Transcript Enlighten: Glasgow’s University’s online institutional

Enlighten: Glasgow’s University’s
online institutional repository
Morag Greig
University Library
Outline
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What is Enlighten? Where did DAEDALUS go?
Background to repositories and open access
Why should I deposit in Enlighten?
Finding material in Enlighten
Repositories, publishers and copyright
Research funders and open access
Enlighten demo and download statistics
How to deposit in Enlighten
Questions?
What is Enlighten? Where did
DAEDALUS go?
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DAEDALUS project funded 2002-2005 to establish an
institutional repository for GU
Established two repositories: Glasgow ePrints Service
(published material) and Glasgow DSpace service
(other material)
Enlighten is the overall name for both repositories:
University’s institutional repository service
Enlighten is a fully supported service
Background to repositories
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Repositories are online databases offering free access
to the full text of publications
Repositories offer access to publications to anyone
with an Internet connection
Repositories are not a substitute for publishing via
normal publication mechanisms
Repositories are one way of achieving the goal of
Open Access
Both Institutional and Subject repositories exist
Open Access
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Making scholarly material freely available online
Can be achieved either via in an open access
repository (such as Enlighten) or by publishing in an
open access journal)
Open access journals do not charge for access via a
subscription model. Revenue is generated by page
charges (which can be covered by grants). Peer review
remains the same
Some publishers experimenting with open access
options, e.g.Springer Open Choice
Why open access?
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Increasing access to scholarly literature
Absurdity of current situation
Public funds – public access
Widen access in developing countries
Wellcome Trust Position Statement
on Open Access
The mission of the Wellcome Trust is to foster and promote research with the aim of
improving human and animal health. The main output of this research is new ideas and
knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed
journals.
The Wellcome Trust has a fundamental interest in ensuring that the availability and
accessibility of this material is not adversely affected by the copyright, marketing and
distribution strategies used by publishers (whether commercial, not-for-profit or academic).
With recent advances in internet publishing, the Wellcome Trust seeks to encourage
initiatives that broaden the range of opportunities for quality research to be widely
disseminated and freely accessed.
The Wellcome Trust therefore supports unrestricted access to the published output of
research as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be
encouraged wherever possible.
Why should I deposit in Enlighten?
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Increased access to publications leads to
higher visibility and thus increased impact
Possible requirement to satisfy requirements
from funders
Research groups can make their publications
available so they can be identified
Strong encouragement from University to do so
Finding material in Enlighten
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Local repository search
However, more importantly:
- Google and Google Scholar
- Yahoo and other search engines
- Scirus search engine
- Databases such as Scopus
- Harvesters such as OAIster
(http://www.oaister.org)
Repositories, publishers and
copyright
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Assigning copyright to a publisher does not generally
mean that you cannot deposit in a repository
Most publishers now permit authors to deposit a copy
of their articles in repositories
This is a right granted to authors over and above any
copyright agreement you have signed
However, most publishers will only allow you to deposit
your ‘author final version’ of your work
Some publishers have embargo periods, e.g. an article
can only be deposited in a repository 6 months after
publication
Author final versions
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The version of your paper following refereeing and
editing
NOT the pre-print version
Must not include publisher logos, formatting etc.
Recognise people may not have suitable versions of
older material
However, good idea to start keeping a suitable version
and depositing it at the time of publication
Checking Publisher Policies
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Repository staff will check this for all
publications submitted to the repository before
they are made publicly available
Database of publisher policies available at
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
If unsure you can check with your publisher, or
repository staff can do this for you
Funders and open access
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Major funders now starting to require publications
arising from grants are made freely available
Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC
Policies vary from funder to funder
Wellcome Trust and MRC require/will require deposit in
PubMed Central database
BBSRC will require deposit in ‘any suitable repository’
(Enlighten)
Library repository staff can do deposit on your behalf
Overview of Enlighten
Download statistics
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>250,000 pdf downloads since repository was
launched
>20,000 overall downloads of full text article
per month
Top item downloaded 9,900 times
Top ten items all downloaded over 1,400 times
How to deposit in Enlighten
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Self-deposit published material: register at
http://eprints.gla.ac.uk
One person can deposit on behalf of several authors if
required
Mediated deposit: send your papers to
[email protected]
Library repository staff will check copyright issues
In most cases your author final version will be required
Versions in Word are converted to pdf
Concluding thoughts
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Deposit in Enlighten strongly encouraged by
University (statement from VP Steve
Beaumont)
Research funders starting to require deposit,
and view open access as a good thing
Benefits for authors in depositing
Need not be a time consuming process
Help and advice
Contact Morag Greig
[email protected]
Ext. 6797
To deposit contact [email protected]