NATIONAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS FORUM 25: Improving Access to Australia s Research Policy Frameworks A F.A.I.R. model for Australia s research outputs: emerging policies and new strategies JILL BENN University Librarian, The University of Western Australia Chair F.A.I.R. Steering Group VIRGINIA BARBOUR Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group Thursday 31 August 2017 The Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Science Canberra ACT Australia
A F.A.I.R. model for Australia s research outputs: emerging policies and new strategies Jill Benn, University Librarian, UWA, Chair F.A.I.R. Steering Group Virginia Barbour, Director, AOASG
Structure CAUL and AOASG background Global and local developments Status of OA F.A.I.R. Statement Implementing F.A.I.R.
To transform how people experience knowledge how it can be discovered, used and shared Strategic Priorities Areas of focus: Fair, affordable and open access to knowledge Digital dexterity the new skills for learning and research excellence
Australasian Open Access Strategy Group (AOASG) Curtin UWA Victoria Melbourne Griffith QUT Charles Sturt Newcastle UNSW Macquarie ANU Council of New Zealand University Librarians - CONZUL Advocacy Policy advice Collaborations National - especially Council of Australian University Librarians - CAUL International SPARC, OA2020 Raising awareness Webinars Newsletters, Blogs, Twitter Building capacity Communities of practice
Notable global funder/government action on OA 2016/7 EU commits to making all scientific articles & data openly accessible and reusable by 2020 OA2020 initiative moves into next phase of international co-ordination Wellcome Trust, Gates foundation and EU launching their own new OA publishing platforms Wellcome introduces publisher requirements for OA Open Research Funders Group partnership formed of eight US-based funders launches Cancellation of journal subscriptions in Germany and elsewhere FASTR act re-introduced to US Congress Global Open (GO) FAIR Initiative gathering momentum UK universities explore a National Scholarly Licence
Notable recent regional developments 2015 Public Data Policy Statement requires public data to be open with CC license unless specific reason to opt out 2016 National Science and Innovation Agenda launched 2016 ORCID Australian consortium launched 2017 New Zealand ORCID consortium 2016 Productivity Commission Inquiry into Intellectual Property Arrangements recommends implementation of national and states and territories OA policies August 2017 Australian Government supports recommendation 2016 Productivity Commission report on data suggests review of policies and infrastructure 2017 National Science Statement notes OA policy 2016/7 ARC and NHMRC review their OA & data policies
There is a massive global impetus for change but still only 15-20% full OA (at most) Sample of 100, 000 articles indexed by Crossref 28% of all journal articles are freely available online most do not have an associated license, either on a journal s website or in repository, hence reuse rights are unclear 10.7287/peerj.preprints.3119v1
F.A.I.R. https://www.fair-access.net.au/
A F.A.I.R. research output is: F. A. ACCESSIBLE FINDABLE ACCESSIBLE associated with rich metadata available in a public repository or open journal site I. INTEROPERABLE INTEROPERABLE in a format that allows it to be exchanged and integrated R. REUSABLE REUSABLE has a licence that allows reuse
SHARE FREE OPEN F.A.I.R. FREE TO READ STRUCTURED FORMAT CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCES REUSE F.A.I.R. ENABLES COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY INSTITUTIONS RICH METADATA PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS MACHINE READABLE DISCOVERABLE WORLDWIDE
F.A.I.R: an alternative approach Lack of clarity on what OA means in practice hinders implementation OA as a term rarely used correctly often equated with just free Format, metadata and license requirements usually not stipulated Uncertainty about role of new models A F.A.I.R. approach will: maximise readership, citation use & re-use of all research outputs Be applicable to a wide range of models but needs to be embedded in a framework that incentivises making research F.A.I.R.
Individual and organisational roles in implementing F.A.I.R. Identifiers & licences Institutions Ensure all research outputs have unique identifiers & and all researchers have ORCID ids Provide and maintain a repository, with minimum metadata set for all items Provide access to outputs in machine readable format Collaborate on overarching approach to licensing eg UK Scholarly Licence equivalent Researchers Obtain and use ORCID id Use other identifiers as needed Make accepted manuscripts available for deposit in repository Provide outputs in machine readable format Retain the necessary rights to work
Making research outputs Findable: Specific initiative - ORCID
Making research outputs Accessible and Reusable: Rationale for a UK whole-of-country approach Researchers need be able to publish where they wish Researchers and Institutions need to retain re-use rights Funders seek compliance Libraries want to enable frictionless services All want to maximise impact of publication Source Chris Banks, Imperial College, London Focusing upstream: The Repository Fringe The Council of Australian University Librarians is undertaking exploration of an Australian version of the model
Questions for discussion How can F.A.I.R. be built into incentivisation and reward structures for researcher and institutions? How are we best to coordinate actions nationally and align with international initiatives? How else can F.A.I.R. principles be developed in practice?