1. Is Open Access reaching the
tipping point?
Just de Leeuwe-TU Delft Library
31-10-13
Delft
University of
Technology
Challenge the future
2. Overview
• A decade of Open Access
• Open Access at TU Delft
• Open Access challenges
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3. Early days
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Explosion prices sc journals
Sentiment against publishers
Internet opportunities/preprints servers/infrastructure OAI PMH
Western hemisphere
‘Research funded with tax money should be in the public domain’
No institutional funding, no mandates
Open Access ideology rather than a business model
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4. Current state
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Market share scientific publications OA increases
Huge differences in adaption OA different fields of science
OA worldwide phenomenon, strong in emerging economies
Variety of business models, business opportunities
Expansion Open Access to Open Science, data and education
The idealistic concept has become an industry
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5. Status
•EU Survey OA 2004-2011
•22 fields knowledge
•40% peer-reviewed articles OA
fields
general science and technology,
biomedical research, biology,
mathematics and statistics
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10. Bottlenecks
• Traditional lucrative business model
subscriptions alive, paywall=commercial
• Exclusive transfer of rights hinders Open
Access and reuse of publications=IP
• Publishing and citations for scientists is still
crucial, not the way of dissemination=structure
• stakeholders interests unbalanced
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11. Stakeholder Publishers tradition and
commercial consolidation
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Taylor and Francis, 1798, UK
John Wiley & Sons, 1807, US
Springer, 1842, Germany
Nature Publishing Group, 1869, UK
Elsevier Science, 1880, The Netherlands
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12. Stakeholder Publishers OA business
model
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Biomed, 2000, UK
PLoS, 2000, US
Copernicus, 2001, Germany
Hindawi, 1997, Egypt
Open Access Scholarly Publishers
Association, 2008
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27. Where are changes & can we
deliver added value?
• Provide content services
• Make stakeholders partners
• Become producer and funder scientific output
• Advise in copyrights & quality issues
• Use channels of communication
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31. Partners OA fees
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SCOAP3-OA Particle physics
Royal Society Chemistry*Gold for Gold
PLoS- (in progress)
Biomed, Springer15% discount
SAGE, 90% discount
IEEE OA program (in progress)
SURF market-licenses
Handling fees for all faculties?
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40. “Open access is a matter of fairness. Not every scientist
“Open access is a matter of fairness. Not every scientist
has access to expensive journals due to the financial
has access to expensive journals due to the financial
situation of his/her institution or country. Hence, many
situation of his/her institution or country. Hence, many
scientists just have no chance to be up to date with the
scientists just have no chance to be up to date with the
newest developments and a large pool of creativity is not
newest developments and a large pool of creativity is not
used efficiently. For us authors, open access helps to
used efficiently. For us authors, open access helps to
spread our research faster and more broadly. Overall, it is
spread our research faster and more broadly. Overall, it is
a win-win situation”.
a win-win situation”.
Frank Hollmann, Assistant professor Biotechnology,
Frank Hollmann, Assistant professor Biotechnology,
Applied Sciences
Applied Sciences
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41. Conclusion
• No tipping point yet but promising signs
• Better balance rights & business models
academia-publishers
• Commitment academic community
• Be an actor!
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42. Quiz
#1 What was the number of OA Journals the DOAJ
started with?
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A) 650
B) 1500
C) 300
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43. Quiz
#2) Which country in Europa holds de highest number of
OA titles?
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a)Netherlands
b)Germany
c)United Kingdom
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44. Quiz
#3 In which city took the Declaration on Open Access to
Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities place, in
2003 ?
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a) Berlin
b) Paris
c) New York
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45. Quiz
#4 There is a universal platform for OA-Books, what is
the name?
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a) Directory of Open Access Books
b) Inventory of OA monographs
c) Open Access books online
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46. Knock out question
What is the precise number of published articles in PLoS
One, the largest single journal on earth, in 2012?
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