CHORUS Presentation at PSP Annual Conference February 6, 2014

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A Solution for Public Access

PSP Annual ConferenceWashington, DC, February 6, 2014

Howard Ratner, Executive Director, [email protected]

www.chorusaccess.org

Identification Discovery Access Preservation Compliance

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A broad coalition of scholarly publishers formed to develop, implement and steward a partnership with the federal research funders for providing public access to the peer review publications that report on federally-funded research.

• Evolved from an ad-hoc group of publishers who initiated partnership discussions with several agencies in Spring 2011

• Incorporated as a not-for-profit entity – CHOR, Inc. - on October 1, 2013

• Applying for US IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

• 90+ signatories and growing

• Exploring international partnerships

• Already in pilot!

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AlanAgency

LottieLibrarian

PeterPublic

PennyPublisher

RachelResearcherCompliance

Identification Discovery

AccessPreservation

How Does CHORUS Help?

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Preserve Agency Fundsfor Research!

Builds on existing infrastructure of the scholarly community

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How CHORUS Works: Identification…built into the author’s submission process

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Government maintained

or other 3rd-party dark

archive

How CHORUS Works: Preservation…use of existing, multiparty preservation strategy

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Accepted Author Manuscript becomes publicly accessible

Version of Recordbecomes publicly accessible

Funding Agency Embargo Period Expiresor Author/Funder Pays for Public Access

How CHORUS Works: Access

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Text and Data-Mining Services

How CHORUS Works: Discovery…by any existing search engine

powered by

search.chorusaccess.org

powered by

powered by

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API Integration with Agency Portals

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API and dashboards for monitoring and tracking publisher contributions to CHORUS

Government Agency Reports

Institution Reports

Publisher Reports

How CHORUS Works: Compliance

Live dashboard: dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf

http://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf

# Deposits made to dark archives

Content testedfor public accessibility

# Records having agreeable licenses

# Depositsidentifying

NSF funding

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Ramp upFeb – June 2013

Proof ofConcept

Delivered 30 Aug

Pilot Phase 130 Sept -31 Dec

2013

Pilot Phase 2

Jan – July 2014

ProductionJuly 2014

Incorporation of CHOR, Inc.

1 Oct 2013

AAP Startup Funding

Appointment of Howard Ratner, Director of Development (July)

Fundraising

Appointment of Howard Ratner, Executive Director (January)

Pilot TechBuild

Delivered 30 Sept

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• CHORUS aspires to be inclusive and interoperate with scholarly repositories and other systems providing access to scholarly articles

• Met in July 2013 to discuss initiatives and explore areas of possible collaboration

• Agreed to work jointly on persistent identifiers and metrics

• Meeting again this month

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• Unclear whether there is one unified mechanism for data and publications

• Value in linking data to the papers it supports• Simplify procedures for researcher compliance and funding

agency monitoring • CHORUS infrastructure can link to data repositories when

available• CHORUS will use standard identifier schemes

Data?

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What Do Publishers Need To Do?

• Become a signatory of CHORUS• Become a member of CrossRef• Sign up for FundRef as part of CrossRef membership• Submit Agency Related data to FundRef for all new

content• Send public access content reuse License and Embargo

metadata to CrossRef • Deposit full text URIs with CrossRef • Sign CHORUS Pilot Agreement• Send relevant content to archiving service

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Live Pilot Serviceshttp://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/

http://search.chorusaccess.org/

10+ pilot publishers13,000+ pilot records

90+ publisher signatories

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Board MembersDavid Crotty, Oxford University Press

Scott Delman, ACM

Fred Dylla, American Institute of Physics

Patrick Kelly, John Wiley & Sons

Thane Kerner, Silverchair

Susan King, American Chemical Society (Chair)

Howard Ratner, CHORUS

Joe Serene, American Physical Society

John Tagler, PSP/AAP

Alicia Wise, Elsevier

Fran Zappulla, IEEE

AdvisorsEd Pentz, CrossRef

David Weinreich, AAP/STM

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Supporting Organizations (January 2014)PublishersAAASAcoustical Society of AmericaACSESSAmerican Association of AnatomistsAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchAmerican Association of Physicists in MedicineAmerican Association of Physics TeachersAmerican Astronomical SocietyAmerican Chemical SocietyAmerican Crystallographic Association, Inc.American College of Chest PhysiciansAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican Dental AssociationAmerican Diabetes AssociationAmerican Geophysical UnionAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and

AstronauticsAmerican Institute of Biological SciencesAmerican Institute of PhysicsAmerican Mathematical SocietyAmerican Meteorological SocietyAmerican Medical AssociationAmerican Nuclear SocietyAmerican Physical SocietyAmerican Physiological SocietyAmerican Psychiatric PublishingAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican Society of Agricultural & Biological

EngineersAmerican Society of AgronomyAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society for MicrobiologyAmerican Society of Plant BiologistsAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationAsociacon Columbiana de InfectologiaAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)Association for Research in Vision and

OphthalmologyAVS: Science & Technology of Materials,

Interfaces and ProcessingBiophysical SocietyBioscientificaBotanical Society of AmericaBritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint SurgeryBMJCambridge University PressColumbia University PressThe Company of BiologistsCrop Science Society of AmericaDove PressDuke University PressEcological Society of AmericaEDP SciencesElsevierEmerald Group Publishing LimitedThe Endocrine SocietyEntomological Society of AmericaEuropean Respiratory SocietyFabricators and Manufacturers Association,

InternationalGenetics Society of AmericaGeoScienceWorldHuman Factors and Ergonomics SocietyIEEE

iMedPub. Internet Medical PublishingINFORMSInstitute of Physics PublishingInstitution of Engineering and Technology (IET)Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryJournal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Rehabilitation Research and

DevelopmentLynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.Materials Research SocietyMcGraw-HillMycological Society of AmericaNew England Journal of MedicineThe Optical SocietyOxford University PressThe Physiological SocietyRevista Medica de RisarldaThe Royal College of PsychiatristsThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society of ChemistrySage PublicationsSociety for the Advancement of Materials on

Process EngineeringSociety for the Study of ReproductionSoil Science Society of AmericaSpringer Science+Business Media LLCTaylor & FrancisThieme PublishersUniversity of Chicago PressJohn Wiley & SonsWolters Kluwer Medical Research

Plus 7 more service providers & organizations

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Sign up today!

Contact:Howard Ratner

[email protected]

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EXTRAS

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Technical Working GroupMark Doyle, American Physical Society (chair)Geoffrey Bilder, CrossRefElizabeth Crellin, Oxford University PressPaul Dlug, American Physical SocietyMark Donoghue, IEEEGerry Grenier, IEEEWayne Graves, ACMWalter Jones, AAASThane Kerner, Silverchair Robert Koepke, AAAS

David Martinsen, American Chemical SocietyChris McMahon, American Institute of PhysicsPaul Mostert, ElsevierEvan Owens, American Institute of PhysicsHoward Ratner, CHORUSJohn Shaw, SageChris Shillum, ElsevierCraig Van Dyck, John Wiley & SonsJohn Walker, John Wiley & SonsKarl Ward, CrossRef

AdvisorsMark Martin, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US DOE

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US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) + CHORUS

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OSTP Requirement• Free public access to peer-

reviewed research articles (guideline: 12 month embargo adapted to agency/discipline needs)

• Optimize search, archival, and dissemination features to encourage innovation

• Ensure interoperability and long-term stewardship

• Policies on public data also called for

• Develop plans in consultation with stakeholders

CHORUS Services• Publishers provide free public access to

best available version (accepted author manuscript or Version of Record) post agency embargo or if paid by article processing charge

• CHORUS API enables content syndication and search services

• CHORUS enables archiving via CLOCKSS, Portico, and other government sponsored archives

• CHORUS infrastructure can link to data repositories when available

• CHORUS is ready to work with agencies

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US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

“Increasing Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific Research” – 22 February 2013• All federal agencies funding $100M or more annually in

extramural research must develop public access policies• Free public access to peer-reviewed research articles (guideline:

12-month embargo, adapted to agency/discipline need)• Need policies on both articles and data• Optimize search, archival, and dissemination features to

encourage innovation• Ensure interoperability and long-term stewardship• Develop plans in consultation with stakeholders

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Personas / Stakeholders

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Alan the Agency Department Head (e.g., DOE, NSF, USAID)

Wants to…• meet OSTP guidelines/mandate• measure grantee and agency compliance with guidelines/mandate • show how his agency’s investments are having impact (ROI)• provide access to the best available version (BAV*) of articles resulting

from agency funding for their constituency• preserve the articles that report on his agency’s funded research• integrate information from publisher systems with their own internal

systems (via APIs)• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research• ensure publisher compliance• avoid administrative burden to researchers• …* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record

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Rachel the Researcher / Principal Investigator

Wants to …• obtain funding for her research• comply with funding agency requirements• know the sources of funding in her area of research• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content in her

research area• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research• avoid extra administrative work• …*BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record

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Lottie the LibrarianWants to …• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content for

her patrons or her own research• text and data mine articles reporting on funded research• know that articles reporting on funded research will be

readily available in perpetuity• help researchers comply with funding agency requirements• build discovery tools for researchers• …

* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record

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Peter the PublicWants to …• have access to best available version (BAV*) of content to

research a problem/drive economic development• see what the government is funding• learn the impact of specific agency grants• understand the latest developments in science• have content connected to learning tools • …

* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record

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Penny the PublisherWants to …• help her authors and their institutions comply with funder mandates• retain traffic on journal websites to better demonstrate value to

librarians• retain traffic on journal websites to drive advertising revenue• enable text and data mining of articles reporting on funded research• minimize administrative costs through automation• ensure that articles reporting on funded research in her journals will

be readily available in perpetuity• avoid duplication of effort/additional costs by utilizing existing

publishing infrastructure• …

* BAV = Best Available Version – accepted manuscript or version of record

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Building on a Tested Model for the Proposed Partnership

FundRef:A methodology for identifying articles reporting on agency funded research was launched in May 2013 by CrossRef after completion of a pilot involving DOE, NSF, NASA, Wellcome Trust and seven of the partner publishers

This pilot project addressed article identification by funding agencies; it is now a live service as of May 2013

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How Can Agencies Participate?

• Participate in the CHORUS discussion and development

• Sign the Agency-CHORUS Pilot Program Letter of Agreement

• Use CHORUS and FundRef systems (websites or APIs)

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