Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata - A Joint Task Force

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Key research information - such as publication metadata, citation counts, and funding information - is often locked behind paywalls, creating a "black box" that limits transparency, and accountability. These closed systems influence researcher careers and funding decisions without clear scrutiny or reproducibility. For negotiators, understanding the power of truly open research information - freely accessible, reusable, and transparent data on research outputs and impact - is crucial for shaping a fair, transparent and sustainable open access ecosystem. Open metadata is relevant to many use cases for libraries and library consortia, including preparing for negotiations, assessing the success of publisher agreements, and providing reports to parent institutions and member libraries. As a next step to advance the openness of metadata, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and OA2020 have established a Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata, which aims to develop a shared negotiation framework to enable libraries and consortia to consistently and strategically introduce the issue of open publication metadata into negotiations, exerting leverage on publishers and vendors to make their metadata openly available. The Joint Task Force will produce practical tools and guidance to help negotiators embed open research information into their negotiation objectives. The Joint Task Force represents a broadly international effort, with members from fourteen countries from Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. This session will describe the goals and activities of the taskforce, including opportunities to contribute, and contextualize the work of negotiating openness of publication metadata in the larger collective drive toward greater transparency in research and scholarship.

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