Copyright, Open Access, and Predatory Journals. Peter Fernandez Webster C Pendergrass Library

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1 Copyright, Open Access, and Predatory Journals Peter Fernandez Webster C Pendergrass Library

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3 I am NOT here to tell you what to do

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5 Economic model* Steel Cars Steelmakers Auto manufacturers Consumers $ $

6 Traditional Scholarly Publishing Model Article Publisher Article Author Copyright? Journal Editor / Reviewers etc $ $ $ $ $ $ $ P&T Grants Reputation Prestige Library Library Budget Cost P&T Grants Reputation Prestige Budget

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9 IP Publisher wholesale transfer of rights creates scarcity/monopoly drives prices up (inelastic market) Library purchases and disseminates information

10 upside potential looks capped, since there is no room for top-line expansion given tight university library budgets, and no room for cost-cutting in an industry where the labor of academic researchers, editors, and peer reviewers is provided, literally, for free. Source: RUK: The Maturing Threat of Open Access

11 Alma Swan. The Culture of Open Access: Researchers Views and Responses.

12 Berlin Declaration The Internet has fundamentally changed the practical and economic realities of distributing scientific knowledge and cultural heritage. For the first time ever, the Internet now offers the chance to constitute a global and interactive representation of human knowledge, including cultural heritage and the guarantee of worldwide access. Source:

13 Open Access, plain and simple Open access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. - Peter Suber Source:

14 Myths Open access "is compatible with copyright, peer review, revenue (even profit), print, preservation, prestige, quality, career-advancement, indexing, and other features and supportive services associated with conventional scholarly literature."

15 Motivations Logic of digital distribution Wider audience Increased citations Better search technology Faster research Mandates: "The Obama Administration is committed to the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for. has directed Federal agencies with more than $100M in R&D expenditures to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication and requiring researchers to better account for and manage the digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research."

16 Technology evolves rapidly, scholarly publishing changes slowly Tenure and review New models of funding

17 How? -Two Roads to Open Access Open Access Publishing Archiving

18 Open Access Facts Worldwide: Current Size: Over 1200 OA Journals in the USA

19 Institutional Mandates Source:

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21 Predatory Publishing

22 New form of Vanity Press??

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24 Sample Criteria Editor and Staff: No single individual is identified as the journal s editor Business Management: Provides insufficient information or hides information about author fees, offering to publish an author s paper and later sending a previously-undisclosed invoice. Integrity: The publisher falsely claims to have its content indexed in legitimate abstracting and indexing services or claims that its content is indexed in resources that are not abstracting and indexing services Other: The publisher engages in excessive use of spam to solicit manuscripts or editorial board memberships Source:

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26 Open Access Online Publishing

27 Online Reputation Management Reputation management is a major component of online life, as anyone who has ever searched for oneself or a colleague can attest. Traffic from search engines and social media are key drivers of the need for identity and online profile management. As time spent on social networks grows (an estimated 17% of all U.S. time spent online in the U.S. is spent on Facebook) propagating content through these channels becomes increasingly important to ensure reach, even for specialized audiences.

28 New metrics

29 New Metrics

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31 Engage with the issues

32 How can THE Library help?

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36 Copyright Agreement

37 Better, Faster, Science

38 The list goes on

39 Questions/Comments?