Open Access: its contribution to developing a National Information Strategy

1. Open Access: its contribution to developing a National Information Strategy Elaine Fulton Director Scottish Library and Information Council e.fulton@slainte.org.uk Website: http://www.slainte.org.uk

2. Scottish Library and Information Council • Advisory body • Government and members • Advocacy and promotion • Standards • Current Activity • ICT development in libraries, Interoperability, Standards schools, FE, public, Cultural Commission, Content Creation, Cultural Portal, Reader Development, Prison libraries, 21stC govt, consultancy support to members….. Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

3. Enabling Seamless Access : call for a National Information Strategy • Knowledge • Skills • Creativity • Building democratic intellect- citizenship • Health • Impact of ICT on individuals and communities NGFL, People Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

4. Current Landscape • Knowledge economy • World Summit on Information Society • Economic development • e-government • Lifelong learning • Seamless access to information • Smart Successful Scotland - Digital Scotland and its various guises • Social inclusion and Universal access • Falling population Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

5. Research Funding in ScotlandSource: Univerisities Scotland • wins 12 per cent of the total UK funding council resources for research. • wins 12 per cent of the research councils' resources for research. • wins 13 per cent of government research departments' resources for research. • wins 12 per cent of the EU research resources spent in the UK. • has 16 per cent of all UK departments rated in the top three RAE categories. • has 12.5 per cent of all 5 and 5** - rated departments in the UK. • has 12.1 per cent of UK research active staff submitted to the 2001 RAE. Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

6. Open Access – Why? • Widening Access • Economic Opportunity – Scottish Enterprise, SME’s Former students? • Best Value – modernising, 21stC, efficient • Help secure Higher Education • Inclusive • Quality kite mark for Scottish Research Community • Scotland the Brand – leaders in the global knowledge economy Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

7. Open Access – Why? • Securing the Digital Future • OCLC Report. Five Year Information Format Trends, March 2004 • Rightly or wrongly, in the information seekers start with the web. • Information seekers have increased expectations – Martini principle • Availability v format Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

8. Open Access – Why? • How do we ensure that these information seekers can easily access Scottish Research? • Any impact of Freedom of Information legislation • Not just science but health, Enterprise, culture, government, environment… • Open Access Repositories, with the right metadata, will create a quality resource to market Scottish Research Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

9. Open Access – Next steps • Sign up to declaration. SLIC will be ensuring that this is an intrinsic element of its own Innovation and Development programme. • Encourage Funding Councils to adopt similar approach • Establish institutional or shared repositories, which meet interoperable metadata standards, to ensure effective and efficient retrieval of information Scottish Library and Information Council 2004

10. Open Access – Next steps • Encourage researchers to at least publish a Executive summary and deposit this • Lobby Scottish Executive to offer its support and ensure that publicly funded research has to be published for the wider public good. • Could Scotland be the first to have a nationally agreed policy on Open Access?.... Scottish Library and Information Council 2004