Transcript Introduction to YorkSpace

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Self archiving: a primer
November 11, 2010
Andrea Kosavic, Digital Initiatives Librarian
+ What is self-archiving?
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What is self-archiving?
 To
self-archive is to deposit a digital
document in a publicly accessible
institutional or subject-based repository.
 The
digital document refers to research
outputs, such as:
 Peer
reviewed articles
 Grey
literature, reports
 Conference
proceedings, etc.
The purpose of self+ archiving is to make
research available open
access.
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Open access
benefits
researchers,
institutions,
nations and
society as a
whole
Open access offers the
following benefits for
research outputs:
 Increased
visibility
 Increased
usage
 Increased
impact (higher
citations)
 Better
return on
investment for public
funding
http://www.openoasis.org/index.php?option=com_co
ntent&view=article&id=146&Itemid=308
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Self-archiving benefits authors
 Early
Advantage: Self-archiving preprints before
publication hastens and increases citations
(higher-quality articles benefit more: top 20% of
articles receive 80% of citations)
 Quality
Advantage: Self-archiving postprints
immediately upon publication hastens and
increases citations (higher-quality articles benefit
more)
 Usage
Advantage: Self-archiving increases
downloads (higher-quality articles benefit more)
This slide is an excerpt from: http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/harnad.html
Open access enables fair
access to research for all.
This is especially important
+ to researchers in developing
countries who would otherwise
not be able to afford the cost of
access.
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There are two paths to open access:
The gold route

Publishing in an open access journal, or
paying a premium to ensure that your
article is available open access (hybrid
journals).
The green route

Self-archiving your work in a repository.
Both paths are equally effective and
important.
Guedon, J.-C. (2004). The "Green" and "Gold" Roads to Open Access: The Case for Mixing and
Matching. Serials Review, 30(4), 315-328.
What steps are involved in the
+ self-archiving process?
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Self Archiving
Step 1
Know your publisher
Look up your publisher’s
policy on self-archiving on
the Sherpa Romeo website:
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/r
omeo/
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Self Archiving
Step 2
Ask for permission to
self-archive, if required
The SPARC Canadian
Author Addendum is a
legal tool to help you ask
permission:
http://www.carlabrc.ca/projects/author/au
thor-e.html#addendum
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Self Archiving
Step 3
Deposit your article into a
repository
YorkSpace is York
University’s institutional
repository:
http://www.yorku.ca/yorks
pace
Here is a link to the
YorkSpace deposit toolkit:
http://www.library.yorku.c
a/ccm/Home/diy/yorkspac
e/
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York University Libraries can help
you with the following:
 Guiding
you through the self-archiving process
 Interpreting
publisher policies
 Interpreting
and using author addenda
 Creating
an account and demonstrating how to use
YorkSpace
 Depositing
 Providing
your work in YorkSpace
background information on
developments in scholarly communications
http://scholcom.yorku.ca
+ Thanks for your time.
Questions?