Changes in Support for Open Access: Laudatory or Predatory
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Publisher support for open access is changing. Do they really support open access philosophically or only to the extent that they can monetize it?
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- 1. Changes in support for open access: Laudatory or predatory? Denise Troll Covey Scholarly Communications Librarian Carnegie Mellon University ICDL 2013
- 2. The conference paper associated with this slideshow is available at http://works.bepress.com/denise_troll_covey/79/
- 6. Trend in levels of support 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Apr04 Jun04 Aug04 Sep04 Dec04 Feb05 Apr05 Jun05 Nov05 Dec05 Apr06 Jun06 Sep06 Oct06 Nov06 Jan07 Feb07 Mar07 May07 Jun07 Sep07 Oct07 Dec07 Feb08 Apr08 Jun08 Jul08 Dec08 Oct09 Nov09 Feb10 Aug10 Nov10 Jun11 Jul11 Sep11 Feb12 Aug12 Sep12 Jan13 May13 Jun13 April 2004 June 2013No support for self-archiving Minimal support: Pre-prints only (before peer review) Post-prints only (after peer review) Full support: Pre-prints and post-prints Total policies
- 7. #1 Publishers are free to change their self- archiving policy & they do
- 8. No level is stable One out of five changed Often many years later Mixed messages Intriguing correlations 2004-2013 709 publishers Change level of support
- 9. 2004-2013 26 publishers Change policy conditions Control version location timing Paid OA Embargoes Repositories Mandates
- 11. 26 dataset changed dataset All pubs 50% 100% Non-profits 29% 65% For-profits 78% 35% Unstable 709 dataset changed dataset All pubs 19% 100% Non-profits 17% 71% For-profits 27% 26%
- 12. Influential 709 dataset Changes impacted 10,837 titles 90% published by for-profits 26 dataset Changes by 9 popular for-profit publishers account for 67% of the 10,837 titles
- 14. “You may if you wish, but not if you must” – Stevan Harnad’s paraphrase of Elsevier’s policy
- 15. #3 Policy changes reflect changes in perception of threats & opportunities
- 16. Support Deter Oppose Self-archiving Association of American Publishers PSP Bulletin As self-archiving increases, the threat increases
- 17. Attack Embrace Promote Prey OA publishing Association of American Publishers PSP Bulletin Willingness to pay becomes an opportunity to exploit
- 18. It’s all about the revenue stream(s)
- 19. #4 The AAP’s lobbying aims at the uninformed to keep them uninformed
- 20. Assume facts not in evidence Scholarly publishing is functioning well Full copyright transfer is necessary Embargoes are necessary
- 21. Force unnecessary choices Peer review OR open access Traditional publishing OR government censorship Healthy publishing & fiscal responsibility OR gov’t intervention & waste
- 22. Obfuscate to alarm Self-archiving mandates will have harmful unintended consequences Self-archiving mandates undermine copyright, which harms publishing, which harms the economy
- 23. Change the basis of argument Publications are private sector works distinct from author manuscripts
- 24. Attempt to structure reality As the bolt of fabric is to the finished suit, the author’s manuscript is to the publication
- 25. Recap 1. Publishers are free to change their self-archiving policy & they do 2. For-profit publisher policies are the most unstable, influential & predatory 3. Policy changes reflect changes in perception of threats & opportunities 4. The AAP’s lobbying aims at the uninformed to keep them uninformed
- 26. with deep understanding Call to act
- 27. Study for-profit publisher behavior Lobby for self-archiving mandates Address Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt (FUD) Help non-profit publishers transition to open access Keep fighting the good fight!
- 28. Images http://sanisidrolabradordemantalongon.wordpress.com/organiza tions/parish-youth-coordinating-council-pycc/ http://www.defenders.org/mountain-lion/basic-facts - © Cody S. Hoagland http://www.flickr.com/photos/45325473@N04/5004694149/ - blinkingidiot – CC-BY-ND http://www.flickr.com/photos/92661859@N00/388979184/ - bitzcelt - CC-BY-NC-ND http:// www.flickr.com/photos/26854808@N06/2603767663/ - Habitat for Humanity Great Britain – CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.flickr.com/photos/57956171@N00/317125624/ - ferran pestaña – CC-BY-SA
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- 30. Images http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?251056- Trinkets-from-India-Hyderabad http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/2769179821/in/photos tream/ - Jim Grey – CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3033712 – Colin smith CC- BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/greentea/4159579069/ - Andrea Williams – CC-BY-NC-ND http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candle-flame-no- reflection.jpg
- 31. Thank you! Denise Troll Covey Scholarly Communications Librarian Carnegie Mellon University troll@andrew.cmu.edu