Transcript Professional Briefings - Leeds

Open Access & Institutional
Repositories
Sophia Jones
SHERPA
University of Nottingham
The Library, University of Warwick
18 March 2008
Open Access
Open Access encourages a wider use of
information assets and increases citations
An Open Access article can be accessed free
of charge by anyone in the world using an
internet connection
Potential readership is greater than that for
articles where the full-text is restricted to
subscribers
The world of Open Access
Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) www.soros.org/openaccess/initiatives.shtml
…we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to
read, download, copy, distribute, print search or link to the full text of these
articles, crawl them for indexing, pass as data to software, or use them for
any other lawful purpose
Global movement
– Projects & initiatives
UK Scene
- 118 UK OA Repositories (OpenDOAR)
- Not an activity in isolation
- Differs in funding, staffing & policy models
Open Access journals
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Funding Bodies’ statements & policies
- Supporting or mandating OA deposition
Institutional repositories
Online sites
– Authors deposit scholarly publications
– Also referred to as digital repositories
No subscription or registration to read
Not a substitute for peer-reviewed publication
Institutional repositories (cont.)
They have greater longevity
– Institutions around for longer than individuals
Subject repositories more at risk in the long term
– From projects ending or individuals losing ability to support
IRs allow easier management of information assets
– Easier way to capture, store and retrieve research output
– Enable efficient use of research
Provide readily reusable material
– For VLE courses, presentations or auditing purposes
Citation Analysis
Lokman I. Meho, “The Rise and Rise of Citation
Analysis”(2007), Accepted for publication in Physics World
“It is a sobering fact that some 90% of papers that have been published in academic journals are
never cited. Indeed, as many as 50% of papers are never read by anyone other than their authors,
referees and journal editors.” (p.1)
“Publishing a journal article is now only the first step in disseminating or communicating one’s work;
the Web provides a multitude of methods and tools to publicize its scholarly worth.” (p.11)
Tim Brody, “Citation Analysis in the Open Access
World” (2004), Interactive Media International
www.epsltd.com/clients/imi.asp
“The online era has not produced a substitute for the traditional research publication
system, but a powerful new supplement to it,”
Content retrieval
Intute Repository Search
Oaister
Benefits
For the institution
– Facilitate use & re-use of information assets
– Raise profile and prestige of institution
For the research community
– Free up the communication process
– Avoid unnecessary duplication
– Assist in global collaboration
Benefits (cont.)
Researchers
- IRs enable a wider global readership
- Increase citations (relative between academics,
departments and institutions)
- Improve long term preservation
- Decrease potential plagiarism
- Raise personal profile
- Contribute to departmental & institutional reputation
- Support ease of access for colleagues and students
Open Access Journals
Make their articles available for free through charging
for the publication services before publication
Open Access publication charges can be often included
within the costs of research funding
Hybrid journals, where the subscription version is still
sold, but for a supplement - typically around $3000
each, article is made open access
Growing number of Open Access Journals (over 3,200)
available at the Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ) - www.doaj.org
Repository landscape in Europe
UK Projects, Services and Tools
OpenDOAR
ROAR
RoMEO
JULIET
Intute Repository Search
The Depot
UKCoRR
DRIVER II
RSP
OpenDOAR – www.opendoar.org
ROAR - roar.eprints.org
Permission to Archive – SHERPA RoMEO
www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo
Research Funding Bodies – SHERPA JULIET
www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet
Intute Repository Search
www.intute.ac.uk/irs
The Depot
depot.edina.ac.uk
UKCoRR
UK Council of Research Repositories - www.ukcorr.org
A group for repository managers by repository managers
An independent professional body to allow repository
managers to share experiences and discuss issues of
common concern
To give repository managers a group voice in national
discussions and policy development independent of
projects or temporary initiatives
To grow together as a community and learn from each
other’s experiences
Mailing list. Join on line. Membership growing.
DRIVER II – www.driver-community.eu
European project funded by European
Commission
SHERPA is partner, led by University of
Nottingham. Also involved is UKOLN,
University of Bath.
To build a virtual, European scale network of
existing institutional repositories
Search service
DRIVER II, continuation from DRIVER
RSP Support - www.rsp.ac.uk
On site support
• Institutional visits
Enquiry service
• [email protected]
• Telephone service: 0845 257 6860
Website Resources
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Resource bank of references
Reusable advocacy materials
Briefing papers (technical & non-technical)
RSP Wiki pages
RSP
Selected References
RoMEO
• www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo
OpenDOAR
• www.opendoar.org
JULIET
• www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet
UKCoRR
• www.ukcorr.org
SHERPA
• www.sherpa.ac.uk
RSP
• www.rsp.ac.uk
JISC
• www.jisc.ac.uk