The Dutch report says: "The level of OA success (i.e. as regards theses) or stagnation (as regards all other publications) does not correlate with university mandates or personnel capacity." http://www.surf.nl/SiteCollectionDocuments/Monitor2011_strategicsynopsis_ENGdef.pdf
This might have something to do with the fact that of the 30 Dutch repositories registered in ROAR http://bit.ly/ROARneth only 2 (KNAW & Erasmus) have mandates (and KNAW's and Erasmus's) with KNAW's hardly a mandate at all: "the following exceptions are possible: (1) The publisher does not approve open access?" http://roarmap.eprints.org/561/ To compare the success of mandated vs. unmandated repositories Netherlands would need a rather larger sample of mandates... Netherlands has a bit of history of ambivalence regarding mandates http://bit.ly/nethMAND Try mandating ID/OA: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/494-guid.html The Dutch report also recommends: "Because the ?Green Road? alone will almost certainly not be sufficient in order to achieve the primary objective, policy regarding the ?Golden Road? should be intensified." Might be a better idea (and cheaper!) to try mandating ID/OA first: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/494-guid.html Stevan Harnad On 2012-04-02, at 5:42 AM, Kuil, van der Annemiek wrote: > The message below has just been posted on the SURF website and might be of > interest to you. > > > Open access to Dutch research stagnating > Higher education sector needs to formulate policy and work arrangements for > Open Access > > Utrecht, 2 April 2012 ? Open Access to higher education research results is > not increasing. This is shown by the Dutch Research Repositories Monitor > 2011*, a study commissioned by SURF. Although the Berlin Declaration on Open > Access has been signed by all the Dutch universities, the Association of > Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO-raad), the Royal Netherlands Academy of > Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific > Research (NWO), it has not been put to action in the form of specific > objectives. There are only a few universities at which the percentage of Open > Access publications exceeds 20%. In theKnowledge Bank for Universities of > Applied Sciences, which provides access to the knowledge products of these > institutions, the number of openly accessible publications and graduation > projects is lagging behind the number of graduates and lectoraten (knowledge > networks). The study compares the situation of the university repositories in > 2007 and 2011. This is the first time such a study has been carried out for > the universities of applied sciences. > > Recommendations > The report makes recommendations for the higher education and research sector > to increase the accessibility of Dutch research: formulate joint policy and > make it easy for authors to deposit their publications. Collective work > arrangements regarding the national infrastructure must also be maintained > and updated. The report offers a means for determining, in collaboration with > the parties concerned, how these recommendations should be implemented and by > whom. > > Repositories supplying NARCIS > The publications that are made available via the NARCIS research portal are > supplied by universities and research institutions. The study shows that the > total number of publications in NARCIS is increasing but that the number to > which there is Open Access remains static. There are only a few universities > at which the percentage of Open Access publications (as registered for VSNU > reports) exceeds 20%. That is not any substantial improvement compared to the > monitor for 2007. > > The NARCIS website has a number of deficiencies; these are due partly to the > repositories that supply it and partly to the central processing of the data > harvested from the repositories. One significant handicap is the lack of > joint work arrangements in line with the latest technical developments. > > Repositories supplying the Knowledge Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences > The Knowledge Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO Kennisbank) > harvests and displays the content of the repositories of 21 of these > institutions. At the end of 2011, this involved a total of almost 20,000 > publications, with Open Access to 15,000 of these. It is not possible to > establish how this relates to the total number of publications by an > institution because neither the Association of Universities of Applied > Sciences nor the institutions have the relevant figures. It would seem, > however, that only a limited proportion of research publications find their > way into the Knowledge Bank. > > The available student graduation projects are all available by means of Open > Access. The numbers have continued to rise in recent years to almost 2000 in > 2010, but the number of graduation assignments available is only a fraction > of the total number of students who have graduated. > > Scenario for the future > The study investigated the Open Access availability of the research output at > research universities, universities of applied sciences, and research > institutions. It also looked at the administration and organisation of the > repository infrastructure, technical developments, and the services provided > on the basis of repositories. The authors, Maurits van de Graaf and Leo > Waaijers, then sketch a scenario for the future for NARCIS and the Knowledge > Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences, and they make recommendations to > the institutions. The main outlines of the recommendations in the report have > already been discussed with representatives of the institutions concerned. > The representatives see the recommendations as a useful basis for a broad > discussion with the stakeholders regarding making arrangements and the > division of tasks with a view to optimisation. SURF will coordinate the > reorientation of the repository infrastructure. > > NARCIS and the Knowledge Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences > The Dutch research universities have been working on an infrastructure for > Open Access to knowledge since 2003. They have set up a network of > repositories in order to store publications and make them accessible via the > Internet. NARCIS is the central portal for research information produced by > the Dutch research universities and research institutions. Following the > example given by the research universities, the universities of applied > sciences began construction of a similar network a few years later. The > Knowledge Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences is the joint portal ? > with functionality including a search function ? for users of the knowledge > products generated by these institutions. > > About SURF > SURF is the collaborative organisation for academic universities, > universities of applied sciences and research institutions aimed at > breakthrough innovations in ICT. SURF supports higher education and research > in taking optimum advantage of the possibilities offered by ICT to improve > the quality of education and research. SURF provides the foundation for the > excellence of higher education and research in the Netherlands. > > > > * the report is only available in Dutch. The Strategic Synopsis is available > in English. > > > Kind regards, > Annemiek van der Kuil > Annemiek van der Kuil | community manager ICT & Research | SURF | Graadt van > Roggenweg 340 | P.O.Box 2290 | 3500 GG Utrecht | T + 31 30 234 66 42 | > Evanderkuil at surf.nl W www.surf.nl >
