[GOAL] OA Overview January 2017 (Arthur Sale)

[Richard Poynder]

Danny,

 

I am reminded here of a paper you wrote in 2013 in which you said:

 

"The requirement to collect information about research output in Australia
for ERA [the Australian Excellence in Research for Australia] and HERDC
reporting is a double-edged sword. The research community in Australia has
adapted to providing this information, albeit not without frustration at the
high level of administration involved in compliance. And while some
universities consider ERA to have helped the awareness of their repository
and open access, overall, the evidence seems to indicate ERA has been
detrimental to the promotion of open access in Australia."

 

http://src-online.ca/index.php/src/article/view/39/122

 

Richard Poynder

 

 

 

 

Hi all,

 

Arthur's statements are slightly off kilter. The reason why all research
outputs in Australia are collected is because of the requirements for the
Higher Education Research Data Collection - HERDC
https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-research-data-collection which
determines the block grant funding allocation to universities on an annual
basis. This has nothing to do with open access.

 

In some instances universities have tied this long standing process into
their OA systems, in others they have not. So there are plenty of situations
where a copy of the research output is collected, but it is the final pdf
(that in most cases would not be able to be made open access anyway) and
these are also collected within an internally facing system, so there is no
exposure even of the metadata.

 

It is my understanding that there is movement in Australia to make open
access more closely tied into this process at a policy level - but that has
not happened yet. As someone managing a large UK institution's compliance
with very serious mandates at the highest level, I can say that we still
have a huge battle ahead.

 

Danny

 


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Keep up the emphasis, Stevan, as appropriate. I totally agree that the
double-payment argument is absurd, as I wrote. And yes there is added value
in published books, including but not limited to preservation. I did not
need the spray.



As a result of the OA movement (including your and my efforts) all
Australian universities have 100% of their articles self-archived. Yes all
and 100%, for audit purposes. That?s been the case for many years now.

Unfortunately they are not all open access immediately, but they are
available within the institution on one server, and the academics all
comply. Their departmental standing and funding would otherwise suffer.

It is a small victory, to be sure, but the inability of people to think
outside the box of their scholarly training is a huge problem. It helps that
we have a few people at the decision levels in Australia who are ICT-savvy
and more flexible. I think the same is true of Canada.



Best wishes

Arthur Sale

 

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