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Why your university should care about Open Access: Some economic considerations
Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd

Session abstract
Recent JISC-funded econometric research suggests that institutions could, in time, make efficiency gains and accrue significant benefits in terms of research impact if more of their research papers were Open Access, that is, freely available. This session presents case studies and a detailed model allowing institutions to quantify these costs and benefits according to various planning scenarios, framed by discussion of wider international developments, such as the launch in 2009 of both Enabling Open Scholarship and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, as well as practical UK work to support researchers and managers improve scholarly communication.
Session Chair Neil Jacobs Programme Manager, Information Environment, JISC Speakers Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd. (Author of Modelling Scholarly Communication Transitions for Universities) Deborah Shorley, Director of Library Services, Imperial College London Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? Delegates will: Be presented with cost / benefit figures for the average university, based on a review of statistics from six case studies, together with some indication of how the figures vary for different kinds of university Be introduced to a methodology and online model enabling them to tailor results to their own institution, thereby giving them evidence and approaches to building a business case within an institution in support of Open Access Gain an insight into the practical steps their institution can take towards providing open access to their research outputs, and take away a briefing paper on the subject Benefit from an opportunity to discuss and debate the issues surrounding the next steps in Open Access
Who should attend? This session is applicable predominantly to vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors for research and/or planning, but may also be of interest to repository managers, library managers and those who support research.
Room Elizabeth Windsor, 5th floor

Session abstract

Recent JISC-funded econometric research suggests that institutions could, in time, make efficiency gains and accrue significant benefits in terms of research impact if more of their research papers were Open Access, that is, freely available.

This session presents case studies and a detailed model allowing institutions to quantify these costs and benefits according to various planning scenarios, framed by discussion of wider international developments, such as the launch in 2009 of both Enabling Open Scholarship and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, as well as practical UK work to support researchers and managers improve scholarly communication.

Session Chair

Neil Jacobs Programme Manager, Information Environment, JISC

Speakers

Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd. (Author of Modelling Scholarly Communication Transitions for Universities)
Deborah Shorley, Director of Library Services, Imperial College London
Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

Delegates will:

Be presented with cost / benefit figures for the average university, based on a review of statistics from six case studies, together with some indication of how the figures vary for different kinds of university
Be introduced to a methodology and online model enabling them to tailor results to their own institution, thereby giving them evidence and approaches to building a business case within an institution in support of Open Access
Gain an insight into the practical steps their institution can take towards providing open access to their research outputs, and take away a briefing paper on the subject
Benefit from an opportunity to discuss and debate the issues surrounding the next steps in Open Access

Who should attend?

This session is applicable predominantly to vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors for research and/or planning, but may also be of interest to repository managers, library managers and those who support research.

Room

Elizabeth Windsor, 5th floor

JISC