On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Gerritsma, Wouter <[email protected]>wrote:
> @Stevan, > > > > Yes Stevan the Dutch secretary of education his letter has quite a bit of > the Finch tone in it. But there are also some opportunities in his letter > for repositories. Dekker actually asks for exact figures on OA in the > Netherlands. > > > > "To obtain insight into the situation I request the universities, KNAW and > NWO to provide numbers on Open Access publications through the various > clearly defined variants of OA." > > > > In the Netherlands we have of course Narcis http://www.narcis.nl already, > a comprehensive repository of nearly all OA publications in the > Netherlands. But counting OA publications only is not sufficient. That is a > small mistake in Dekker his letter. What is less well known is that all > Dutch universities have to report to ministry of Education all the > scientific output as well. This happens through the VSNU > http://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/Feiten_en_Cijfers/Scientific_Research_Agreed_Definitions__def_2011_IRRH-20110624.pdf > > > > > If due to this letter of Dekker it was decided that all reports on the > output of the Dutch Science system to the ministry would be based on the > full registration of all output registered in Narcis, on top of all OA > publications it already registers, the underlying repositories would be in > a much better position. If only Narcis takes up its responsibility and > makes reports along the lines I did nearly 2 years ago > http://wowter.net/2012/02/10/a-census-of-open-access-repositories-in-the-netherlands/the > repository infrastructure in the Netherlands would be reinforced as > well. > > > > So apart from the fact that OA is on the political agenda in the > Netherlands, there is an important momentum for Dutch repositories to seize > right now. > The momentum for the Netherlands to seize is to *mandate Green OA*, at long last (immediate institutional deposit, as a condition of funding, employment and evaluation, whether or not OA to the deposit is embargoed) -- instead of waiting for Dekker to mandate Fool's Gold instead (as he has threatened to do, in two years). *Stevan Harnad* > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Stevan Harnad > > *Sent:* zaterdag 16 november 2013 21:50 > *To:* Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) > *Cc:* LibLicense-L Discussion Forum; jisc-repositories > *Subject:* [GOAL] The Journal Publisher Lobby in the UK & Netherlands: > Part I > > > > The UK and the Netherlands -- not coincidentally, the home bases of Big > Publishing for refereed research -- have issued coordinated statements in > support of what cannot be described other than as a publisher's nocturnal > fantasy, in the face of the unstoppable worldwide clamour for Open Access. > > Here are the components of the publishers' nocturnal: > > (1) Do whatever it takes to sustain or increase your current revenue > streams. > > (2) Your current revenue streams come mainly from subscriptions. > > (3) Claim far and wide that everything has to be done to sustain > publishers' subscription revenue, otherwise publishing will be destroyed, > and with it so will peer review, and research itself. > > (4) With (3) as your justification, embargo Green OA self-archiving for as > long as possible, and fight against Green OA self-archiving mandates -- or > make sure allowable embargoes are as long as possible. > > (5) Profess a fervent commitment to a transition to full 100% immediate OA > -- but Gold OA, on your terms, in such a way as to ensure that you sustain > or increase your current revenue streams. > > (6) Offer hybrid Gold OA and promise not to "double-dip." That will ensure > that your subscription revenues segue seamlessly into Gold OA revenues > while maintaining their current levels. > > (7) To hasten the transition, offer even Bigger Big Deals to cover > subscriptions at the national level (as you had always dreamt of doing) > until all payment is safely converted (Gold) OA. > > (8) Encourage centralized, collective payment of Gold OA fees too, in even > Bigger Deals, so Gold OA can continue to be treated as annual institutional > -- preferably national -- payments rather than as piecewise payments per > individual article. > > (9) Persuade governments to mandate, subsidize and prefer Gold OA rather > than mandating Green OA > > (10) Make sure Green OA is perceived as delayed OA (because of your > embargoes!), so that only Gold OA can be immediate. > > (11) Mobilize the minority OA advocates who are in a great hurry for > re-use rights (CC-BY, text-mining, republication) to support you in your > promotion of Gold OA and demotion and embargoing of Green OA. > > (12) Cross your fingers and hope that the research community will be > gullible enough to buy it all. > > There is, however, a compeletely effective prophylactic against this > publisher fantasy (but it has to be adopted by the research community, > because British and Dutch Ministers are apparently too vulnerable to the > publishing lobby): > > (a) Research funders and institutions worldwide adopt an immediate-deposit > mandate, requiring, as a condition of funding, employment and evaluation, > that all researchers deposit their final, peer-reviewed drafts in their > institutional repositories immediately upon acceptance for publication, > regardless of whether they are published in a subscription journal or a > Gold OA journal -- and regardless of whether access to the deposit is made > Green OA immediately or only after a publisher embargo. > > (b) Do not mandate or designate any extra money to pay for Gold OA: let > that come from the subscription cancellation savings -- if and when Green > OA actually releases institutions to cancel subscriptions. > > (c) To tide over research access needs during any embargo, make sure to > implement the institutional repository's automated copy-request Button so > that any user can request -- and any author can provide -- a single copy > for research purposes with just one click each. > ------------------------------ > > Now please read how fully the Dutch government fell for the publishing > lobby's nocturnal fantasy. (Tomorrow you will see the same from the UK.) > > Here is a quick google translation of excerpts from Sander Dekker, > Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands on "Commitment > to further developments in open access scientific > publication<https://t.co/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FBCEXH3YmCd&sig=4f5a508aa12ff21e4d4aea3110c4ac4b87ad91ea&uid=18504532&iid=16196ef5995a423ca9dd4975e16e0a1d&nid=136+1028&t=1> > " > > *Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands:* > > "A clear choice in favour of Open Access publications; the transition > process provides the necessary speed and shortens the transition period, > thus avoiding unnecessary additional costs... . > > "The Green road is the form in which the author publishes an article in a > journal. In addition, the author deposits a version of the article in Open > Access electronic archive ( repository ). There are both discipline-based > and university-based repositories. The system of paid subscriptions to > journals continues. Publishers often negotiate embargo periods that can > range from several months to several years before an article can be made OA > through a repository. During the embargo period, only the paid version of > the journal accessible. This constitutes a source of revenue for > publishers. Moreover, there are publisher restrictions on the version of an > article in the repository. Sometimes this may only be the version that has > not yet been peer reviewd... > > "Netherlands is in a special position because it has a number of major > scientific publishers within its borders. That makes dialogue between > science and the Dutch publishing possible... > > "In the UK, a national committee chaired by Dame Janet Finch laid the > foundation for the Open Access policy of the United Kingdom. The report of > the Commission Finch serves as a solid standard . It contains a thorough > analysis of developments and progress. The Committee notes that due to the > major changes it is imperative that all players act together and she > advises to achieve by focusing on Open Access journals. Transition > Following this advice, the British government earmarked 10 million pounds > for Open Access. The initial signs indicate that this has not led to an > accelerated transition , but rather a continuation of the transition... > > "The transition to the Golden Road: My preference is for Open Access > publishing in journals that make their articles accessible free, the Golden > road. My aim is to achieve OA within ten years: a full transition to Open > Access Golden Road by 2024. to achieve this, at least 60 percent of the > scientific publications Open Access should be available in about five years > through the Gold OA journals... > > "The real change can only be achieved if we work together at the > international level with National cooperation and coordination equally > important... > > "Open Access in the coming years: Dutch universities, KNAW and NWO should > give priority to Open Access Golden road... > > "While the publishers have not yet made the transition to Open Access > Golden road I prefer hybrid Open Access, where the institution pays for > publication in a traditional journal... > > "For disciplines where the potential for Gold Open Access journals is > still limited, it is possible to provide OA via the Green road... > > "1. Consultation with likeminded countries: I will get in touch with a > number of like-minded countries to promote and acceleration Open Access. I > refer primarily to the United Kingdom and Germany . This is because there > are a large number of important commercial and academic publishers in the > Netherlands and in these two countries i. In addition, Denmark, Finland, > Belgium and France are leading like-minded countries... > > "2. Create conditions under which open access possible: An important > momentum in the transition to Open Access publications when the scientific > organizations and major scientific publishers agree on subscriptions to > scientific journals . This 'big deals' always apply for some years…." > > "3. reports: If the parties concerned are not sufficiently committed , or > developments in insufficient progress , the minister and I imagine that the > obligation to publish Gold OA to be included in the Law on Higher Education > in 2016 Open Access and Research Act (WHW )…." > > *Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands* > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > >
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