Key note at the 3rd Teaching and Learning with Technology Day at CPUT

1. Open Access,
data and CPUT’s
Digital Knowledge
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Zanele Mathe
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Contents
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Open Access
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Publisher copyright policies
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Open data
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Where we are as CPUT.
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What Open Access (OA) is…
-Free,
-in
online copies of peer-reviewed literature;
most cases there are no licensing restrictions on their use by
readers and
-they
can therefore be used freely for research, teaching and other
purposes. (Jisc: 2005)
Open access to scientific publications and data that underpins it.
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What OA is not…..
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self-publishing, nor a way to bypass peerreview and publication, nor a kind of
second-class, cut-price publishing route.
(Jisc: 2005)
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Benefits of Open Access..
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Increase visibility of scholarly publication,
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Early sharing and debating of results with colleagues
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Encourages collaborative research
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Attract foreign and donor investment in South African
research.
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Increased impact,
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How OA is delivered?
 Gold
open access
 Green
open access
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Gold Open access
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Publish on open access journals
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can be provided by traditional publishers or
open access publishers (SCieLo)SA
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CPUT 2012 research output in accredited
journals = 211
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Green open access
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Self-archiving
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Ensure long-term preservation
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author can check the Publisher Copyright
Policies and Self-Archiving list
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Some South Africa’s OA initiatives…..
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National platform for open access through free-online journals, e.g. The
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO SA )
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DST Workshop on National Access to research data : SA Perspective
(2007)
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Intellectual Property Rights Acts for Publicly Funded Research (2008)
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Engagement in CODATA and hosting of 22nd CODATA Conference in
Stellenbosch (2010)
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Closing the open data gap.
Intent:
Make data that underpins
a Publication concurrently
available on a database/
institutional repository
Benita Epstein Cartoons
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Why open access to data?
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Allow scrutiny
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Replication of experiments
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Identification of errors
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For theories to be accepted or refined
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Re-use data for further discoveries
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Long term preservation
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Four Fundamental requirements
for open data
Data must be :
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Accessible
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Intelligible
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Assessable
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Usable
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How can these requirements
be achieved.
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Research data management (RDM) as a strategic
component
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Aligning RDM to institutional goals e.g. RTI blueprint; DRUSSA
initiative; etc
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development of policy, processes and robust
infrastructure that will foster management of
research data through its lifecycle
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Ensure compliance to legal frameworks influencing the
practice of managing research data
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Where are we at CPUT?
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CPUT’s Policy development….
Open access policy & Research data management
policy.
Chair:
Prof. Shaun Pather
Participants:
Library, Assistant Deans (Research) from all
faculties, CPGS, Centre for e-learning, Institutional Ethics
Review Board, Fundani, CTS, Records & Archives,
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Infrastructure for RDM
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Participating on the eResearch –
Infrastructure and Communication (eRIC)
initiative
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Led by Technische Universität Munchem
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meant to develop a service infrastructure
aimed at comprehensively supporting the
whole life cycle of research at a university
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Infrastructure for RDM….
eRic partners:
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TUM – University Library
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University of the Armed Forces Munich – Chair for Material
Management and Distribution
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TUM – Chair for Architecture Informatics
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University of the Armed Forces Munich Library
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology Libraries
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German National Library of Science and Technology
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Thammasat University Libraries
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Processes….
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Survey to be conducted
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Focus: data management practices across
faculties
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Findings will inform the development of to
Systems requirements specification
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Processes…
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Library working with Research Directorate
and Info.Ed (RIMS) project Manager
Intent:
- Ensure interoperability between RIMS &
Digital Knowledge
- Streamline submission process – cut
duplication
- Preservation of full-text content while its
ensuring free access
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Open Access Declaration…
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University's Signing of the Berlin Declaration to
Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities
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Planned for 2014 during Open Access week
Intent:
commit the University in supporting the open
access principles and striving towards achieving
openness in publicly funded research.
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Thank You!
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References.
Academy of Science of South Africa. 2006. Report on a strategic approach to research publishing in South
Africa. Pretoria: ASSAF.
Gruss, Peter 2003. Berlin declaration on open access to knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Berlin:
WordPress MU. [Online] http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/berliner-erklarung/ 11/10/2013.
Harnad, S. 2005. Open Access: to what? 8th International Symposium on electronic Theses & Dissertations, 2830 September 2005, Sydney, viewed 22 December 2005, http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/etd2005.html
InterAcademy Council. 2012. Responsible conduct in the Global Research Enterprise: a policy report.
Amsterdam: IAP.
JISC. 2005. Open access, view 22 December 2005. http://www.jisc.ac.ul/index.cfm?name=pub_openaccess>
Lucier, R.E 1990. Knowledge management: refining roles in scientific communication, EDUCOM Review, Fall
1990.
Swan, A. 2012. Policy guidelines for development and promotion of open access. Paris: UNESCO.
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