Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank

1. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank Open Access Africa University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa November 5, 2012

2. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank • It wasn’t always so • It’s Mission Driven • It’sCutting Edge • It makes us Relevant • It makes us Open and Transparent • It makes us Accountable • It makes us Results Driven • ItWorks

3. It wasn’t always so It Wasn’t Always So • “The Bank needs to exploit the commercial potential of its publications”–Publisher’s Job Description, January 2008

4. World Bank Mission Statement To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting resultsTo help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sector • Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty

5. “We need to do development differently”Robert Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group • New Direction: Democratizing Development • We need to throw open the doors, recognizing that others can find and create their own solutions. And this open research revolution is underway. We need to recognize that development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower. The aim is to open the treasure chest of the World Bank’s data and knowledge to every village health care worker, every researcher, everyone. • Georgetown University, September 2010

6. Conflict & Failed States Early Childhood Education Gender Equity Investment Climate Climate Change Jobs Old Age Security Health

7. Conflict & Failed States Early Childhood Education Gender Equity The Treasure Chest of World Bank Knowledge Investment Climate Climate Change Jobs Old Age Security Health

8. Embracing Openness THE WORLD BANK OPEN AGENDA

9. Open About What We Do (Operations and Results) Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda • 1. Access to Information • Moved from positive to negative list • Except for small list of exceptions, documents and reports are available • Millions pages viewed since July 2010 “The World Bank’s Access to Information Policy is the gold standard for financial institutions…” − Chad Dobson, Bank Information Center

10. Access to Information – Website

11. Access to Information – iPad App

12. Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda Open About What We Know (Data and Knowledge) Open About What We Do (Operations and Results) • Access to Information • Open Data

13. Open Data Portal

14. Open Data: Mapping for Results Portal

15. Pages Viewed Unique Visitors Total Visits

16. Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda Open About What We Know (Data and Knowledge) Open About What We Do (Operations and Results) • Access to Information • Open Data • Open Access Policy • Creative Commons Licensing

17. Our Conflict

18. Dissemination of Print Books (Thousands)

19. “Followers” on Social Media (Thousands)

20. Dissemination of Print and Electronic Same Content Different Channels (Millions)

21. Strategic Review ofWorld Bank Publications Create a cutting edge publishing model that fully embraces free and open access, with a particular emphasis on electronic dissemination + + = Open Access Publishing

22. Weekly Downloads Weekly average: 8,604 Documents Downloaded Large increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections

23. Monthly Downloads Monthly average: 36,874 Documents Downloaded;42% from Developing Countries

24. Total Downloads 258,117 Downloads (58% developed, 42% developing countries) Large increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections

25. Top 30 Countries, by Downloads

26. Timeline of Content Added Total: Over 9,900 documents Additional legacy content to be added in 2013

27. Timeline of Repository Development and Addition of Content 2012 OKR launches with 3,000 research outputs and knowledge products from 2008 to present April Content: Import of 1,000 externally published journal articles Content: Import of 1,000 externally published journal articles May Content: Import of 3,000 legacy publications from 2005 to 2008 June July President Kim takes office July July Access to Information policy implemented August Development: New custom workflow engine Content: Import of 2,800+ Knowledge Notes from 2005 to 2008 September Inclusion of Global Financial Development Report 2013 October October Inclusion of Doing Business 2013 October Inclusion of World Development Report 2013 November New functionality: Author Profiles New functionality: Enhanced download statistics, and citations reporting November

28. Sustainable Open Access Publishingin a Mission-Driven, Non-Profit Institution • Content. Lots of good content • Strong brand • Enabling authorizing environment • OA Policy / CC Licensing / Publishing Policy • Client oriented • Agile • Competitive • Focus on customers • Innovative • Entrepreneurial • Really good people • Luck

29. The Currency of Open Access Publishing Development Impact

31. Next Steps • Network with, and learn from, the OA community • Partner with other institutions for repository interoperability • South-South knowledge exchange • South-North knowledge exchange • Develop Open Educational Resources • Advocate for Open Access • Where we can add value, help develop OA capacity

32. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank • It’s Mission Driven • It’sCutting Edge • It makes us Relevant • It makes us Open and Transparent • It makes us Accountable • It makes us Results Driven • ItWorks If you’re a mission-driven, non-profit institution open access is right for you too

34. Thank You! Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank crossel@worldbank.org