OPEN ACCESS THE BASICS Making your research available

OPEN ACCESS: THE BASICS Making your research available

Introduction • Rosenthal Library & our resources • Website http: //library. qc. cuny. edu/ • About Open Access http: //library. qc. cuny. edu/services/instruction/openaccess/index. php • Does anyone here have experience with publishing?

Traditional Publishing Models • Traditional academic publishing • Colleges and Universities pay authors to produce scholarship, and then pay publishers for access to the research v Colleges and universities are paying twice • Subscription prices for academic journals • Rising steeply, compromising libraries’ ability to make information available

Another Publishing Option • Open Access A growing publishing model that allow any user free access to full-text of scholarly materials online • Journals • E-Books üReaders üStudents üAuthors

Two OA Models Gold OA Published with Open Access publishers • Processing fee Examples • Wiley • Springer • Elsevier Green OA (or, self-archiving) Published manuscript from a subscription journal made available in online repositories, or institutional repositories • Embargo (access delay) period Examples • ar. Xiv • Pub. Med Central • CUNY? • Your own website?

Benefits of Publishing in Open Access • Reaches a wider audience • Reduces lag time between writing and publication (Gold) • Supports authors’ rights • Provides an alternative to for-profit publishers • Public access to research

Open Access & The Publication Process • Step One: Funding your research • Step Two: Writing • Step Three: Choosing a Publisher • Step Four: Knowing Your Rights • Step Five: Self Archiving • Step Six: Advocating for Open Access

Step One: Funding Your Research Know: • Granting agencies may require that results are made publicly available • Some journals charge publication fees. Consider this when seeking funding Step Two: Writing Know: • Some of the works you are citing are likely available because they are open access.

Step Three: Choosing a Publisher • Gold Open Access • Resources for identifying publishers • Directory of Open Access Journals • Directory of Open Access Books • Quality Control • Evaluation Criteria • Beall’s List • Open Access Business Models • Institutional or association support • Publication fees

Is That It? • Yes, but it isn’t the only way! If you retain the rights to your work, you can make it available yourself.

Step Four: Authors’ Rights • Green Open Access: Self-archiving process • Identifying & Evaluating Journals • SHERPA/Ro. MEO • What rights do you need? • Reader Rights • Author Posting Rights • Copyright • Reuse Rights

Step Four: Authors’ Rights (cont. ) • Resources for negotiating your rights • SPARC Author Addendum & other addenda • Columbia University Libraries Guide to Publication Agreements Know the rights you want to retain, negotiate for the ones you want, and be sure to keep a copy of your agreement.

Step Five: Self Archiving • CUNY Institutional Repository • In the works, but moving slowly • What you should consider: • Self-archiving on your own website • Making sure you retain your rights

Step Six: Advocating for Open Access • Stay up to date with OA • Excellent resources are available via SPARC and the Open Access Week website. We list more in our web guide. • Publish in open access journals • Talk to your colleagues about open access • Value open access in the tenure process • Get involved in OA training (workshops like this one!)

Other OA Week Events • The first event in a new series, Information Interventions @ CUNY: Open Access to Scholarly Literature: Which Side Are You On? Friday, October 25 10 am-Noon At the CUNY Graduate Center • Find out more about Open Access week here: http: //openaccess. commons. gc. cuny. edu/tag/open-access-week/

Questions? About Open Access http: //library. qc. cuny. edu/services/instruction/openaccess/index. php Nancy Foasberg nancy. foasberg@qc. cuny. edu Humanities Librarian Kelly Blanchat kelly. blanchat@qc. cuny. edu E-Resources Librarian