Talk on cultures of openness in research and scholarship, presented at University of West London Research and Scholarship Forum, 4 October 2017.

1. Helping you develop a
culture of Open Access
Andrew Preater, Director of Library Services
Research and Scholarship Forum, 4 October
2017
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2. ‘Open Access’ refers to
unrestricted, online access to the
published findings of research
HEFCE, ‘Open access research’ www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/Policy/
What I mean by Open Access
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3. UWL supports green open access
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Gold OA
• Author / university / funder pays to publish
• Output available immediately online
• Final published version is OA
Green OA
• No fee
• Output available in our repository (after any embargo)
• Accepted manuscript / final draft is OA

4. OA and REF 2021
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5. •Open access policy
applies to all
journal articles
and conference
proceedings (with
an ISSN) accepted
for publication after
1 April 2016
• Must deposit manuscript within
three months of acceptance
• Use the final peer-reviewed
manuscript, not the final
published pdf
• Doesn’t apply to books, book
chapters, unpublished
conference papers
• But: deposit these where
possible, as there is extra credit
available
OA and REF 2021
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Note: this is an expanded version of the slide I presented

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Arthur Smith, ‘Open Access policy,
procedure & process at Cambridge’
unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk
/?p=1613 (License CC BY)
A clear flowchart of HEFCE
policy from Cambridge. We
aim to avoid the red ‘hexagon
of doom’.

7. For funders and government
‘compliance’ or ‘eligibility’ is
a minimum
OA and REF 2021
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8. The revised template will also include a section on
‘open research’, detailing the submitting unit’s open
access strategy, including where this goes above
and beyond the REF open access policy
requirements, and wider activity to encourage the
effective sharing and management of research
data.
HEFCE, ‘Initial decisions on the Research Excellence Framework 2021’
www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/year/2017/ref201701/
REF 2021: UoA-level environment
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9. Developing a culture of
Open Access
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Source: Library Services statistics

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12. Academic leadership and role-modelling
Developing OA culture
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13. Academic leadership and role-modelling
Our approach and response is strategic
and University-wide
Developing OA culture
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14. Academic leadership and role-modelling
Our approach and response is strategic and
University-wide
Library Services as an advocate and a
partner
Developing OA culture
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15. Library Services as an
advocate and partner
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16. Strengths grounded in our
organisation’s culture and structure
Library Services
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17. Strengths grounded in our
organisation’s culture and structure
We offer expertise and knowledge
Library Services
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18. Strengths grounded in our
organisation’s culture and structure
We offer expertise and knowledge
Advocacy, advocacy, advocacy :)
Library Services
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19. Deposit within 3 months of acceptance.
Don’t wait.
Use the accepted manuscript (the final draft)
Email evidence to library@uwl.ac.uk
“Remind me, what do I need to do?”
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20. Contact info
Contact me: andrew.preater@uwl.ac.uk
Contact Research Support: library@uwl.ac.uk
OA at UWL blog: uwlopenaccess.edublogs.org
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