Charleston Neapolitan: Open Access, Public Access: Policies, Implementation, Developments, and the Future of US Published Research.
1. A not-for-profit Public-Private Partnership
Providing Public Access to the Results of
Agency Sponsored Research
Charleston Conference
November 8, 2013
Howard Ratner, Director of Development, CHOR Inc.
8 November 2013
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2. Introduc)on
•
CHORUS
(first
service
of
CHOR
Inc.)
now
offers
an
open
technology
pla?orm
to
meet
the
public
access
needs
of
funding
agencies
and
researchers
•
For
all
key
stakeholders:
• Funding
agencies
(iden)fies
and
provides
access
to
arGcles
reporGng
on
research
they
fund,
ensures
preserva)on
of
research
arGcles,
ensures
researcher
and
publisher
compliance)
• Authors/researchers/insGtuGons
(simplifies
compliance
with
funder
mandates,
provides
access
to
research
results)
• Libraries
(ensures
preserva)on
of
research
arGcles,
provides
access
to
research
results)
• The
public
(provides
access
to
arGcles
reporGng
on
publicly
funded
research)
• Publishers
(simplifies
compliance
with
funder
mandates,
retains
traffic
)
•
No
significant
cost
for
agency
use
or
parGcipaGon
because
CHORUS
builds
on
exisGng
infrastructure
in
the
publishing
community
(CrossRef,
FundRef,
Prospect,
CLOCKSS,
PorGco,
ORCID,
etc)
8 November 2013
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3. 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
arGcles
resulGng
from
agency
funding
for
their
consGtuency
• preserve
the
arGcles
that
report
on
his
agency’s
funded
research
• integrate
informaGon
from
publisher
systems
with
their
own
internal
systems
(via
APIs)
• text
and
data
mine
arGcles
reporGng
on
funded
research
• ensure
publisher
compliance
• avoid
administraGve
burden
to
researchers
• …
*
BAV
=
Best
Available
Version
–
accepted
manuscript
or
version
of
record
8 November 2013
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4. Rachel
the
Researcher
/
Principal
Inves)gator
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
arGcles
reporGng
on
funded
research
• avoid
extra
administraGve
work
• …
*BAV
=
Best
Available
Version
–
accepted
manuscript
or
version
of
record
8 November 2013
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5. LoHe
the
Librarian
Wants
to
…
• have
access
to
best
available
version
(BAV*)
of
content
for
her
patrons
or
her
own
research
• text
and
data
mine
arGcles
reporGng
on
funded
research
• know
that
arGcles
reporGng
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
8 November 2013
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6. Peter
the
Public
Wants
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
8 November 2013
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7. Penny
the
Publisher
Wants
to
…
• help
her
authors
and
their
insGtuGons
comply
with
funder
mandates
• retain
traffic
on
journal
websites
to
be]er
demonstrate
value
to
librarians
• retain
traffic
on
journal
websites
to
drive
adverGsing
revenue
• enable
text
and
data
mining
of
arGcles
reporGng
on
funded
research
• minimize
administraGve
costs
through
automaGon
• ensure
that
arGcles
reporGng
on
funded
research
in
her
journals
will
be
readily
available
in
perpetuity
• avoid
duplicaGon
of
effort/addiGonal
costs
by
uGlizing
exisGng
publishing
infrastructure
• …
*
BAV
=
Best
Available
Version
–
accepted
manuscript
or
version
of
record
8 November 2013
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9. How
CHORUS
Works:
Preserva)on
Government
maintained
or other
3rd-party dark
archive
9
10. How
CHORUS
Works:
Access
Funding
Agency
Embargo
Period
Expires
or
Author/Funder
Pays
for
Immediate
Public
Access
Accepted
Author
Manuscript
becomes
publicly
accessible
Version
of
Record
Becomes
publicly
accessible
10
11. How
CHORUS
Works:
Discovery
Text
and
Data-‐Mining
Services
11
12. How
CHORUS
Works:
Compliance
API
and
Dashboards
for
monitoring
and
tracking
publisher
contribuGons
to
the
CHORUS
system
Government
Agency
Reports
InsGtuGon
Reports
Publisher
Reports
Live
CHORUS
DOE
dashboard:
h]p://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/usdoe
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13. Ramp
up
Feb
–
June
2013
AAP
Startup
Funding
July
2013
8 November 2013
Proof
of
Concept
Delivered
30
Aug
Pilot
Tech
Build
Delivered
30
Sept
Pilot
Phase
30
Sept
-‐
31
Dec
2013
Pilot
Review
Begins
Jan
2014
ProducGon
Early
2014
IncorporaGon
Fundraising
of
CHOR
Inc.
1
Oct
2013
13
14. • Met
in
August
2013
to
discuss
iniGaGves
and
explore
areas
of
possible
collaboraGon
• Agreed
to
work
jointly
on
persistent
idenGfiers
and
metrics
• Agreed
to
follow
up
in
next
few
months
8 November 2013
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15. CHORUS
Live
Pilot
Services
h]p://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/usdoe
h]p://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/usda
h]p://dashboard.chorusaccess.org/nsf
h]p://search.chorusaccess.org/
7+
pilot
publishers
13,000+
pilot
records
80+
publisher
signatories
IdenGficaGon
Ÿ
Discovery
Ÿ
Access
Ÿ
PreservaGon
Ÿ
Compliance
8 November 2013
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16. Discover
more
informa)on
at
www.chorusaccess.org
Contact:
Howard
Ratner
hratner@chorusaccess.org
IdenGficaGon
Ÿ
Discovery
Ÿ
Access
Ÿ
PreservaGon
Ÿ
Compliance
8 November 2013
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17. Supporting Organizations (October 1, 2013)
Publishers
ACM
AcousGcal
Society
of
America
American
AssociaGon
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
American
AssociaGon
of
Anatomists
American
AssociaGon
for
Cancer
Research
American
AssociaGon
of
Physicists
in
Medicine
American
AssociaGon
of
Physics
Teachers
American
Astronomical
Society
American
Chemical
Society
American
Crystallographic
AssociaGon,
Inc.
American
College
of
Chest
Physicians
American
College
of
Physicians
American
Dental
AssociaGon
American
Diabetes
AssociaGon
American
Geophysical
Union
American
InsGtute
of
AeronauGcs
and
AstronauGcs
American
InsGtute
of
Biological
Sciences
American
InsGtute
of
Physics
American
MathemaGcal
Society
American
Meteorological
Society
American
Medical
AssociaGon
American
Nuclear
Society
American
Physical
Society
American
Physiological
Society
American
Psychiatric
Publishing
American
Psychological
AssociaGon
American
Society
for
Microbiology
American
Society
of
Agricultural
Biological
Engineers
American
Society
of
Civil
Engineers
American
Society
of
Mechanical
Engineers
American
Society
of
Plant
Biologists
American
Speech-‐Language-‐Hearing
AssociaGon
AssociaGon
for
Research
in
Vision
and
Ophthalmology
AVS:
Science
Technology
of
Materials,
Interfaces
and
Processing
Biophysical
Society
BioscienGfica
Botanical
Society
of
America
BMJ
Cambridge
University
Press
Columbia
University
Press
Duke
University
Press
Ecological
Society
of
America
Elsevier
Emerald
Group
Publishing
Limited
The
Endocrine
Society
Entomological
Society
of
America
Fabricators
and
Manufacturers
AssociaGon,
InternaGonal
GeneGcs
Society
of
America
Human
Factors
and
Ergonomics
Society
IEEE
iMedPub.
Internet
Medical
Publishing
InsGtute
of
Physics
Publishing
Journal
of
Bone
and
Joint
Surgery
Journal
of
RehabilitaGon
Research
and
Development
Lynne
Rienner
Publishers,
Inc.
Materials
Research
Society
McGraw-‐Hill
Mycological
Society
of
America
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine
The
OpGcal
Society
Oxford
University
Press
The
Physiological
Society
The
Royal
College
of
Psychiatrists
The
Royal
Society
Royal
Society
of
Chemistry
Society
for
the
Advancement
of
Materials
on
Process
Engineering
Society
for
the
Study
of
ReproducGon
Springer
Science+Business
Media
LLC
Taylor
Francis
Thieme
Publishers
University
of
Chicago
Press
John
Wiley
Sons
Wolters
Kluwer
Medical
Research
Service
Providers
and
Other
Organiza)ons
AssociaGon
of
Learned
and
Professional
Society
Publishers
CrossRef
DC
Principles
CoaliGon
InternaGonal
AssociaGon
of
ScienGfic,
Technical
and
Medical
Publishers
(STM)
Publishing
Technology
Silverchair
Science+CommunicaGons,
Inc.
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