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Impact of Open Access Publishing on Scholarly Research: A Comprehensive Study

The research examines the effects and benefits of Open Access publishing on scholarly work, focusing on dissemination, usage statistics, and policy implications. The study involves experimental and control groups across various platforms and repositories. Through surveys, focus groups, and data analysis, the project aims to understand the changing perceptions and measurable impacts of Open Access monographs. Key themes include policy adjustments, usage analysis, and stakeholder perceptions. The project involves collaborations with publishers, institutional representatives, researchers, and funders. For more information, visit the OAPEN-UK website or follow their updates on Twitter.

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Impact of Open Access Publishing on Scholarly Research: A Comprehensive Study

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  1. Caren Milloy, Head of Projects, JISC Collections @oapenuk #oapenuk

  2. ‘Scholars do not work in a vacuum; research is based on work from others and new discoveries must be disseminated in order to be used.’ Snijder,Ronald. 2010. The profits of free books - an experiment to measure the impact of Open Access publishing. http://sites.google.com/site/theprofitsoffreebooks/home @oapenuk #oapenuk

  3. 58 HSS titles: 2006 - 2011 • Experimental Group • (29 titles) Control Group (29 titles) • Standard e-book agreements • Publishers website • E-book aggregators • Google Books (10%) • OA with CC licence • OAPEN Library • Publishers website • Institutional Repository • Google Books (100%) • Print version available for sale • E-book device friendly version available for sale @oapenuk #oapenuk

  4. Issues and questions • Deposit process • What is the institutional policy with regards to chapters v full book? • Identifiers @oapenuk #oapenuk

  5. Issues Is there a need for another PIRUS project to support the development of standards and protocols to support the analysis of usage statistics for OA monographs? @oapenuk #oapenuk

  6. The research programme • How policies, processes and mechanisms need to change in order to enable OA publication of monographs? • What are the measurable effects of a move to OA monographs? • How do perceptions of OA monograph publication change among participants during the project? @oapenuk #oapenuk

  7. Research process 2. Annual benchmarking survey 3. Initial focus groups 4. Initial scoping interviews / survey 9. Final evaluation and report 5. Quantitative data analysis 6. Annual participant focus groups 8. Additional year 3 activities 2. Annual benchmarking survey 1. Literature review 7. Planning for year 3 3. Initial focus groups 4. Initial scoping interviews / survey 9. Final evaluation and report 5. Quantitative data analysis 6. Annual participant focus groups 8. Additional year 3 activities 1. Literature review 7. Planning for year 3 Initiation OAPEN-UK Research Plan Year 1 end Ellen Collins, Research Information Network Year 2 end Project end http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewart/461099066/

  8. Focus groups Institutional representatives including librarians, institutional repository staff, research managers Publishers Learned Societies Researchers (as both authors & readers) E-book aggregators Research Funders @oapenuk #oapenuk

  9. Focus Groups: Key themes

  10. Focus Groups: Key themes

  11. Focus Groups: Key themes

  12. Researcher Survey @oapenuk #oapenuk

  13. Researcher Survey @oapenuk #oapenuk

  14. Researcher Survey @oapenuk #oapenuk

  15. Researcher Survey @oapenuk #oapenuk

  16. Researcher Survey @oapenuk #oapenuk

  17. Next up • Publisher interviews • Institutional case studies • VC meeting • DOAB • PIRUS @oapenuk #oapenuk

  18. Thank you & Further Info OAPEN-UK website: http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/ Twitter: @oapenuk Diigo Group: OAPEN-UK Caren Milloy c.milloy@jisc-collections.ac.uk Ellen Collinsellen.collins@researchinfonet.org @oapenuk #oapenuk

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