Posters
Restrictive access policies cut readership of electronic research journal articles by a factor of two, Michael J. Kurtz, Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA [document (pdf)]
The Effect of Open Access on citation impact, Tim Brody, Intelligence Agents Multimedia (IAM) Group, University of Southampton
Services for Open Access literature at the University of Southampton, Tim Brody, IAM Group, University of Southampton
Morning session
Chair: Helen Hayes, Edinburgh University
10.15-10.30 Introduction and Open Access primer, Steve Hitchcock, Southampton University [presentation slides]
10.30-10.40 Welcome, Adam Wheeler, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Southampton
University
International OA Developments
10.40-11.00 Open Archive Initiatives and research infrastructure in
Australia, John Shipp, University of Sydney, and Colin Steele, Australian
National University
11.00-12.00 National viewpoints
Impact of OA on science in developing countries (including a report on the recent World Summit on the Information Society meeting), Barbara Kirsop, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development [presentation slides]12.00-12.30 Discussion call:
DAREnet: access to Dutch scientific results, Leo Waaijers, SURF/DARE
Achieving open access to UK research: the work of the Joint Information Systems Committee, Fred Friend, University College London [presentation slides]
OA: A Canadian update, Tim Mark, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Open Access: The French Approach, Francis Andre, CNRS/INIST [document, author unable to present on the day]
Status report on OA in Germany, Theresa Velden, ZIM in the Max Planck Society
The OA situation in Norway, Jostein Hauge, Bergen University Library
Mark Thorley, NERC, on Research Councils UK position from their submission to the House of Commons Science & Technology (S&T) Committee enquiry into scientific publications
Bruce Royan, on evidence from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to the S&T Committee [document]
Prue Backway, DTI, for report on OECD Declaration On Access To Research Data From Public Funding
12.30-1.30 Lunch
Afternoon session
Chair: Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath
OA and e-scholarship
1.30-1.50 From e-Science to Publication@Source, Jeremy Frey, Southampton University
1.50-2.00 OA and the Arts and Humanities, Michael Jubb, Arts and Humanities
Research Board [document]
2.00-2.20 OA: A funder's perspective, Robert Terry, The Wellcome Trust [presentation slides]
2.20-2.35 Discussion call:
Peter Murray-Rust, Cambridge University, on authors'/scientists' views
Neil Jacobs, Bristol University, on organisations' accountability requirements and ensuring that open archives make these easier to fulfil
Authors and impact: the scale of open access
2.35-2.55 A case study of the economic impact of OA on a university, Donald W. King, University of Pittsburgh
2.55-3.15 Publish or perish: Self-archive to flourish, Stevan Harnad,
Southampton University
Outcomes and wrap up
Chairs: Colin Steele and Stevan Harnad
3.15-4.00 Discussion on strategy, implementation and the way forward for Open Access
4.00 Tea and coffee, depart
Meeting organiser, Steve Hitchcock, Southampton University, contact sh94r@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Hotels within walking distance of the meeting site:
Limited parking is available in the car park off Archers Road, see
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~indexes/maps/newcollege.html
But drivers will need to obtain a permit, contact Steve Hitchcock sh94r@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Background: The recent acceleration of national and international open access policy initiatives; the UK Government inquiry into what actions academic institutions should be taking to promote a competitive market in scientific publications, the consequences for open access on the Research Assessment Exercise and other selection processes; the funding initiative for managing university information by the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training (see below).
Purpose: To inform and motivate research funding agencies and research institutions in the UK, Australia and other countries to adopt an holistic approach to the process of research knowledge creation and distribution, which involves examining current incentive systems for rewarding research output. A key catalyst in this process, and a focus of this meeting, will be to encourage and help institutions provide open access to their own research output on a large scale by setting up institutional digital archives of refereed research papers (eprints) to maximise and monitor their research impact.
Target audience: leading researchers, university research funders and administrators, research assessors and evaluators, policy makers, and institutional digital information managers This will be an intensive participation-led event. A short formal agenda - covering national developments on open access in the UK, Australia and elsewhere will be given by leading practitioners, presenting data on the benefits to author impact and research productivity, and mapping out the connections with with e-science and e-humanities developments.
Here are some important examples of recent national and international open access initiatives: