AgNIC 18th Annual Meeting (May 15, 2013) Presenter: Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officer, The World Bank Links: http://wrld.bg/wvwOK http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

1. World Bank Open Access Policy
Challenges and Opportunities
Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officer, The World Bank
AgNIC 18th Annual Meeting
May 15, 2013

2. “We need to do development differently”
Robert B. Zoellick, Former President, The World Bank Group
New Direction: Democratizing Development
We need to throw open the doors, recognizing that others can
find and create their own solutions. And this open research
revolution is underway. We need to recognize that
development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the
researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower.
The aim is to open the treasure chest of the World Bank’s
data and knowledge to every village health care worker,
every researcher, everyone.
Georgetown University, September 2010

3. Open About
What We Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About
What We Do
(Operations and
Results)
Open About
How We Work
(Partnerships for
Openness)
Open
Government
(Transparency,
Accountability)
T H E WO R L D B A N K O P E N AG E N DA
Embracing Openness

4. Open Access
Policy
Creative
Commons
Open
Knowledge
Repository
Strategic Review of
World Bank Publishing
or

5. Why an Open Access Policy?
• To provide greater access to Bank research and
knowledge outputs
• To encourage innovation allowing use and re-use
(i.e., derivative works, translations, etc.)
• To join a growing Open Access community (e.g.,
governments, universities, and other institutions)
• To align Bank’s Publishing with Bank’s Open
Development Agenda

6. Policy Scope
WB OA Policy applies to manuscripts and
accompanying data sets that:
(a) that result from research, analysis, economic and sector
work, or development practice;
(b) that have undergone peer review or have been otherwise
vetted and approved for release to the public; and
(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1,
2012.

7. 1. For works published by the Bank
− Available immediately in OKR
− Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
2. For works by Bank staff published externally (mostly
papers)
‒ Working paper version available immediately in OKR
under CC BY
‒ Final, peer-reviewed Accepted Author Manuscript (AAM),
available in OKR after Publisher's embargo under CC BY
NC ND (unless more liberal license is accepted)
Policy Requirements

8. Policy Compliance
1. Bank Published Works
1. Copyright belongs to the Bank (work-for-hire doctrine)
2. Content type: books, working papers, Economic and
Sector Work, micro-datasets

9. Policy Compliance
2. Works Published Externally
1. New World Bank publishing agreements
templates
2. New publishing agreements with academic
publishers (publishing and posting agreements)
3. New manuscript submission workflows (from
author to external publishers)
4. Creation and curation of metadata for each AAM
5. Ingestion of AAM into Bank repository (OKR)
6. Co-authored papers (very challenging)
7. Communication strategy

10. World Bank Publishing
Intranet web site

11. Example 1: Elsevier

12. Example 2: Taylor and Francis
Source: http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/permissions/reusingOwnWork.asp

13. Internal Training

14. Internal Outreach

15. Four Comparative Advantages
1. Optimal Discoverability:
• Interoperable with other repositories
• Adherence to Open Access standards (Dublin Core
metadata and OAI-PMH)
• Systematic metadata curation process
2. Intuitive Interface:
• Several browse options, advanced search, most viewed
content, citation information, permanent links, etc.
• Built on Dspace - OA platform
3. Allows Use, Reuse and Building-on Bank’s Work:
• CC BY copyright license
4. New Content:
• Content published by external Publishers

16. 1 million downloads in 1 year
(44% from developing countries)
Total Downloads

17. Advanced Metrics

18. Conclusions
1. We are at very early stages in Open Access publishing.
2. Academic publishers are rebuilding their business
models: some embrace, some resist and some hide.
3. Different government approaches to OA in the UK (Gold
OA) and US (Green OA) has created some confusion.
4. Institutional mandated embargo periods are not as strong
as government mandates (E.g., WB Vs. NIH).
5. Internal effective communication is key to maximize
compliance rate.
6. Open Repositories built on open software (D-Space,
ePrints) increase dissemination significantly… but
marketing and outreach is still important.

19. Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing Officer
The World Bank
jdebuerba@worldbank.org