Description
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research and partnerships.
Scholarly Publishing Initiatives at the
International Rice Research Institute:
Linking Users to Public Goods
via Open Access
Albert Borrero, Mila Ramos,
Anna Arsenal, Katherine Lopez, & Gene Hettel
International Rice Research Institute
PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11-13 July 2007
Topics
• About IRRI
• The scenario
– Need for OA at IRRI
– IRRI’s value chain
– Delivering knowledge for impact
• The challenges
• Operationalizing OA
• OA initiatives and cases
• Next steps: towards equitable access
Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
IFPRI
Wash, DC
USA
CIMMYT
Mexico City
Mexico
CIP
Lima
Peru
CIAT
Cali
Colombia
Africa Rice Center-WARDA
Cotonou
Benin
ILRI
Nairobi
Kenya
IITA
Ibadan
Nigeria
IWMI
Colombo
Sri Lanka
ICARDA
Aleppo
Syrian Arab Rep.
ICRISAT
Patancheru
India
IRRI
Los Baños
Philippines
WorldFish
Penang
Malaysia
CIFOR
Bogor
Indonesia
World Agroforestry
Nairobi
Kenya
Bioversity
International
Rome
Italy
IRRI headquarters, Los Baños, Philippines
IRRI’s mission
To reduce poverty and hunger,
improve the health of rice farmers and
consumers, and ensure environmental
sustainability through collaborative
research and partnerships.
The scenario
• Scientists at IRRI
generate a huge
volume of research
results on rice and rice-related subject matter.
• In rice research, there is a strong push to provide
free open access to vital information resources in
a variety of modes that are convenient to
researchers located in both the developing and
developed world.
The scenario
• IRRI has a role to play in
generating and disseminating
rice-related knowledge and
technology to help enhance
national rice systems
• IRRI needs to expand its use of ICT for publishing,
knowledge sharing, and training
• Internet users in IRRI’s area of operation is only
8.1% in total (0.3% to 66.5%)
IRRI’s value chain
Partners in research-to-delivery value
chain
• National agricultural research and extension
system (NARES)
• Networks and consortia (INGER, CPWF,
GCP, etc.)
• CIMMYT and Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
(sister centers in CGIAR)
• Business community
• Donors
Delivering knowledge for impact
Goal 4: Bridging the
knowledge gap in
rice research
To provide equitable access to information and
knowledge on rice and help develop the next
generation of rice scientists
IRRI’s competitive advantages
• Strong ICT infrastructure and capacity
• Robust research and development through
partnerships
• Delivery of knowledge through scholarly
communication and publishing
• Enhanced impact channels and partnerships
The challenges
• Dwindling funding from donor community
• Inadequate connectivity
• Copyright restrictions
• OA readiness
Obstacles to free access
“Serials crisis”
“Permissions crisis”
Table 1. Average prices/price changes of journals
in scientific disciplines relevant to IRRI.
Subject Average Price % of price changes
2005 (US$) 2006 (US$) (2001-05) (2002-06)
Agriculture 799.00 890.00 37 41
Biology 1,494.00 1,548.00 37 42
Botany 1,109.00 1,238.00 36 41
Chemistry 2,868.00 3,254.00 34 34
Engineering 1,683.00 1,756.00 38 35
Food science 1,107.00 1,292.00 35 44
Technology 1,460.00 1,560.00 38 35
Zoology 1,053.00 1,259.00 28 29
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (East Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (South Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (South East Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (Africa)
OA survey, 2007
• More than half of respondents were not
familiar with OA publishing or Creative
Commons.
• Majority expressed support for OA
publishing initiatives in the Institute, but were
also worried about lack of information about
and funds for an OA program.
OA survey, 2007
• Perceived roles: maintaining an institutional
repository, facilitating access to online resources,
promoting rice research to IRRI’s target audiences,
building up content, providing access to rice
research literature and journal articles, and
publishing an OA journal.
• Additional OA-related roles: getting management
support, training staff, promoting OA, using open
source systems, integrating institutional efforts,
providing advice/information on legal and
commercial aspects, and providing OA-related
facilities for staff on the intranet portal.
IRRI’s structure for OA
• Communication and Publications Services
(CPS) = publishing arm for disseminating
research results
• Library and Documentation Services (LDS) =
archiving of rice-related literature for
scientists and scholars
• Training Center (TC) = training and capacity
building of partners and promising young
scientists
Importance of scholarly
communication and training
NARES partners = vital players in research-to-
delivery value chain
• Scholarly communication = intrinsic
component of the practice of scientific
research, resulting in dissemination of
various knowledge products and services
• Training and capacity building = transfer of
skills, methods, and technologies
Operationalizing OA at IRRI: Strategies
for delivering knowledge for impact
• Strengthen partnerships with NARES
• Scale up IRRI’s communication and training
through electronic delivery
• Promote OA among potential users,
generators, and channels
• Adopt OA policy; change copyright policy
from “all rights reserved” to “some rights
reserved”
Strategies
• Create a global portal for rice knowledge =
single interface from which users access
ICT-based initiatives, Crop Science
Information Resource, and Crop Systems
Knowledge Bank (CSKB)
• Adopt OA initiatives: institutional repository,
online journal
OA initiatives at IRRI
• Rice Publications Archive
(http://rice-publications.irri.org/)
• Photobank (www.ricephotos.org)
• Library Internet site (http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org/)
• Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB;
www.knowledgebank.irri.org)
• Rice Thesaurus
Library initiatives
• Developing a freely accessible online database of
technical literature about rice;
• Digitizing rice technical literature (e.g., pre-prints
and post-prints) for wider sharing and preservation;
• Generating metadata and linking to the full text of
electronic journals and monographs;
• Cataloging electronic resources, whether free or
licensed, to further populate the online public
access catalog (OPAC) and the rice database;
Library initiatives
• Providing public access to OA resources related to
rice;
• Linking through its Internet site
(http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org) to OA facilities such as
the Directory of Open Access Journals
(www.doaj.org), Public Library of Science
(www.plos.org), Scientific Electronic Library Online
(www.scielo.org), Free Full Text site
(www.freefulltext.com), etc.;
• Providing a listing on its Internet site of freely
available journals;
Library initiatives
• Promoting use of free online resources to
IRRI staff on campus;
• Collaborating with partner libraries via the
CGIAR Libraries and Information Services
Consortium, which enables access to
several additional e-journal titles;
• Contributing content to the CG Virtual
Library, a platform for access to free full-text
publications of the CGIAR.
CPS initiatives: Democratizing ICT
Rice Publications Archive = 1,000 titles =
150,000 pages; downloadable at no cost
IRRI Photobank = 1,000 images; also available
in Flickr
Impact: any one may now obtain, repurpose,
distribute, and even modify content (self-
service publishing) with proper attribution
using Creative Commons licenses
CPS initiatives:
Developing a universal language
The Rice Thesaurus = a living database of
rice-related vocabulary terms based on
internationally accepted standard metadata
element set and terminologies; now has
almost 3,000 terms
Democratizing ICT
How can IRRI’s knowledge products reach the
right users at the right time?
- Use impact channels (partners in the middle
of the chain, e.g., NARES partners) that
have direct access to both technology and
customer groups; option is to turn to desktop
printing, CD/DVD, video, other emerging on-
demand technologies
TC initiatives
TC’s biz model: “training, train-the-trainer, and
devolution of information and technical
knowledge”; bridging the gap in agriculture
Strength: strong collaborative relationship with
NARES partners
TC initiatives
Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) = a virtual
university, computer-aided distance
education
= online facility that offers Web-based decision
tools, data sheets, e-learning modules, and
other capacity building products
= supplement classroom-based group training
TC initiatives
Localizing the RKB = adopting materials from
main RKB site and localizing them to suit
local rice-related conditions in Mekong
= faster technology transfer
= greater impact at grassroots level
= more sustainable
Toward equitable access to GPG:
Next steps for IRRI
• Undertaking additional research to validate
and investigate further the results of the
June 2007 OA survey, to create a more solid
baseline.
• Consulting with Management and staff to
clarify the parameters for implementing the
copyright change policy, in relation to
scholarly communication and publishing.
Toward equitable access to GPG:
Next steps for IRRI
• Ascertaining the requirements of full OA adoption
in scholarly communication and publishing, and
determining availability of resources.
• Launching an information campaign among IRRI
staff.
• Evaluating and measuring the level of readiness for
OA adoption in scholarly communication and
publishing across the value chain.
doc_828612552.ppt
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research and partnerships.
Scholarly Publishing Initiatives at the
International Rice Research Institute:
Linking Users to Public Goods
via Open Access
Albert Borrero, Mila Ramos,
Anna Arsenal, Katherine Lopez, & Gene Hettel
International Rice Research Institute
PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11-13 July 2007
Topics
• About IRRI
• The scenario
– Need for OA at IRRI
– IRRI’s value chain
– Delivering knowledge for impact
• The challenges
• Operationalizing OA
• OA initiatives and cases
• Next steps: towards equitable access
Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
IFPRI
Wash, DC
USA
CIMMYT
Mexico City
Mexico
CIP
Lima
Peru
CIAT
Cali
Colombia
Africa Rice Center-WARDA
Cotonou
Benin
ILRI
Nairobi
Kenya
IITA
Ibadan
Nigeria
IWMI
Colombo
Sri Lanka
ICARDA
Aleppo
Syrian Arab Rep.
ICRISAT
Patancheru
India
IRRI
Los Baños
Philippines
WorldFish
Penang
Malaysia
CIFOR
Bogor
Indonesia
World Agroforestry
Nairobi
Kenya
Bioversity
International
Rome
Italy
IRRI headquarters, Los Baños, Philippines
IRRI’s mission
To reduce poverty and hunger,
improve the health of rice farmers and
consumers, and ensure environmental
sustainability through collaborative
research and partnerships.
The scenario
• Scientists at IRRI
generate a huge
volume of research
results on rice and rice-related subject matter.
• In rice research, there is a strong push to provide
free open access to vital information resources in
a variety of modes that are convenient to
researchers located in both the developing and
developed world.
The scenario
• IRRI has a role to play in
generating and disseminating
rice-related knowledge and
technology to help enhance
national rice systems
• IRRI needs to expand its use of ICT for publishing,
knowledge sharing, and training
• Internet users in IRRI’s area of operation is only
8.1% in total (0.3% to 66.5%)
IRRI’s value chain
Partners in research-to-delivery value
chain
• National agricultural research and extension
system (NARES)
• Networks and consortia (INGER, CPWF,
GCP, etc.)
• CIMMYT and Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
(sister centers in CGIAR)
• Business community
• Donors
Delivering knowledge for impact
Goal 4: Bridging the
knowledge gap in
rice research
To provide equitable access to information and
knowledge on rice and help develop the next
generation of rice scientists
IRRI’s competitive advantages
• Strong ICT infrastructure and capacity
• Robust research and development through
partnerships
• Delivery of knowledge through scholarly
communication and publishing
• Enhanced impact channels and partnerships
The challenges
• Dwindling funding from donor community
• Inadequate connectivity
• Copyright restrictions
• OA readiness
Obstacles to free access
“Serials crisis”
“Permissions crisis”
Table 1. Average prices/price changes of journals
in scientific disciplines relevant to IRRI.
Subject Average Price % of price changes
2005 (US$) 2006 (US$) (2001-05) (2002-06)
Agriculture 799.00 890.00 37 41
Biology 1,494.00 1,548.00 37 42
Botany 1,109.00 1,238.00 36 41
Chemistry 2,868.00 3,254.00 34 34
Engineering 1,683.00 1,756.00 38 35
Food science 1,107.00 1,292.00 35 44
Technology 1,460.00 1,560.00 38 35
Zoology 1,053.00 1,259.00 28 29
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (East Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (South Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (South East Asia)
Internet-enabled population
in IRRI Country sites (Africa)
OA survey, 2007
• More than half of respondents were not
familiar with OA publishing or Creative
Commons.
• Majority expressed support for OA
publishing initiatives in the Institute, but were
also worried about lack of information about
and funds for an OA program.
OA survey, 2007
• Perceived roles: maintaining an institutional
repository, facilitating access to online resources,
promoting rice research to IRRI’s target audiences,
building up content, providing access to rice
research literature and journal articles, and
publishing an OA journal.
• Additional OA-related roles: getting management
support, training staff, promoting OA, using open
source systems, integrating institutional efforts,
providing advice/information on legal and
commercial aspects, and providing OA-related
facilities for staff on the intranet portal.
IRRI’s structure for OA
• Communication and Publications Services
(CPS) = publishing arm for disseminating
research results
• Library and Documentation Services (LDS) =
archiving of rice-related literature for
scientists and scholars
• Training Center (TC) = training and capacity
building of partners and promising young
scientists
Importance of scholarly
communication and training
NARES partners = vital players in research-to-
delivery value chain
• Scholarly communication = intrinsic
component of the practice of scientific
research, resulting in dissemination of
various knowledge products and services
• Training and capacity building = transfer of
skills, methods, and technologies
Operationalizing OA at IRRI: Strategies
for delivering knowledge for impact
• Strengthen partnerships with NARES
• Scale up IRRI’s communication and training
through electronic delivery
• Promote OA among potential users,
generators, and channels
• Adopt OA policy; change copyright policy
from “all rights reserved” to “some rights
reserved”
Strategies
• Create a global portal for rice knowledge =
single interface from which users access
ICT-based initiatives, Crop Science
Information Resource, and Crop Systems
Knowledge Bank (CSKB)
• Adopt OA initiatives: institutional repository,
online journal
OA initiatives at IRRI
• Rice Publications Archive
(http://rice-publications.irri.org/)
• Photobank (www.ricephotos.org)
• Library Internet site (http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org/)
• Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB;
www.knowledgebank.irri.org)
• Rice Thesaurus
Library initiatives
• Developing a freely accessible online database of
technical literature about rice;
• Digitizing rice technical literature (e.g., pre-prints
and post-prints) for wider sharing and preservation;
• Generating metadata and linking to the full text of
electronic journals and monographs;
• Cataloging electronic resources, whether free or
licensed, to further populate the online public
access catalog (OPAC) and the rice database;
Library initiatives
• Providing public access to OA resources related to
rice;
• Linking through its Internet site
(http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org) to OA facilities such as
the Directory of Open Access Journals
(www.doaj.org), Public Library of Science
(www.plos.org), Scientific Electronic Library Online
(www.scielo.org), Free Full Text site
(www.freefulltext.com), etc.;
• Providing a listing on its Internet site of freely
available journals;
Library initiatives
• Promoting use of free online resources to
IRRI staff on campus;
• Collaborating with partner libraries via the
CGIAR Libraries and Information Services
Consortium, which enables access to
several additional e-journal titles;
• Contributing content to the CG Virtual
Library, a platform for access to free full-text
publications of the CGIAR.
CPS initiatives: Democratizing ICT
Rice Publications Archive = 1,000 titles =
150,000 pages; downloadable at no cost
IRRI Photobank = 1,000 images; also available
in Flickr
Impact: any one may now obtain, repurpose,
distribute, and even modify content (self-
service publishing) with proper attribution
using Creative Commons licenses
CPS initiatives:
Developing a universal language
The Rice Thesaurus = a living database of
rice-related vocabulary terms based on
internationally accepted standard metadata
element set and terminologies; now has
almost 3,000 terms
Democratizing ICT
How can IRRI’s knowledge products reach the
right users at the right time?
- Use impact channels (partners in the middle
of the chain, e.g., NARES partners) that
have direct access to both technology and
customer groups; option is to turn to desktop
printing, CD/DVD, video, other emerging on-
demand technologies
TC initiatives
TC’s biz model: “training, train-the-trainer, and
devolution of information and technical
knowledge”; bridging the gap in agriculture
Strength: strong collaborative relationship with
NARES partners
TC initiatives
Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) = a virtual
university, computer-aided distance
education
= online facility that offers Web-based decision
tools, data sheets, e-learning modules, and
other capacity building products
= supplement classroom-based group training
TC initiatives
Localizing the RKB = adopting materials from
main RKB site and localizing them to suit
local rice-related conditions in Mekong
= faster technology transfer
= greater impact at grassroots level
= more sustainable
Toward equitable access to GPG:
Next steps for IRRI
• Undertaking additional research to validate
and investigate further the results of the
June 2007 OA survey, to create a more solid
baseline.
• Consulting with Management and staff to
clarify the parameters for implementing the
copyright change policy, in relation to
scholarly communication and publishing.
Toward equitable access to GPG:
Next steps for IRRI
• Ascertaining the requirements of full OA adoption
in scholarly communication and publishing, and
determining availability of resources.
• Launching an information campaign among IRRI
staff.
• Evaluating and measuring the level of readiness for
OA adoption in scholarly communication and
publishing across the value chain.
doc_828612552.ppt