ACCESS TO THE VISION LITERATURE SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

ACCESS TO THE VISION LITERATURE SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS: NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES PAMELA C. SIEVING¹ AND BETTE ANTON² FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF VISION SCIENCE LIBRARIANS (AVSL)³ ¹NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH LIBRARY, BETHESDA ²FONG OPTOMETRY LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY ³ spectacle. berkeley. edu/~library/AVSL. HTM GLOBAL RESOURCES MANDATES BY FUNDING AGENCIES OPEN ACCESS NIH PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY (AS OF MAY 2005) DEPOSITING MANUSCRIPTS IS REQUESTED BUT NOT REQUIRED. BUDAPEST (2002), BETHESDA (2003) & BERLIN (2003) STATEMENTS ON OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL, ONLINE FREE USE, FREE OF MANY RESTRICTIONS FROM COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING AGREEMENTS TO DATE ONLY 4% OF ELIGIBLE MANUSCRIPTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO PUBMED CENTRAL ARCHIVE. OF 2400 ARTICLES RELEASED FOR ACCESS, 190 WERE VISIONRELATED. 56 WERE PUBLISHED IN VISION JOURNALS. COST/BENEFITS BALANCE TO BE DETERMINED PEER-REVIEW IMPORTANT PERMANENT STABLE ARCHIVES VITAL NUMBER OF ARTICLES IN VISION JOURNALS RELEASED TO PUBMED CENTRAL SINCE MAY 2005: BUDAPEST : 4100+ SIGNATORIES BERLIN: 150+ SIGNATORIES Am J Ophthalmol Arch Ophthalmol Exp Eye Res IOVS J Ocul Pharmacol J Vision DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS 2200+ JOURNALS, 95, 000+ ARTICLES CURRENT OPEN ACCESS VISION JOURNALS Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol* Indian J Ophthalmol* Arq Bras Oftalmol* Internet J Ophthalmol Arch Ophthalmol*+ IOVS*+ BMC Ophthalmol* J VIS* Br J Ophthalmol*+ Mol Vis* Community Eye Health* Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc* Dig J Ophthalmol *Medline title +partial years or content 5 8 5 19 1 2 J Ocul Immunol Ophthalmology Prog Ret Eye Res Retina Vis Neuroscience Vis Research 1 4 2 3 3 7 There are calls to make future deposits mandatory within 6 months of publication. Estimated cost to maintain this archive: $3. 5 M/yr. WELLCOME TRUST OPEN ACCESS POLICY (AS OF OCTOBER 2005) MANDATED SUBMISSION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PUBLICATION. c 100 MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED TO PMC ARCHIVE TO DATE. UKPMC TO BE ESTABLISHED, WITH LINKS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE INCLUDED. 1% OF GRANT BUDGET IS EARMARKED FOR PUBLISHING. COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. THREE MODELS OF WHO PAYS AUTHOR CHARGES ($500 -$1500) AUTHOR INSTITUTION (BMC) SUBMISSION FEES WAIVED/REDUCED AS NECESSARY SUBSCRIPTION COSTS/BENEFITS (BERGSTROM/MCAFFEE MODEL) RESEARCH COUNCILS OF THE UK (OCTOBER 2005) POSITION STATEMENT ONLY; POLICY IS DUE SOON. MAX PLANCK INSTITUTES ENCOURAGE PUBLISHING IN OA JOURNALS. ENCOURAGE DEPOSIT IN INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES. BERLIN-4 CONFERENCE (MARCH 2006) INDIA: 100 OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS. NO AUTHOR FEES (INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE) c 20 INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES. BOOKS, DISSERTATIONS DIGITIZED. SOUTH AFRICA 5 OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS. 4 INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES. UKRAINE PROTODIRECTORY OF OA JOURNALS AND REPOSITORIES. OA A PARLIAMENTARY PRIORITY. RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ALL PUBMED AND OTHER NCBI FILES PUBMED CENTRAL JOURNALS FREE ARCHIVES FOR MANY JOURNALS (FREE FULLTEXT LIMIT IN PUBMED) LILACS, INDMED INDEX MEDICUS for the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION INDEX MEDICUS for the SOUTH-EAST ASIAN REGION c 60 JOURNALS through HINARI (DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ONLY) ISSUES IN OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING CHOICES --FUNDER POLICIES ARE MANDATING CHANGE --COPYRIGHT ALLOWS RANGE OF OPTIONS --EASIER ACCESS = MORE CITATIONS --MAY BE CHEAPER THAN REPRINTS --ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE IN SCIENCE & HEALTH --GLOBAL IMPACT ENHANCED FOR ALL --SUSTAINABLE PRICING AND ACCESS MUST BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED --CHANGE IS INEVITABLE. YOU CAN DIRECT IT! REASONS TO POST WORK TO AN OA REPOSITORY --EASY ARCHIVING --INCREASED EXPOSURE --INCREASED CITATIONS --INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION --LONG-TERM PRESERVATION --SUPPORT THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (R. Singer Gordon) --81% OF SURVEYED AUTHORS INDICATE WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH MANDATED DEPOSIT (www. keyperspevctives. co. uk/openaccessarchive/) --95% OF JOURNALS ALLOW AUTHORS TO DEPOSIT MANUSCRIPTS IN INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES REPOSITORY DIRECTORIES: Open. DOAR www. opendoar. org 380 INSTITUTIONS DIRECTORY ONLY OAISTER: oaister. umdl. umich. edu 620 INSTITUTIONS; 7 MILLION RECORDS DIRECTORY + SEARCH ENGINE RESOURCES (1) BERGSTROM T, Mc. AFEE P. JOURNAL COST EFFECTIVENESS, 2005. www. journalprices. com (2) DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHERS‘ DEPOSITORY POLICIES: www. sherpa. ac. uk/romeo. php ARVO 2006