1. Open Access
What is Open Access?
What you need to know.
james.bisset@durham.ac.uk

2. what?

3. “on average across the NHS, [only]
about a third of relevant journals
were available free at the point of
use”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in
Heading for the Open Road: costs and benefits of transitions in
scholarly communications, RIN, PRC, Wellcome Trust, RLUK and
JISC, 2011.

4. “many researchers … in smaller and
less research-intensive institutions
… do not have access to a sufficiently-
wide range of titles”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Access to
scholarly content: gaps and barriers, RIN, Publishing Research
Consortium and JISC, 2011.

5. “across central Government and its
agencies, some 17% of relevant articles
are available free at the point of use.”
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Heading for
the Open Road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly
communications, RIN, PRC, Wellcome Trust, RLUK and JISC, 2011.

6. “lack of access … may mean that
advice and inputs to policy-making
are delayed or incomplete."
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Rightscom.
Benefits of Open Access to Scholarly Research Outputs to the Public
Sector, Report for the Open Access Implementation Group, , 2012

7. “the voluntary sector … [often has to]
rely on reports from research
organisations and Government
departments"
http://bit.ly/MnfGEY
Finch Report (June 2012), from data originally reported in Office for
Public Management, Benefits of open access to scholarly research
for VCS organisations, JISC 2012.

8. An article that is
Open Access
can be
freely accessed
by anyone
in the world
using an
internet
connection.

9. no subscription...
...no login or password

15. what to do

16. Check the
requirements of your
funder

17. Not limited to RCUK and
Wellcome Trust…
- Action on Hearing Loss
- Arthritis Research UK
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
- Department of Health
- Dunhill Medical Trust
- European Commission
- European Research Council
- JISC
- Marie Curie Cancer Care
- Motor Neuron Disease Association
- Parkinsons UK

18. RCUK Open Access Policy
• applies to any peer-reviewed journal
article or conference proceedings which:

19. RCUK Open Access Policy
• applies to any peer-reviewed journal
article or conference proceedings which:
- Acknowledges funding from one of the
seven UK Research Councils
- is submitted for publication on or after 1st
April 2013

20. Authors must
• include a statement providing details of
funding supporting the research;

21. Authors must
• include a statement providing details of
funding supporting the research;
• include a statement, if appropriate, on how
underpinning research data can be
accessed.

22. Authors must
• include a statement providing details of
funding supporting the research;
• include a statement, if appropriate, on how
underpinning research data can be
accessed.
• publish in journals which are compliant
with Research Council policy on Open
Access;

23. Is the journal compliant?
In order to be deemed compliant with RCUK Policy, a journal must:
"provide, via its own website, immediate and unrestricted access
to the final published version of the paper, which should be made
available using the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.
This may involve payment of an „Article Processing Charge‟ (APC)
to the publisher.“
or...
permit the author to deposit their "final Accepted Manuscript in
any repository, without restriction on non-commercial re-use and
within a defined period. No APC will be payable to the publisher."

24. Support at Durham
• Checking compliance of journals (library)
• Managing and maintaining Durham
Research Online (your institutional
repository)
• RCUK Block Grant (£276,578 for 2013/14)
• Reporting back to RCUK/HEFCE

25. Writing article
for journal
Article
submitted
Article
accepted
What open access
options does the
journal offer
If required, will
funding be available
Any APC charged is
paid

26. Step 1
Author
needs to
know
options for
preferred
journal

28. Step 2
Author
request
funding is
committed
to being
available

29. The only new fields for authors to
complete are:
• Confirm you require funding
• Provide the reference number
provided with confirmation
APC Funding
Requested
APC Library
Reference

31. Durham Research Online

32. Durham Research Online
• 9,877 records in DRO
- 3,533 full text (36%)
- 80 further records embargoed (1%)
• Durham Open Access Policy
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/du_oa_policy_summary.pdf
• Add bibliographic details; Tick the box; Attach
your final accepted manuscript.

34. Wellcome Trust /
post-2014 REF

35. Wellcome Trust
Currently only applies to peer-reviewed
journal articles.

36. Wellcome Trust
Currently only applies to peer-reviewed
journal articles.
Is being extended to monographs and book
chapters.

37. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”

38. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks,

39. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks, 'trade' books,

40. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks, 'trade' books,
general reference works

41. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks, 'trade' books,
general reference works or works of fiction,

42. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks, 'trade' books,
general reference works or works of fiction,
or to collections edited but not authored by
Trust grantholders …

43. Wellcome Trust
“holders of grants awarded after 1 October
2013, and for existing grant-holders from
October 2014”
“does not apply to textbooks, 'trade'
books, general reference works or works of
fiction, or to collections edited but not
authored by Trust grantholders … e.g. a non-
fiction work written … aimed at a general
audience and published by a commercial

44. Post-2014 REF

45. Post-2014 REF
Announced they would be consulting

46. Post-2014 REF
Announced they would be consulting
Consulted about consulting

47. Post-2014 REF
Announced they would be consulting
Consulted about consulting
Will shortly be running a consultation.

48. Post-2014 REF
Likely to include monographs and book
chapters as well as journal articles.

49. Post-2014 REF
Likely to include monographs and book
chapters as well as journal articles.
Requirement not likely to cover full REF period
(likely publications from c. Jan 2015)

50. Post-2014 REF
Likely to include monographs and book
chapters as well as journal articles.
Requirement not likely to cover full REF period
(likely publications from c. Jan 2015)
Likely to have built in exclusions.

51. Post-2014 REF
Likely to include monographs and book
chapters as well as journal articles.
Requirement not likely to cover full REF period
(likely publications from c. Jan 2015)
Likely to have built in exclusions.
Likely to have as minimum requirement
deposit or link to from institutional repository.

52. Q & A

54. Image Credits
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