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Implementing RCUK OA policy Pat Spoor OA Manager January 2014 Content of the session • Understanding RCUK OA policy • Choosing gold or green • Embargo periods and licences • Accessing funds for gold OA • Adding items to White Rose Research Online Wiley OA for RCUK video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV91BwY7pr0&feature=y outu.be RCUK policy from April 2013 • Applies to all peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers submitted for publication from 1st April 2013 • Encouraged to make other output OA where feasible • Universities receive block grant – so no OA costs for research papers in grant applications • Five year transition – compliance targets • Policy reviews in 2014, 2016, 2018 • Summary on R@L page Rationale for the policy “Research is essential to the growth, prosperity and wellbeing of the UK. Ensuring the widest possible access to research, both within and outside of the research community, will mean that the ground-breaking discoveries made in science and research can have a greater impact on our lives.” Doug Kell, RCUK ‘Champion’ for Information, May 2011. Padlock overkill © Katie Wood is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence. RCUK OA policy Users must be able to • read published papers online without payment • re-use the content – provided that research is properly attributed – and does not infringe any copyright to third party material – including for commercial purposes if article processing charges (APCs) are paid Green OA publication process Author undertakes research & writes research paper Author submits paper to journal that supports green open access Peer review process Paper published Subscribers can read the paper Paper added to institutional (or subject) repository All can read (embargo may apply) & reuse (depending on licence) GREEN • Publish in a journal that permits an appropriate embargo period. – Ideally 12 mths max for Arts/Humanities, 6 mths for the rest – Transition period till 2017, 24 mths permissible for Arts/Humanities, 12 mths for the rest, except if MRC funded • No licence specified – but RCUK encourage authors to be as permissive as possible and there should be no restrictions on non-commercial re-use Gold OA publication process Author undertakes research & writes research paper Author submits paper to OA or hybrid journal Peer review process Paper accepted for publication Author/institution (usually) pays OA publication charges to publisher Paper published and freely available immediately on publisher website Everyone can read. CC-BY licence permits maximum reuse GOLD • Use a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY licence where article processing charges (APCs) have been paid • Select a journal that makes the paper OA on its website immediately it is published For both GOLD and GREEN • Include funder information in the acknowledgements section (guidance available at http://www.rin.ac.uk/ourwork/research-funding-policy-andguidance/acknowledgement-funders-journal-articles ) • Include a statement about how research data can be accessed • MRC & ESRC require deposit of full text in subject repository within 6 months Researcher Decision Tree – ‘Green’ or ‘Gold’? How to meet the UK Research Councils’ requirements on Open Access Need help? E: [email protected] E: [email protected] (Symplectic/WRRO) W: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/open-access START: CHOOSE JOURNAL - Use SHERPA FACT (RCUK/Wellcome only) or journal webpage to check OA policy Does publisher permit Green OA i.e. Self-archiving? N Does publisher have a gold option? N Y Y N Does journal allow open access within embargo set by funder? Will article be made available with CC-BY? Are APC Funds available? GREEN OA Y NO FEE REQUIRED If available accept green embargo OR Accept* you cannot fully comply with funder OA policy with this journal AND Deposit embargoed copy in WRRO for preservation purposes Y Y Add full text to WRRO via Symplectic. Library will check copyright & apply embargo if required. Author may also add paper to subject repository N Accept* non-compliance with funder OA policy with this journal AND Deposit embargoed copy in WRRO for preservation purposes IMMEDIATE GOLD OA Plus preservation copy in WRRO N If available accept green embargo OR Accept * non-compliance with funder OA policy with this journal AND Deposit copy in WRRO for preservation purposes *RCUK accepts that there will not be 100% compliance in the first few years of this policy Decision tree based on http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/alternative-rcuk-oadecision-tree/ Is this journal compliant with my funder’s policies? http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/ Compliance targets • 2013-14 minimum 45% • 2014-15 minimum 53% • 2017-18 100% Compliance can be via gold or green routes Paying for APCs for gold open access • If a pre-April 2013 grant includes funds for APCs – use them (GL 53015) • For new grants, RCUK block grant may be used • Faculties/schools have allocations and must approve expenditure Accessing RCUK OA funds • Author completes online form http://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/440/open_access_publishi ng/280/rcuk_and_wellcome_trust/3 & sends it to FRIO OA contact • Once payment authorised, author submits article to OA publisher as normal • Publisher notifies the author that paper accepted • Author asks publisher to email invoice to [email protected] or post to <Author's Name>, c/o Jonathan Horne, OA Assistant Health Sciences Library, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brit ish_Museum_Fishpool_Hoard.jpg CC-Zero University of Leeds Publications Policy • Authors add bibliographic details of all research outputs to the University’s publications database (Symplectic Elements) • Authors deposit full text copies of research outputs in the institutional repository White Rose Research Online (WRRO) • Copyright permitting, research output will be made OA • Authors must include a standardised institutional affiliation “University of Leeds” in all research outputs • Authors will comply with the funders’ policies relating to open access and research data management Adding your publications to WRRO • Upload publications to the University’s Publications Database • If APCs paid, upload published PDF. Otherwise use the post-print aka “Accepted manuscript” (post peer review, without publisher formatting) • Library staff will check licences and apply embargo if required • User guides available within Symplectic Help menu • See also http://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher-publicationsdatabase Further help • Check information on Researcher@Library pages http://library.leeds.ac.uk/open-access • Enquiries about OA to [email protected] • Enquiries about uploading papers to WRRO via Symplectic to [email protected]