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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Germany License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de/Maximum Consequence: The Rationality Behind Open Access GoldBerlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to ImpactPadua, 19-21 September 2007Dr. Ralf Schimmer, Max Planck Digital Library, Munich, GermanyBuilding up20 September 2007 Seite 1Ralf SchimmerBerlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact: Consequences of Knowledge DisseminationThe purpose of this talk isto reflect on some of our current practices andto propose a certain shift in our perspective & behavior in order to increase impact & consequenceI want to suggest that it is time to take some spotlight away – but of course not to depart – from the Green Road and to raise ourawareness plus increase our efforts with regard to the Golden RoadSo I want to pronounce OA Gold without arguing anti-OA Green My reflections shall be developed along the following dimensions:Legal: mandates and (copy)right(s)Technical/Services: research infrastructures of the futureFinancial: reader pays and author pays models.20 September 2007 Seite 2Ralf SchimmerThe Legal Dimension: Mandates and (Copy)Right(s)The dominant opinion:„there is the faster, surer and more heavily travelled green road“(e.g. S. Harnad et al. in Nature Debate 2004)Widely known key elements from such debate:Institutional repositoriesPrinciple of self-archiving……preferably to be made more authoritative with deposit mandateExploitation of existing publisher self-archiving policies („green“)Advocated as easy, immediate & effective solution to researchaccess problemTendency: Certain claim for dominance, if not absolutenessIronically very often self-portrayed as being in a minority position.20 September 2007 Seite 3Ralf SchimmerThe Legal/IR Dimension QualifiedCopyright with many different national expressionsWhat is institution allowed to mandate vis a vis authors?Problem of multiple authors with multiple affiliationIs one enough consenting for all? How to document?Problem of version as intensified by different research community state-of-the-art practicesHow big is discrepancy between final author version and published version? What does this mean for reliability and future usage scenarios?Conclusion: Approach as such not invalid; but perhaps not that simple, immediate & effective after all; need for refining the strategy.From perspective of an organization that runs an institutional repository and has labored with the implementation of a deposit mandate for quite some time20 September 2007 Seite 4Ralf SchimmerTechnical/Services Dimension: Demands from the Research Infrastructures of the FutureFrom the Berlin Declaration:“Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if the information is not made widely and readily available to society.“John Taylor‘s eScience definition:“eScience is about global collaboration in key areas of science and the next generation of infrastructure that will enable it.“Removing tolls & barriersBeing able & allowed to use information in other contextsOA and eScience complement one another.20 September 2007 Seite 5Ralf SchimmerTechnical/Services Dimension: The Repository and the JournalRepositoriesHave received much attention and development work in terms of their advancement, interoperability issues & overlay servicesSo far with limited impact and sustainabilityJournalsStill dominant principle of organizing & bundling subject-specific research outputIntegral part of overlay services (e.g. A&I databases, search & retrieval services, reference linking)Quite a long way to scale up repositories & to build servicesJournals still have strategic & practical advantages for servicesWhy not continue with journals while removing the barriers?20 September 2007 Seite 6Ralf SchimmerFinancial Dimension: Reader Pays and Author PaysReader pays modelSerials crisis (affordability)Toll barrier (access risk)Rights barrier (usage risk)Established business modelAll parties used to their rolesand ritualsAuthor pays modelPromise of savings (SCOAP3)No toll/access barrierAt least softened rights barrierMet with suspicion: Would divert research fundsWould lead to excessive cost(John Harnad: 1-2% in somedomains; 10-15% in others)Neither fear nor figures seem justifiedTo systematically divert money from research funds would indeed be insaneCalculations and administrative/budgetary measures of MPG as exampleChallenge is to synchronize the library and research budgets and to devicecommunicative and administrative procedures to direct this consolidated budget.20 September 2007 Seite 7Ralf SchimmerRecapitulation – What we have we seen so far1) Development of institutional repositories important but perhaps not as simple and effective as often suggested2) From the perspective of eScience/cyber infrastructure  requirements, the organized content in repositories still cannot compete with the organized content in journals; stronger efforts to better utilize the existing journals are needed3) It would be a caricature to misunderstand the attempts at funding the publication costs of journals as diverting money from research funds. Such approaches do not indicate higher risks; they would “only“ require new organizational principles.20 September 2007 Seite 8Ralf SchimmerConclusion: A Strategic View on OA GoldOA Gold be grander and change more than most people thinkCovering publication charges instead of subscription costs will build up/increase consequence:Remove access & rights barriers more effectively while using themoney that is already in the game (with even potential savings) As it requires new administrative, communicative & budgetary  procedures it would help to prepare the research communities & their institutions for the next step of maximum consequence:Transforming the publication system altogetherOr: Let this car no longer look like a horse carriage (S. Noorda).Sijbolt Noorda in his opening keynote: OA Gold only tiny possibility for OA; would not change much; publishers would continue like before20 September 2007 Seite 9Ralf SchimmerFamous Last Word from the Berlin Declaration“We realize that the process of moving to open access changes the dissemination of knowledge with respect to legal and financial aspects. Our organizations aim to find solutions that support further development of the existing legal and financial frameworks in order to facilitate optimal use and access.”This should still be our call to action! It is on us and our institutions to find the necessary solutions.20 September 2007 Seite 10Ralf SchimmerThank you for your attention!Dr. Ralf SchimmerMax Planck Digital Libraryschimmer@mpdl.mpg.de

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