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Predatory journals dominating the discussion is a complication, and perhaps we need to look at how we approach this slightly differently

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Predatory journals dominating the discussion is a complication, and perhaps we need to look at how we approach this slightly differently

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Not so much a surprise in the report, but I remain surprised about how much confusion there can be among faculty about legitimate versus predatory publishers. I wonder specifically how we might better collaborate with some key OA publishers (e.g., PLoS) to help raise awareness of their value.

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Not so much a surprise in the report, but I remain surprised about how much confusion there can be among faculty about legitimate versus predatory publishers. I wonder specifically how we might better collaborate with some key OA publishers (e.g., PLoS) to help raise awareness of their value.

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Really clear instructions on the entire process of submitting an accepted article to the publisher so that they can easily navigate the invoicing for their author fee, etc. - we have so many individual pages regarding OA publications, but it’s not clear who to contact at every stage - a single workflow chart perhaps for every step

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We could follow our "Listening Tour" with a "Myth Busting Tour" 

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We could follow our "Listening Tour" with a "Myth Busting Tour" 

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Consistent curriculum for post-docs and graduate students for OA literacy could be developed

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Consistent curriculum for post-docs and graduate students for OA literacy could be developed

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Question about our rules for OJS hosting rules relating to them charging very small APC fees ?

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Question about our rules for OJS hosting rules relating to them charging very small APC fees ?

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With the University foregrounding Open Scholarship in the new strat plan, it seems likely that some form of Open policy/declaration/mandate may be developed. We should have a voice in that process...or could even lead that process (as an extension of the OALT)

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continuing/expanding focus on OA in the Research Impact Team's reports for faculties & departments

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continuing/expanding focus on OA in the Research Impact Team's reports for faculties & departments

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Are we an outlier yet in Canada? Do any of these statements have teeth?

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Virtually every Canadian university has a set of resources on open access. These web pages are usually maintained by librarians and answer questions such as, what is open access (OA)? What is the difference between green and gold OA? How can I comply with the Tri-Agency Policy on OA?

While the " Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications" mandates open access for any research funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, several universities have published their own commitments to open access. Every institution listed below recommends repository deposit (that is, green OA) as the first priority, and many have had institutional repositories for well over a decade. Many institutions also encourage gold OA.

Many institutions have statements which have been published by their Faculty Senate or Board of Governors:

Many other statements come from librarians, who are committed to ensuring that their own research appears open access, as well as committed to supporting their fellow researchers at their institution. Below are some of the Canadian institutions whose OA statements have been published by their libraries:

Some statements have come from individual schools or faculties, such as:

Most statements recommend that authors strive for the best possible effort to make research OA, and that universities make the best possible effort to support them. As Peter Suber has demonstrated, even the strongest OA mandates always allow for a waiver option (81); Simon Fraser University's statement, for instance, grants the University permission to make their work OA as a default, but allows for waivers in cases where sharing their work would not be appropriate. SFU also acknowledges that while they "expect authors to participate, no University sanctions will result from failure to comply" (n.p.).

Several institutions specifically endorse public statements about OA such as the BBB definition (that is, the Budapest, Bethesda and Berlin statements from 2002-2003), which is endorsed by University of Calgary. Mount Royal endorses the Budapest Statement along with CARL and IFLA 's position statements on open access.

Has your Canadian university published a statement on open access that we missed? Let us know!
Works Cited
"SFU Open Access Policy." 2017. Simon Fraser University. https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/scholarly-publishing/open-access/open-access-policy.

Suber, Peter. Open Access. 2012. MIT Press. https://openaccesseks.mitpress.mit.edu/.

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Canadian University Open Access Statements

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Virtually every Canadian university has a set of resources on open access. These web pages are usually maintained by librarians and answer questions such as, what is open access (OA)? What is the difference between green and gold OA? How can I comply with the Tri-Agency Policy on OA ?

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My assumptions have been that a few researchers care about this in the way that libraries do, but that it's not a primary concern for most. 

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My assumptions have been that a few researchers care about this in the way that libraries do, but that it's not a primary concern for most. 

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Myth-busting tour and/or campaign. Amplifying Faculty OA champions voices. Panel on OA and FEC? Think need to target those with influence on FEC; especially with regards to earl career researchers.

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Myth-busting tour and/or campaign. Amplifying Faculty OA champions voices. Panel on OA and FEC? Think need to target those with influence on FEC; especially with regards to earl career researchers.

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In outreach, correct false narratives on OA and journal quality

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In outreach, correct false narratives on OA and journal quality

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How does our own policy of not cataloguing free things affect discoverability or promotion of OA resources?

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I'm a little surprised that you had a generally positive response to the idea of OA - I tend to hear "yeah, that's something I've been meaning to think about..."

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do more workshops on OA to get the word out on the supports we have. 

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do more workshops on OA to get the word out on the supports we have. 

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I have had a few conversations with a seasoned professor regarding hosting her journal at the UofA. She is adamant that her journal must continue charging a subscription cost for her association to survive. She sees the value of OA, but she cannot reconcile OA with revenues for non-profit scholarly associations. She is sad that she must look to other institutions for hosting the journal.

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I have had a few conversations with a seasoned professor regarding hosting her journal at the UofA. She is adamant that her journal must continue charging a subscription cost for her association to survive. She sees the value of OA, but she cannot reconcile OA with revenues for non-profit scholarly associations. She is sad that she must look to other institutions for hosting the journal.

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Communications plan/comms strategy to promote ERA

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Communications plan/comms strategy to promote ERA

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I think the greatest success I know in ERA about is the theses project. That was something where ERA was a clear response to an access problem. I think for ERA to answer these recs further, it's about finding / promoting large or unique uses of the ERA service. 

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I think the greatest success I know in ERA about is the theses project. That was something where ERA was a clear response to an access problem. I think for ERA to answer these recs further, it's about finding / promoting large or unique uses of the ERA service. 

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gather specific evidence against the "OA=poor quality" assumption - probably has to be done at discipline level

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Try and promote the legitimacy/impact of OA journals

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Try and promote the legitimacy/impact of OA journals

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What about the researchers who have a goal of receiving awards and recognition that comes from publishing in non-OA journals.  How can OA advocates influence the decision making around awards?

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What about the researchers who have a goal of receiving awards and recognition that comes from publishing in non-OA journals.  How can OA advocates influence the decision making around awards?

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The findings didn’t strike me as surprising.

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yes - they support in principle but it is challenging in practice

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yes - they support in principle but it is challenging in practice

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Work with Research Services to inform people about the OA options

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Work with Research Services to inform people about the OA options

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Work with the University/partner with the University

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Work with the University/partner with the University

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An interesting point came up at the webinar on ChatGPT and Librarians today: resistance by publishers to OA seems to be rising as they want to avoid contributing "their" content to other businesses' large language models

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I am not sure if it is the role of the Library to try to influence what happens in FECs

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I am not sure if it is the role of the Library to try to influence what happens in FECs

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It's frustrating to hear that faculty evaluation processes do not align with OA values

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Great to hear that the notion of appropriate openness came up in terms of work with certain communities. An important nuance to be thought through

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Great to hear that the notion of appropriate openness came up in terms of work with certain communities. An important nuance to be thought through

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I'm not suprised by the concern on behalf of indigenous scholars but I hadn't heard that one before compared to the others. It is an important consideration.

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I was pretty impressed by how may faculty participated, and how into the discussion they were!

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I was pretty impressed by how may faculty participated, and how into the discussion they were!

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Agree. Not surprised.  We have such little control over this issue.  We can promote OA, but ultimately faculty are gonna do what's best for their career, based on what the FEC is looking for.  

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Agree. Not surprised.  We have such little control over this issue.  We can promote OA, but ultimately faculty are gonna do what's best for their career, based on what the FEC is looking for.  

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It makes me reflect on what we as librarians have control over and what we don't in this area

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It makes me reflect on what we as librarians have control over and what we don't in this area

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How far does upper Administration think it's useful for the Library to go in terms of our position (i.e. Faculty autonomy, are we shifting? to a position of being an agent organizationally facilitating OA)

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How far does upper Administration think it's useful for the Library to go in terms of our position (i.e. Faculty autonomy, are we shifting? to a position of being an agent organizationally facilitating OA)

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The list given in the presentation are quite not-action: consider, ensure, etc. We're a small body serving a large faculty -- it's hard for me to imagine how we influence faculty in general. 

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The list given in the presentation are quite not-action: consider, ensure, etc. We're a small body serving a large faculty -- it's hard for me to imagine how we influence faculty in general. 