L&P Diego Argaez - Open Access Innovations: Think Local, Act Global

CARL libraries’ roles in facilitating access to publicly-funded Canadian research

Diego ArgáezProgram Officer, Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Jeanette Hatherill Bibliothécaire responsable de la communication savante |Scholarly Communication Librarian

Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa

Julie LavigneLegal Studies Librarian, Scholarly Communications and Copyright

Carleton University

CASRAI ReConnect14 - November 20, 2014

Outline

• Rationale for CARL aligning with OA

• Brief overview of CARL’s OA activities

• Practical ways in which CARL and its member libraries advocate and provide support for OA

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CARL is a signatory of :

• Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)

• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

OA Advocacy & resources

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ http://doaj.org

http://oaspa.org

https://pkp.sfu.ca

OA Advocacy & resources

http://www.carl-abrc.ca/openaccess.html

http://www.carl-abrc.ca/ir.html

Institutions without anopen digital repository?

Adoptive repositories

University of Victoria / UVicSpaceSimon Fraser University / Summit

University of Alberta* / Education & Research ArchiveUniversity of Calgary* /

University of Calgary Institutional RepositoryUniversity of Manitoba / MSpaceUniversity of Toronto* / T Space

McGill University / eScholarship@McGillDalhousie University / DalSpace

*Denotes an national adoptive repository, the others are regional.

http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/canadian-ir-repositories/adoptive-repositories.html

Devon Greyson et al, University Supports for Open Access: A Canadian National Survey, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2009) http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe/article/view/472

Sources

• Budapest Open Access Initiativehttp://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org

• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanitieshttp://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration

• Devon Greyson et al, University Supports for Open Access: A Canadian National Survey, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 3 (2009) http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe/article/view/472

• UVicSpace, Information for external researchershttp://www.uvic.ca/library/featured/collections/uvic/uvicspace/external-researchers.php

Diego Argáez

[email protected](613) 482-9344 X 105

www.carl-abrc.ca

Open Access at

Jeanette HatherillScholarly Communication LibrarianUniversity of Ottawa

www.scholarlycommunication.uottawa.ca@JeanetteAnneH

uO Research (Recherche uO) ◦ 20,242 items ◦ ~ 15,900 of these are theses ◦ ~ 112 items are added per month

◦ departments/faculties have their own collections

◦ researchers yet to develop the habit of submitting

Institutional Repository

University of Ottawa Author Fund in Support of Open Access Publishing◦ started in 2010◦ 530 articles published ◦ 372 unique authors

supported ◦ 59 different

departments

Author Fund

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-20150

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Applications to Author Fund by year

ProjectedActual

Eligibility◦ faculty, grad students, affiliated researchers◦ 2 applications per year◦ peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters◦ OA and hybrid

Changes to come◦ no hybrid support ◦ right to refuse applications from predatory

journals

Author Fund

*2014-2015 as of August 27, 2014

9 journals supported◦ OJS – open source tool for journal management◦ uO Research - archiving ◦ currently offer technical support◦ developing greater publishing support

advice on increasing visibility community of practice

Open Journal Hosting

Collaboration with Library and Press◦ begun in 2012◦ creative commons license◦ $10,000 per book/ max 3 books/ year◦ 3 year commitment, being assessed in 2015

uOttawa Press

OA @ Carleton University

decentralized model for managing scholarly communications activities, including OA

responsibilities split between Library, OVPRI, and interested faculty members, though much of day-to-day management happens in the Library

ScholComm @ Carleton University

ScholCommcttee

GSA OA

Award review cttee

CURVE cttee

Office of the Vice-President (Research

& International)

MacOdrum Library

Admin

MADGIC

Systems

Ref

©

CURIE

GSA OA

Award

CUDOOJS

Prof Skills

RDM

CURVE

Faculty reps

CURIE (author fund) Carleton University Research Impact Endeavour

pilot launched 2012-13 fiscal year $25,000 from Library / $25,000 from OVPRI

reimbursement of article processing fees where co/authored by Carleton researchers in peer-reviewed, fully-OA journals

www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications/open-access/curie-fund

CURIE (author fund) 2012-13: $9,754 2013-14: $20,358

May 2012 – June 2014

28 Applications submitted

25 Approved applications

19 Unique submitting authors

9 Unique departments

19 Unique journals

12 Unique publishers

GSA OA Award sponsored by GSA, Library, and OVPRI launched 2011 up to 5 awards of $1000 each

* one prize split into $500 each for paper co-authored by two separate applicants

www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications/open-access/graduate-student-open-access-award

32 2011-12 applications

5 awards

18 2012-13 applications

5 awards

47 2013-14 application

6 awards*

CURVE (institutional repository) Carleton University Research Virtual

Environment

launched in October 2011 fully-searchable, and documents also

indexed in Library’s Summon search (catalogue) and in Google

curve.carleton.ca

OJS (Open Journal Hosting)

currently hosting 4 journals, but planning a few more

Library support includes journal setup, hosting services, training and technical support as needed

www.library.carleton.ca/services/open-journal-hosting

Other ScholComm initiatives

Research Data Management CUDO: digital library of objected collected by

Carleton (not created by) Professional Skills Workshops for graduate

students copyright questions occasional events and

outreach

www.library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications

Contact Info

Julie Lavigne, BA, LLB, MLIS

Legal Studies LibrarianScholarly Communications and Copyright

Reference Services238 MacOdrum LibraryCarleton University613-520-2600 [email protected]