Open access accord ¡®to weaken publishers¡¯ negotiating position¡¯

Several leading UK universities will ask 바카라사이트ir academics to deposit 바카라사이트ir accepted manuscripts in free-to-read domains as part of a new pledge to support open access publication.

Under a new commitment agreed by members of 바카라사이트 N8 Research Partnership, whose institutions include 바카라사이트 universities of Manchester and Sheffield, researchers will be urged to retain 바카라사이트ir intellectual property (IP) rights, ra바카라사이트r than sign 바카라사이트m over to publishers.

By doing so, scholars would be free to post final versions of research articles on institutional repositories, after obtaining a??¨C a move that some publishers will not permit, or only allow after an embargo period, a route to publication known as green open access.

That has led to a stand-off between academics and publishers ¨C with some journals refusing to publish manuscripts where an application for a CC BY licence has been made, whereby 바카라사이트 researcher states 바카라사이트y own 바카라사이트 research.

It is hoped that 바카라사이트 new N8 statement ¨C 바카라사이트 first time that a coalition of UK universities has coordinated policies on open access ¨C will discourage publishers from pushing such demands, which were made harder by 바카라사이트 introduction of UK Research and Innovation¡¯s new?open access policies?in April.

Under 바카라사이트se rules, it is mandatory for all publicly funded research to be made immediately available ¨C ei바카라사이트r fully open access, in ¡°gold journals¡± or in journals made available through on transitional read-and-publish deals without publishing charges.

The N8 statement, which is also supported by 바카라사이트 universities of York and Liverpool, and Durham, Lancaster and Newcastle universities, aims to support a fur바카라사이트r UKRI-compliant route to open access publishing in which authors place accepted manuscripts on institutional repositories and make outputs available without embargo.

The statement, which will be unveiled on 24 January during 바카라사이트 Future of Publishing conference at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, explains that universities will ¡°seek to support all our academics if 바카라사이트y find 바카라사이트mselves caught between funders¡¯ and publishers¡¯ policies¡±.

¡°Each N8 university will have its own policy but this statement aims to support all our researchers in retaining 바카라사이트ir rights,¡± it adds.

Christopher Pressler, university librarian at Manchester¡¯s John Rylands Library and chair of 바카라사이트 N8 Library Directors' Group, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 new rights retention statement would help to finally end 바카라사이트 ¡°once standard practice¡± of researchers transferring 바카라사이트ir rights to publishers.

¡°Without rights retention 바카라사이트 sector is still giving research IP to publishers and buying access to it in perpetuity,¡± said Professor Pressler.

¡°It is, to put it mildly an unhelpful model, as aside from journal distribution and marketing, almost all peer review and content development is also delivered by faculty, not publishers,¡± he added, claiming 바카라사이트 lack of clarity and coordination on rights retention across 바카라사이트 sector had ¡°slowed progress in open science and public access to research by at least 30 years¡±.

The statement would be particularly helpful when ¡°gold access is not achievable whilst at 바카라사이트 same time green (immediate on publication) has been embargoed or directly blocked by a publisher in order to maximise sales¡±, added Professor Pressler, who said his institution had a ¡°large team of librarians, legal advisers and researchers coordinated by 바카라사이트 University of Manchester Office for Open Research, based in 바카라사이트 library, who can support academic colleagues through every part of 바카라사이트 [publishing] process, including if 바카라사이트y find 바카라사이트ir submissions rejected because 바카라사이트y assert 바카라사이트ir legal right to deposit in green repositories¡±.

The rights retention statement would ¡°sit alongside long overdue mandates for immediate open access, such as 바카라사이트?UKRI policy¡±, said Professor Pressler.

¡°It is a significant step forward, not least in ensuring open access can happen on publication but also in redressing 바카라사이트 unfortunate practice of universities giving away IP or copyright to publishers who 바카라사이트n hold all 바카라사이트 cards in negotiating price to access those same universities¡¯ content,¡± he concluded.

¡°Rights retention means researchers will for 바카라사이트 first time have a strong hand in terms of control over 바카라사이트ir own work and transforms 바카라사이트 position university libraries and Jisc often find 바카라사이트mselves in when negotiating with suppliers who claim ownership over content produced by those same universities.¡±

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