Open Access Funds: A Canadian Library Survey

Fernandez, Leila; Nariani, Rajiv

doi:10.21083/partnership.v6i1.1424

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“…Mischo and Schlembach (2011) have also reported concerns over APCs with regards to "cost to authors, …and journals expanding article acceptances to make money". Moreover, APC payments fall mostly on authors or their funders and the majority of the few institutions covering APCs use existing library budgets rather than additional allocated funds (Bauer et al 2013;Lara 2014;Fernandez and Nariani 2011).…”

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Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Boufarss

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2020

Scientometrics

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Higher education institutions (HEIs) have an instrumental role in the move towards Open Access (OA) by shaping the national strategies, policies, and agendas. This study sets out to explore the role of HEIs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) OA uptake and reflect on the ongoing international initiatives pushing for universal OA to research. The study is based on an online survey targeted at UAE higher education institutions research management units. In order to measure the institutional views, only one response was solicited from each institution. A total of 19 valid responses were received, making up 47% of HEIs included in the population of organisations. Our results suggest that there is low commitment to OA among UAE HEIs as attested by the low number of OA policies, scarce OA funding, limited proliferation of institutional repositories, perceived lack of urgency to migrate from current access models, and little consideration of OA for promotion purposes. The study is the first of its kind in the UAE, Arab and Middle Eastern countries, providing rare insight into a growing phenomenon that is global, yet most vocally discussed from a western perspective and context. The study contributes to the debate on the role of HEIs in the transition to OA and in shaping national and regional OA policies, as well as informing international initiatives about the current status of OA in the region.

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Section: Controversial Issues In Oamentioning

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Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Boufarss

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2020

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“…It indicates that a larger number of institutions than have central funds are supporting OA publication in other various ways, something also indicated in a recent survey of Canadian libraries. 2 Of those UK respondents without a cen- 13% of the responding institutions (7 out of 52) stated that they had 'an institutionally co-ordinated approach to payment of per-article OA fees tral fund, 10% said that it was 'likely' that one would be created in the next 12 months. There were varying degrees of certainty in the responses to this question.…”

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Open access central funds in UK universities

Pinfield

Middleton

2012

Learned Publishing

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This paper reports on the extent to which higher education institutions in the UK have set up central funds and similar institutionally co‐ordinated approaches to the payment of open access article‐processing charges. It presents data demonstrating that central funds have only been set up by a minority of institutions and that the number of institutions has not changed significantly between 2009 and 2011. It then explores the barriers to the establishment of such funds and discusses recent developments that might lower these barriers. Finally, it provides a case study of the development of the central fund at the University of Nottingham in the UK and considers the sustainability of such an approach.

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“…Many universities have responded to this by coordinating the payments of APCs across the institution. Typically, this involves the library or research support office managing a “central fund” for APC payments to which authors can apply (Eckman & Weil, ; Fernandez & Nariani, ; Nariani & Fernandez, ; Pinfield, ; Pinfield & Middleton, ). Though such an arrangement can make setting up prepayment schemes easier, it can, at the same time, create new administrative costs for the library or research office.…”

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The “total cost of publication” in a hybrid open‐access environment: Institutional approaches to funding journal article‐processing charges in combination with subscriptions

Pinfield

Salter

Bath

2015

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As open-access (OA) publishing funded by articleprocessing charges (APCs) becomes more widely accepted, academic institutions need to be aware of the "total cost of publication" (TCP), comprising subscription costs plus APCs and additional administration costs. This study analyzes data from 23 UK institutions covering the period 2007-2014 modeling the TCP. It shows a clear rise in centrally managed APC payments from 2012 onward, with payments projected to increase further. As well as evidencing the growing availability and acceptance of OA publishing, these trends reflect particular UK policy developments and funding arrangements intended to accelerate the move toward OA publishing ("Gold" OA). Although the mean value of APCs has been relatively stable, there was considerable variation in APC prices paid by institutions since 2007. In particular, "hybrid" subscription/OA journals were consistently more expensive than fully OA journals. Most APCs were paid to large "traditional" commercial publishers who also received considerable subscription income. New administrative costs reported by institutions varied considerably. The total cost of publication modeling shows that APCs are now a significant part of the TCP for academic institutions, in 2013 already constituting an average of 10% of the TCP (excluding administrative costs).

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Open Access Funds: A Canadian Library Survey

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates

Open access central funds in UK universities

The “total cost of publication” in a hybrid open‐access environment: Institutional approaches to funding journal article‐processing charges in combination with subscriptions

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