what is happening 'free access' 3. the position of sparc raf dekeyser
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What is happening 'Free Access'
3. The Position of SPARC
Raf Dekeyser
PreambleAn example of OAI as CRIS
• Technical high school developed a project for a repository with support from the Flemish IWT (Institute for Science and Technology)
• The aim was not scholarly communication, but information for local industries about ongoing research (through theses)
• 2004: Fully operational (and OAI-compliant)• Already in use at 2 schools, with plan for
extension to all of them• Local harvester will collect the data from all the
schools
http://doks.khk.be/
What is happening 'Free Access'
3. The Position of SPARC
Raf Dekeyser
In brief:
• Originally, SPARC was looking for solutions for the “serials crisis”, mainly through new (and cheaper) journals.
• Gradually, belief in Open Access has been growing and SPARC now strongly supports– Open access journals– Institutional repositories
• Many of its actions are now fostering new initiatives in these fields.
A short history of SPARC(Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition)
• 1998: « To publish and perish » (ARL & AAU): analysis of journal crisis + recommendations:– Change academic evaluation procedures (too quantitative and
dependent on journals!)– Invest in electronic forms of scientific publication (+ role of
societies for evaluation?)– Make libraries more price conscious– Try to get a grip on copyright
• June 1998: Launching of SPARC:– an alliance of universities, research libraries and organizations that
seeks to serve ‘as a catalyst for action, helping to create systems that expand information dissemination and use in a networked digital environment…’ [ repository network??? ]
– an attempt to introduce competition, change and alternative strategies into the market place. [ BMC, PLoS ???]
• Under the umbrella of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
• Membership based: fees + moral obligation to subscribe to SPARC partner products.
• Original task: to make scientific journals affordable for average university library.
• First activities: Alternative journals support– Organic Chemistry Letters ( Tetrahedron Lett.)
– Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
– Publishing Partners: Bio-One
• 2001: Help in setting up SPARC Europe, originally under the umbrella of LIBER.
Organization
SPARC Coordinating
body
Worldwide (non-Europe) Members
European Members
SPARC Steering CommitteeNorth American & European representation
SPARC Europe Management Board
SPARC Europe
initiative
ARL
LIBER
• Programs: "Create Change" ( scientists on editorial board of expensive journals!), "Declaring Independence",…
• Gradual shift in scope of activities:– From cheaper journals (Alternatives Program)
– to open-access journals (Leading Edge Program)
– to repositories (especially after OAIMHP)
• Present activities:– Publications
– Workshops
– Contributions to relevant activities of others
From an early SPARC communication:
Competition Constrains Price
Alternative$2,609
SPARCLaunchSPARCLaunch
OrganicLettersLaunch
OrganicLettersLaunch
$4,256 Saving
SPARC Titles Are Less Expensive
Title Price Title PriceTopology & Its Applications
$2,672 Algebraic and Geometric Topology
Free $2,672
Journal of Crystal Growth
$9,220 Crystal Growth & Design
$1,781 $7,439
Evolutionary Ecology (price reduced in 2001)
$467 Evolutionary Ecology Research
$340 $127
Topology $1,303 Geometry & Topology
Free $1,303
Organic Geochemistry
$2,513 Geochemical Transactions
$100 $2,413
Sensors & Actuators, A & B
$5,313 IEEE Sensors Journal
$395 $4,918
Machine Learning $1,050 Jnl of Machine Learning Research
Free $1,050
Plant Ecology (formerly Vegetatio)
$2,861 Jnl of Vegetation Science
$450 $2,411
Tetrahedron Letters $9,624 Organic Letters $2,609 $7,015 Chemical Physics Letters
$10,264 PhysChemComm $100 $10,164
Jnl of Logic & Algebraic Programming
$747 Theory & Practice of Logic Programming
$300 $447
$46,034 $6,075 $39,959
Established Title Savings Oppty
From a recent SPARC communication:
Disaggregated systemScholarly publishing comprises four functions*:
Disaggregated models:• Allow functions to be fulfilled independently – • Lower prices by increasing cost efficiency
(* Roosendaal & Geurts)
ARCHIVINGPreserving research
for future use
AWARENESSAssuring
accessibility of research
CERTIFICATIONCertifying the quality/validity of the research
REGISTRATIONEstablishing intellectual
priority
• Institutional repositories supply basic step of initial registration
• Requires some formal control of the database
How institutional repositories?
ARCHIVINGPreserving research
for future use
AWARENESSAssuring
accessibility of research
CERTIFICATIONCertifying the quality/validity of the research
REGISTRATIONEstablishing intellectual
priority
• Certification is necessary to validate registration
• Publication in an existing journal is one method, but various new mechanisms become possible
How institutional repositories?
ARCHIVINGPreserving research
for future use
AWARENESSAssuring
accessibility of research
CERTIFICATIONCertifying the quality/validity of the research
REGISTRATIONEstablishing intellectual
priority
How institutional repositories?
• Awareness services enabled by OAI-compliance & interoperability
• There is already proven evidence for increased awareness (number of citations) thanks to OA
ARCHIVINGPreserving research
for future use
AWARENESSAssuring
accessibility of research
CERTIFICATIONCertifying the quality/validity of the research
REGISTRATIONEstablishing intellectual
priority
• No final answer on archiving• However, disaggregation helps put librarians —
rather than journal publishers — in charge of digital archiving
• Legal deposit of e-documents?
How institutional repositories?
ARCHIVINGPreserving research
for future use
AWARENESSAssuring
accessibility of research
CERTIFICATIONCertifying the quality/validity of the research
REGISTRATIONEstablishing intellectual
priority
Why institutional repositories?• For the Individual
– Provide a central archive of their work– Increase the dissemination and impact of their research– Acts as a full CV
• For the Institution– Increases visibility and prestige– Acts as an advertisement to funding sources, potential new faculty and
students, etc.
• For Society– Provide access to the world’s research– Ensures long-term preservation of institutes’ academic output
They may coexist with subject oriented repositories!
WorkshopsSeries of workshops on OAI at CERN, organized together with LIBER (and sponsored by OSI, JISC, ESF,...)
• OAI-1: The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and Peer Review Journals in Europe (March 2001)
• OAI-2: Gaining independence with e-prints archives and OAI (October 2002)
• OAI-3: Implementing the benefits of OAI (February 2004) (+ tutorials!)
• OAI-4: (October 2005)
http://www.sparceurope.org/