1	Publishing as an Open Access Author Library and Information Technology Forum University of Utah February 11, 2004 Wayne J. Peay Mary E. Youngkin Director Assistant Director for Public Services
2	WHAT is Open Access Publishing? An Open Access Journal meets the following two conditions: Authors and copyright holders grant open access, use, distribution and transmission rights as long as proper attribution of authorship is given Articles are immediately deposited in an open, unrestricted electronic repository for access and archival purposes Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm
3	WHY Publish as an Open Access Author? COST!
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9	The Impact at Utah CPI = 35 SOM Tuition Scholarships CPI*2 = 25 SOM Tuition Scholarships
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12	WHY Publish as an Open Access Author? OWNERSHIP!
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17	HOW to be an Open Access Author / Supporter Info & Tools – Eccles Scholarly Comm. Page http://library.med.utah.edu/library/aboutus/scholarcomm.html Universities as Publishers / Archives Pay to Publish Model Publication in alternative/competing journals from societies rather than commercial publishers Journals with archived content on PubMed Central Journals with Open Access after embargo Other Faculty Action
18	Pay to Publish Model Examples BioMed Central PLOS Biology (Public Library of Science)
19	BioMed Central Marriott and Eccles Libraries have paid U of U membership fees so that authors don’t incur the $525 per article fee 100 + open access peer-reviewed journals Also open access for original research articles in subscription based specialist journals Rapid publication, high visibility Authors retain copyright
20	BioMed Central Full peer-review Open reviews and pre-publication history Articles are linked from PubMed and archived on PubMed Central as well as on BMC http://www.biomedcentral.com
21	PLOS (Public Library of Science) $1500 per article fee Newly announced institutional membership offers discounts to authors PLOS Biology since Oct 2003 – PLOS Medicine to come Authors retain copyright Rapid publication, high visibility, peer-review Articles linked from PubMed and archived on PubMed Central as well as on PLOS Strong support from high level scientists and organizations http://www.plosbiology.org/
22	Publication in alternative/competing journals from societies and organizations EG: Journal of Neuroscience $2195 (Soc for Neurosci. / HighWire Press) - includes 23 years online access Brain Research $21,269 (Elsevier) - 12 months online access SPARC Alternative Journals (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) BioOne “integrated, cost-effective access to a thoroughly linked information resource of interrelated journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.”
23	Journals with Archived Open Content on PubMed Central National Library of Medicine’s Open Access Archive 111 journals Searchable, linked references Linked from PubMed http://pubmedcentral.gov Eg: PNAS 1990- J Bacteriology 1957- Nucleic Acids Research 1980- Bull Med Libr Assoc 1911-
24	Journals with Open Access after Embargo Period Subscription based & licenses may not favor authors, but backfiles are open HighWire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl 180 journals with free full text or free backfiles Embargo ranges from 6 mo – 2 years Many are also archived on PubMed Central
25	Other Faculty Action Refuse to review for commercial publishers Ask for copyright retention Lobby publishers & societies for open access to backfiles & archiving on PubMed Central Editors could consider moving their journal Value open access publication in the promotion process
26	Demo http://library.med.utah.edu/library/aboutus/scholarcomm.html
27	Discussion Questions? Feedback? Experiences of BMC authors? Grant funds for publication fees? Barriers to adoption?