The Dog that Caught the Car: Assessing Open Access Agreements at CRKN
Friday May 24, 2024
From 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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With some of our earliest Read and Publish agreements having recently come up for renewal, and new agreements being regularly brought forward, librarians at Western Libraries have built an assessment framework to measure whether these agreements have had the return on investment that we’d originally hoped. Our assessment is rooted in usage and publication stats but also our shared values; are these agreements contributing to equitable models of scholarly publishing?
As we’ve shared our assessment framework with colleagues at local institutions, we’ve agreed that our institutional assessments only go so far. Even if we find a Read and Publish agreement has not had a sufficient return on investment—especially the “Publish” part—we’re limited in options when presented with a consortial renewal. We wonder, then, how these agreements would measure up if we were conducting a similar, values-based assessment at scale.
Through a Padlet activity and breakout rooms, we will lead a discussion to envision what assessment of OA agreements can look like at scale. Potential questions include:
- What does a successful Read and Publish agreement look like?
- What criteria or metrics can we look for to assess a Read and Publish agreement?
- How do we assess OA Infrastructure initiatives?
- Is it possible to find shared values across CRKN institutions pertaining to OA?
- What values come to mind?
- What tools would help you assess OA agreements at your own institution?
- What could a CRKN committee provide to help us build shared methods and practices?
Speakers
Collections & Content Strategies Librarian responsible for Health and Medicine collections
Western University
