information pages,
staff web pages, departmental web pages,
research management systems, virtual learning
environments, eTheses collection, etc
Does integration mean a loss of identity?
Does that matter if goals are achieved?
Does integration bring a loss of focus?
Too many goals for too few resources?
Open Access eTheses
Open Data
Open Educational Resources
Grey literature
Open Peer Review, Web2.0, Open Science
Open Access Journals advocacy and support
Open Access Journals on campus start-up
Too many goals . . . #2
RAE and now REF
CRIS and research management
Staff data records and management
Funders’ policy compliance
Institutional mandate compliance
Metadata enhancement
Dare I say . . . Preservation?
Multiplicity of goals
Reflection of maturity or of adolescence?
What has happened to Open Access to
research?
What is our priority? Or has it become
individual priorities within each institution?
Do our advocacy messages match our
priorities? Does a mismatch cause any
problems?
Infrastructure is in place . . .
Repositories
• 2132 worldwide, 201 UK-based
Journals
• 7288 journals worldwide - plus hybrids
Funder policies
• Publications: 55 - Data: 25 - Journals: 22
Institutional policies
• 135 policies reported, plus etheses
Services and processes
source: OpenDOAR, DOAJ, JULIET, ROARMAP, 09/11/11
What is available?
Is your repository full-text only or do you also
accept metadata only records?
• Full-text only
• Metadata only and full-text
• TOTAL responses
18 24%
56 76%
74
Percentage full-text in repositories:
• Average across all institutions
57%
What percentage of output is Open Access?
Source - RSP Wiki Summary:
http://www.rsp.ac.uk/pmwiki/index.php?n=Institutions.Summary
IR USP
Do repositories get lost among other services?
Mendeley
1,319,469 People
112,949 Groups
30,529 Institutions
129,692,213 Papers
IR USP
Infrastructure is in place and links have been
made . . . time to reclaim an identity around
Open Access to research?
• Could be as OA service cf OA repository
• Strong vs Weak OA - use rights
• “Moral” argument gets traction with academics
Can CRIS systems help in this?
CRIS as bib records, IR as full-text OA
CRIS + Repositories at UK Universities
Aberdeen
Bournemouth
Brighton
Brunel
Cambridge
City U London:
Cranfield
Dundee
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow Cldn
Glasgow
Heriot-Watts
Hertfordshire
Hull
Imperial
Keele
Pure + DSpace
Symplectic + EPrints
Converis + EPrints
Symplectic + DSpace
Symplectic + DSpace
Symplectic + EPrints
Converis +DSpace
Pure + DSpace
Pure + DSpace
Symplectic + DSpace
Pure + Digital Commons
Bespoke + EPrints
Pure + DSpace
Pure + DSpace
Converis + Fedora
Symplectic + DSpace
Symplectic + intraLibrary
Lancaster
Leeds Met
Leeds
Leicester
Oxford
Plymouth:
Queen Mary
Ryl Holloway
Sheffield
St Andrews
Stirling
Strathclyde
Surrey
UCL
York
Pure + EPrints
Symplectic + intraLibrary
Symplectic + EPrints
Symplectic + DSpace
Symplectic + Fedora
Symplectic + DSpace
Symplectic + DSpace
Pure + Equella
Symplectic + EPrints
Pure + DSpace
Converis + DSpace
Pure + EPrints
Symplectic + Eprints
Symplectic + Eprints
Pure + EPrints
Source - modified from
Google Doc: http://bit.ly/v6A6TJ
. . . to conclude . . .
Do you feel a loss of focus with the repository?
Does Open Access to research papers as an
aim still resonate with you, with colleagues?
Would there be a benefit to re-evaluation and
re-focussing?
Jackie’s session may address these ideas - for
now, can CRIS bring the emphasis back to Open
Access?
Bill Hubbard
bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk