Green Open Access: A Balanced Assessment | allenpress.com

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-01-29

Summary:

" ... The philosophy behind the Green OA model is that government-funded research (having already been paid for by the tax-paying public) should be available to all. The model operates in a manner in which content remains subscription-based on the publisher’s website but is also placed in a repository where it lives as OA for all to view. While some of these repositories may include an embargo period, many offer the content immediately after publication. The concept has been around for a while with some institutions and funding agencies placing OA requirements on the work of faculty or grant recipients. However, when the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum in February 2013 detailing the Obama Administration’s stance that federally funded research should be made freely available, the pressure to make accommodations for Green OA was intensified. In response to the memorandum, there has been a lot of talk about how to house all of this content. Suggested repositories include PubMed Central, CHORUS, SHARE, and various other institutional-specific sites. PubMed Central has been established for quite some time and features full-text article access for all NIH-funded research. As an established, government repository, it is not surprising that PubMed Central would emerge as one obvious solution to the OSTP mandate. However, the recent government shutdown has caused some to question the wisdom of expanding this repository. Furthermore, some publishers have argued for a solution that builds on existing infrastructure rather than expanding PubMed Central. Enter the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS). CHORUS expands upon the idea of PubMed Central by identifying all federally funded research at the manuscript submission stage and incorporating this into the article metadata. CHORUS utilizes existing services such as CrossRef and FundRef in conjunction with publishers’ own websites to catalogue and link to federally funded articles. Two pilot services were launched in September of 2013. The CHORUS Search Service allows users to find articles (from participating pilot publishers) that are derived from federally funded research. CHORUS Agency Dashboard Services allow agencies, institutions, researchers, and publishers to monitor participating publisher contributions. SHARE, or Shared Access Research Ecosystem, is the newest OA repository initiative in response to the White House directive regarding federally funded research. SHARE was conceived by the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). In short, SHARE aims to connect individual institutional repositories over a collective network. While SHARE is still in its infancy, the framework of the repository has been developed. Authors will be responsible for submitting their research to the SHARE repository. SHARE will then assemble the metadata, files, and links, and deliver them to the network where universities, libraries, and other research institutions can access the content. Much like any major movement, the Green OA model has troubled publishers and led to anxiety, confusion, and for some, downright anger. This is because Green OA carries with it a daunting question – how do you manage the fact that a journal’s content is now competing against itself? Let’s explain ..."

Link:

http://allenpress.com/frontmatter/issue/issue-26-2013/green-open-access-balanced-assessment

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

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oa.new oa.comment oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.budgets oa.embargoes oa.universities oa.colleges oa.obama_directive oa.ostp oa.usa oa.funders oa.mandates oa.data oa.green oa.ir oa.compliance oa.share oa.chorus oa.aap oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.repositories oa.hei oa.policies

Date tagged:

01/29/2014, 09:47

Date published:

01/29/2014, 04:47