The Open Access Policy and its Benefits For Knowledge

Producers

Jose de Buerba Sr. Publishing Officer, Marketing Manager

SEMINAR - Copyright, OA and Publishing

World Bank HQ - June 6, 2013

U Building U11-050 – July 9, 2013

Open Access Policy

Creative Commons

Open Knowledge Repository

Open Access PublishingAt-a-Glance

Open Access What it is & What it’s not

• Term “Open Access” refers to research and knowledge works derived from publicly funded research

• Bank’s Open Access Policy ≠ Bank’s Access to Information Policy

• Open Access ≠ Public Domain

OA Gaining Momentum … in the US

White House Policy Memorandum Expanding Public Access to the Results of

Federally Funded Research(February, 2013)

US Congress Bill Fair Access to Science and Technology

Research Act (FASTR)(February, 2013)

Publishers Initiatives to Comply

Clearinghouse for the Open Research

of the United States (CHORUS).

… in the UK

Research Councils UK Policy on Open Access

(effective April 2013)

… in the EU

Horizon 2020 (80 billion Euro research fund)

Most likely will mandate OA (TBD end of 2013)

OpenAIRE

Open Database of EU-funded work

•Total number of publications from FP7 projects: 41472

•Open Access articles: 16204

•Articles in embargo period: 25144

… in Part 2 Countries

OA Policies being discussed in several countries

(e.g., India, Sri Lanka, Kenya…)

… at IGO’s

World Bank OA Policy (July 2012)First major IGO to adopt OA

CERN Publication Policy (March 2005)(European Organization for Nuclear

Research)

UNESCO OA Policy (May 2013)

Many employ an embargo period of delaying public access for 6-18 months after an article’s publication

All require sufficient rights be reserved by authors to enable deposit in an open digital repository.

Common Policy Elements

www.doaj.org

More than 9,000 OA Journals

Open Access Policies Worldwide

11 Years of Steady Growth

www.arl.org/sparc19

Open Access Repositories

FEDERATION

World Bank OA Policy Scope

Applies to manuscripts and data sets that:

(a) result from research, analysis, economic and sector work, or development practice;

(b) have undergone peer review or have been otherwise vetted and approved for release to the public; and

(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1, 2012.

For works published by the Bank:

− Available immediately in OKR

− Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

World Bank OA Policy Requirements (1)

For works by Bank staff published externally (mostly journal articles):

‒ Working paper version available immediately in OKR under CC BY

‒ Final, peer-reviewed manuscript available in OKR under CC BY NC ND…

‒ Internally immediately in OKR‒ Externally after Publisher's embargo

World Bank OA Policy Requirements (2)

Why an Open Access Policy

• Provide greater access to Bank knowledge

• Encourage innovation allowing use / re-use

• To join a growing Open Access community

• Align publishing practices with Open Development Agenda

… for more information

For more information about the Bank’s Open Access Policy please visit:

http://openaccess

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

What is the OKR?

Open access repository for Bank research outputs and knowledge products

Collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves Bank’s intellectual output

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

Benefits (1)

Optimal Discoverability: • Adherence to Open Access standards

(built on open software DSpace)• Systematic metadata curation

process• Interoperable with other repositories

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

1.3 million downloads in 14 months (44% visits to OKR from developing countries)

Total Downloads

RePEc / IDEAS

Benefits (2)

Intuitive Interface: • Several browse options, advanced

search, most viewed content, citation information, author profiles, etc.

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

Search and Filtering

Search text

Add filters by selecting “Refine By” entries, or

key in manually

Author Profiles

Show total usage counts for each of

the author’s publications

Links to citations (powered by

Google Scholar)

Benefits (3)

Allows Use, Reuse and Building-on Bank’s Work:

• CC BY copyright license for Bank’s published work

• All works available as .txt format allowing text mining and low-band width access

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

Use / Reuse

Link to “CC BY” license allows user to quickly

see how they can use/reuse the

work

Clear citation information

Benefits (4)

Includes New Content: • Books• ESW• Working Papers• Knowledge Notes• Content published by external

Publishers

http://openknowledge.worldbank.org

Content / Collections

Definitions for each content

collection

Eight collections

Multilingual content

How to submit content

1. For Bank published work:

(a) If you publish with EXTOP – publication automatically uploaded in OKR

(b) If you publish in a collection already in the OKR (e.g. ESW, PRWP) – upload into ImageBank http://imagebank.worldbank.org & EXTOP will harvest

(c) If you publish outside a collection already in the OKR – upload into ImageBank & contact us! okr@worldbank.org

2. For externally published work:

(d) Send your final manuscript and a copy of your agreement with the external publisher to okr@worldbank.org

What is Creative Commons

“a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools”

•Provide six free, easy-to-use copyright licenses giving the public permission to share and use creative work

•CC licenses are not an alternative to copyright - they work alongside copyright.

Anatomy of Creative Commons Licenses

• CC BY is aligned with the spirit of the Bank’s Open Agenda

• CC BY allows reuse of content by third parties in creative ways

Machine Readable

Human Readable

Legal Code

Creative Commons IGO License

Coming in Fall 2013…

THANK YOU!

Jose de Buerba, Sr. Publishing OfficerThe World Bank

jdebuerba@worldbank.org