Transcript What was your tenure status/academic rank at the time of

Library Funding of Open Access Publication Fees:
Effects on Faculty Behavior and Attitude
Jonathan Nabe and Andrea Imre
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
ALCTS Scholarly Communications
Interest Group
January 31, 2015
Chicago, IL
Why fund OA publication fees?
• The SIUC COPE Fund “seeks to advance the use of open access as a
means of distributing the research and creative work of the Southern
Illinois University Carbondale community by providing financial
support to cover the fees charged for open access publication.”
• We want to increase awareness of and participation in OpenSIUC and
open access in general
• Open access is and must be part of the solution to the “serials crisis.”
Drivers
• Library budget same in 2014 as in 2004
• At SIUC, 3 serials cancellations over that span
• Over 2000 titles cancelled
• Book budget less than half what it was in 2004
SIU COPE Fund
• Began in Fall 2011
• 63 awards
• 26 individuals
• 20 departments
• 49 journals
• 26 publishers
Is it effective in raising awareness of and use
of open access and OpenSIUC?
• Survey of attitudes and behavior combined with quantitative analysis
of behavior
• Inventing the wheel
• Knocking on doors – 92% response rate
• Limited to faculty
What was your tenure status/academic rank at
the time of receiving the award?
In general, what was your primary motivation for
publishing in an Open Access journal?
Motivation: Tenured vs Tenure Track
Was the availability of the COPE fund from Morris
Library a determining factor in your decision where
to publish your article?
Has receiving the COPE Fund award made you
more likely to publish your future research in Open
Access journals?
Did publishing your COPE-funded article lead to a
more positive attitude towards open access
publishing?
Have you recommended Open Access
publishing to your colleagues?
Did you become aware of OpenSIUC through
participation in the COPE fund?
Have you submitted publications that were not
funded by the COPE Fund to OpenSIUC after you
received the award?
Did faculty publishing behavior change?
• Solicited CVs
• Reviewed publication history to compare pre- and post-COPE fund
activity
• N=11
• 3 of 11 showed an increase in percentage of open access articles
• We need broader and deeper data
Conclusion:
• The COPE Fund did convince faculty to publish in open access journals
• Faculty self-report as more supportive of open access and more likely
to publish in open access journals
• Faculty recommended open access to colleagues
• The COPE Fund did increase awareness of our institutional repository
• The COPE Fund did lead to additional content in the repository
• Minimal change in publishing behavior
Jonathan Nabe
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Andrea Imre
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale