Open Access in Sweden 2002 - 2005

Presentation at ELPUB 2006, Bansko, June 16, 2006 Jan Hagerlid, National Library of Sweden www.kb.se/bibsam

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Parallell tracks

• Communication and reception of the Open Access model • Building a new infrastructure based on digital academic repositories Country report, highlighting general issues of national strategy www.kb.se/bibsam

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The involved players

• Universities (14), university colleges and other institutions of higher education with their libraries (in all 39) • The Association of Swedish Higher Education ( SUHF) • The Royal Swedish Academy of the Sciences • The Swedish Research Council www.kb.se/bibsam

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The involved players

• The National Library of Sweden – BIBSAM, National Co-ordination and Development – LIBRIS, national union catalogue and other services – IDA, department for collection development and documentation incl. legal deposit www.kb.se/bibsam

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BIBSAM’s overall objective

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To promote the efficient provision of information to higher education & research, primarily by trying to ensure • that the resources of the Swedish research libraries are well used and developed, and that • open access to information is maintained and developed.” www.kb.se/bibsam

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BIBSAM

• Manages a licence consortium for e-resources • Initiates and supports development projects • Manages a network of national expert libraries • Performs special studies in the library and information area • Supports interlibrary lending www.kb.se/bibsam

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Initiatives promoting Open Access

• ScieCom - Swedish Resource Centre for Scientific Communication – to provide information, and stimulate debate about scientific publishing and Open Access initiatives • NSCS Nordic Conference on Scientific Communication • Organized by Lund University Libraries • Financed or subsidized by BIBSAM www.kb.se/bibsam

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DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

• Provides access to quality controlled scientific and scholarly OA journals. Today (June 12) 2271 journals in the directory. Currently 647 journals are searchable at article level • Support by OSI, SPARC and BIBSAM www.kb.se/bibsam

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SUHF taking an active stand

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Pathways for Knowledge - the need for a common new strategic orientation for universities and their libraries

(2003) Study commisioned by the Association of Swedish Higher Education ( SUHF) - need for changes in the current system for scholarly publishing - establish conditions for creating professional publishing services within universities and university colleges - libraries are the natural choice for the organisation of such activities • • Working group on academic publishing Signed the Berlin Declaration in oct 2004, The Swedish Research Council in Spring 2005 www.kb.se/bibsam

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Communication of the Open access model

• Initiatives from the Open Access movement, internationally and nationally • Library and researchers perspective • Big Deals and Open Access • The quick move to a positive view of Open Access from the SUHF and the Swedish Research Council www.kb.se/bibsam

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SVEP

Samordning av den SVenska högskolans Elektroniska Publicering • = Co-ordination of Electronic Publishing within Swedish Higher Education • Major players were the Royal Library (KB), Uppsala University Library (UUB) and Lund University Libraries (LUB) + 7 other HE libraries.

• Funding granted by BIBSAM: SEK 3.2 million (347 000 EURO) for 2003 - 2005 www.kb.se/bibsam

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Mission

• Co-ordinate and scale up the development of e-publishing within higher education, by • Support HE institutions through advice on technical platforms and collaboration concerning standards • Long-term goals – Support maximum visibility of output of research and learning – Promote long-term availability of digital resources – Promote efficiency and sustainability by avoiding duplication of efforts www.kb.se/bibsam

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WP1: Harmonization of metadata

• Recommended metadata formats (also in English) for – (Research) publication databases – E-publications from Swedish HE institutions • Minimum simple oai-dc, advanced level compatible with library catalogues • Broad system of subject categories www.kb.se/bibsam

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WP2: Long-term Access and Preservation • Establish workflow between local repository and the national archive at the Royal Library

– Resolution service – Persistent identifier – Metadata for Preservation – File Format registry www.kb.se/bibsam

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WP3: Search service for undergraduate theses • Create a national service based on harvesting local repositories using OAI-PMH • Metadata model using simple DC • Service in operation at LIBRIS website autumn 2004 • 20 univ/univ.colleges, 15000+ theses www.kb.se/bibsam

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WP4-5: Advice and dissemination • Advice and support for e-publishing

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tools and standards • Overview of institutional repository software, • Network of experts • Seminars and workshops

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Discussion

• How to achieve national co-ordination • The importance of qualified metadata • The relation between publication databases and digital repositories • Are subject categories important • Are national portals for e-publications useful ?

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Institutional Repositories - present status

• Libraries have a core role, high-level university support varies • Main content: dissertations and undergraduate theses, but growing numbers of reports, articles etc • Uppsala University Library developed its own publishing system DiVA, now used by 13 HE institutions in Sweden in a consortium • Others use Eprints, Dspace and local solutions • 19 OAI-compliant IR, 14 registered OAI providers www.kb.se/bibsam

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Directions for the future

• Basic infrastructure for digital repositories in operation • Significant players in the academia positive to Open Access • Achieve critical mass of significant content, specifically self-archived articles • Develop a national strategy with wide support www.kb.se/bibsam

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OpenAccess.se – new development programme • Strategic goal: To promote maximum accessibility and visibility of works produced by researchers, teachers and students at Swedish universities and university colleges • Runs 2006-2007, ca 3-400 000 Euro/year • The programme is led by a Steering Committee representatives from universities, research with organisations, university libraries and, the National Library. • Working member from the Royal Academy www.kb.se/bibsam

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Objectives

• To promote co-ordination and development of standards and tools for electronic publishing at Swedish universities and university colleges • To promote a rapid growth of the volume and diversity of material in academic repositories • To promote access to and use of content in academic repositories and Open Access journals www.kb.se/bibsam

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Objectives

• To secure long-term access to digital publications and other material in academic repositories • To develop quality standards for content and services in academic repositories • To support publishing in Open Access journals and the migration of Swedish scientific journals to an Open Access model www.kb.se/bibsam

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Running projects

• ScieCom – Swedish Resource Centre for Scientific Communication • Electronic journals – library support for publishing • Testbed for interoperability – test of a common search service for Swedish academic e-publications • Search service for Swedish scientific publications www.kb.se/bibsam

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Running projects

• Long-term access – from prototype to tools in operation • Quality assurance of Swedish digital academic repositories through certification • Automatic identification of citation in monographs in Swedish digital academic repositories www.kb.se/bibsam

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