SIPB report
http://cern.ch/sipb
last meeting: 10 October 2007
ACCU representatives: K. Freudenreich, F.-L. Navarria
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
1
Agenda 20081010
- Adoption of the agenda, Gigi Rolandi (CERN)
- Approval of the minutes, action list review and
matter arising, date of the next meeting,
Gigi Rolandi (CERN)
- The INSPIRE collaboration: status and vision,
Travis Brooks (SLAC)
- Library progress report, Jens Vigen (CERN)
- CDS progress report, Jean-Yves Le Meur (CERN)
- Outcome from and follow-up to the journal
cancellation exercise, Anne GentilBeccot (CERN)
- Status of SCOAP3, Salvatore Mele (CERN)
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
2
INSPIRE/1
• There are two motivations
– [journals+arXiv/preprints→SPIRES(community
acceptance)] + less formal knowledge → ?
– add Web 2.0 features (collaborative/interactive)
/new technologies - SPIRES infrastructure
cannot support new features
• Migrate to modern OpenSource solution
( CERN CDS Invenio - powerful, fast, but not, yet,
community accepted )
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
3
INSPIRE/2
• Information Resource Summit in May 2007
(SPIRES, all publishers, arXiv, CERN ... )
– SPIRES: functional requirements for Invenio
modifications
– CERN joins SLAC, DESY, Fermilab in a
common effort → In(venio)spire(s)
• Inspire phase I started June 07 (Oct 07 ~1/6
SPIRES records exist at CERN and SLAC in
Invenio instances) http://inspire.cern.ch (test)
• SPIRES // Inspire for 1-2 years
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
4
Library (budget &tc.)
• OA budget: 220 kCHf
• initial 2007 allocation 1050 k (vs 1215 k in
2006) ie -165 k (in fact -385 k + journal inflation)
• final 2007 budget (with DG fund) 1214 k,
≈ adequate for the current year
• Procedures: book retailing has changed with
the Internet world. Procedures for acquisition of
books being redesigned accordingly
• Policy: Acquisition policy in general will be
discussed in detail when the 2008 budget will be
known
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
5
Journal cancellation exercise
• It has continued in 2007 for 2008 (subscriptions
must be paid in advance)
http://library.cern.ch/journal_cancellations/
objections to cut IEEE Conferences (used
intensively), ACM digital library, some individual
titles
• Move to e-only all journals (even core) except
magazines and annuals – to be publicized
• Subscriptions total 590 kCHf (+28 k IEEE POP
Proceedings Order Plan, with ACM expiring in May 08,
postponed)
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
6
SCOAP3/1
• Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing
in Particle Physics http://scoap3.org - the numbers
behind: ~ 5,000 articles published by ~ 20,000
physicists yearly (roughly 10 ME price tag vs 5 ME
for a single important journal)
• Some steps
– Funding partners identify country-by-country schemes to
re-direct journal subscriptions to SCOAP3.
– Once funding partners pledge a sizeable fraction of the
budget issue a call for tender to publishers and
• determine final budget;
• enlist remaining partners.
– Formal agreement to establish SCOAP3.
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
7
SCOAP3/2
• Status
– Many favourable signs in EU
– So far 25% pledged overall & 12% on the way,
working on the rest
– EU countries:
• UK and Spain, the “big absents”, being worked on
• Campaign ongoing for the smaller member states
– Follow positive leads in China, Japan, Canada
– Raise awareness at all levels in the US
• Goal: have SCOAP3 operational for the first LHC
papers!
FLN SIPB 5 Dec 07
8