Transcript The work of the RSP in supporting repository development in the UK

Repositories Support Project
The work of the RSP in supporting repository
development in the UK
Jackie Wickham
Open Access Adviser and Project Coordinator
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Outline
Recap on the “Green” route
Why it’s important
RSP Project - objectives
Examples of what we do
Other support for repositories
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Green Route
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OA Repositories – the benefits for
institutions
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Benefits for institutions
• Showcase for institutions research output
• Marketing mechanism – internally and externally
• REF and research management – repositories
support process
• Complies with research body requirements for open
access publishing
• Allows systematic management and preservation of
assets
• Encourages collaboration and inter-disciplinary work
• Public engagement – community, business
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Benefits for academics
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Benefits for academics
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Faster dissemination
Wider readership
Increased citation
Compliance with funders mandates
Secure environment to store own research
output
• Personalise services – statistics on downloads,
personal profiles/bibliographies
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Open Access increases citations
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Open access can increase your
citations
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What about the creative arts
• Visibility
Showcasing work
•Preservation
Gallery content disappears
Personal websites go down
From Constance Howard Collection
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“I’ve also had a number of international
scholars and research students read my
articles and listen to the music I have
available in the repository. As a result, I am
now pursuing collaborative research projects
with music studios and researchers in Mexico
and Norway”
Monty Adkins, University of Huddersfield
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Growth in repositories
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Proportion of repositories
by country
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The RSP team
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Project history
- Initially a 2.5 year JISC funded project
 September 2006 – March 2009
 Lead Institution – University of Nottingham
 Partner Institutions – University of Southampton,
Aberystwyth University, Digital Curation Centre
(University of Edinburgh), UKOLN (University of
Bath).
- Second phase April 2009 – July 2012
• University of Nottingham
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Project objectives
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Challenges for UK repositories
• Content – full text, not just metadata
• Reporting on research – REF
• Reporting on compliance with funders
requirements
• Integrating the repository with other
university systems – research publications
systems
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The RSP Offers…
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Case Study
University of Dundee
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University of Nottingham
Skills
Training
Webinars
FREE!
Conferences
Type
of
Event
Residential
Schools
Technical
Workshops
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98% rate RSP events as
Very Good or Good
Overall Rating
%
Very Good
64%
Good
34%
Medium
2%
Poor
0%
Very poor
0%
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This has to have been one of the best work-related
courses I've attended. Not only do I feel that I have
taken on board an enormous amount of information
that is directly relevant to my job - and intellectually
stimulating to boot - but I feel I have made contact
with a supportive network of colleagues. All this,
perfectly organised, and a faultless, fabulous
environment, too. Outstanding. Thank you!
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Thanks so much for the visit it was
really useful and has lifted all the
people involved. The steering group
were most inspired and positive and
your presentation has definitely moved
us forward.
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Will academics deposit in
a repository?
Yes, if it causes no legal
problems
Yes, if their funder requires it
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JULIET
• List of funder
OA
requirements
• Links to policies
• Sorting under
various
headings
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UK Council of Research Repositories
An independent professional body
which represents repository staff
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UK RepositoryNet+ (RepNet)
What is RepNet ?
•a socio-technical infrastructure supporting deposit,
curation & exposure of Open Access research
literature.
What’s its aim ?
•The aim is to increase the cost effectiveness of
repositories of such literature.
How will it do this?
•offering a sustained and well-used suite of services
that enable repositories to operate more cost
effectively
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Project Context
•JISC-funded
•20 months from 18 August 2011 to 31 March 2013
•Bringing together under one platform services from
previous or existing JISC projects and elsewhere
For more definitions see blog posts on
http://www.repositorynet.ac.uk/
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Functional areas covered by platform (May 2012)
• Aggregation, search
• Benchmarking, statistics,
reporting
• Registry of Repositories
• Deposit tools
• Enhancing metadata
• Curation and preservation
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Jackie Wickham
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Links
• Centre for Research Communications
http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk
• Repositories Support Project www.rsp.ac.uk
• RoMEO www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
• JULIET www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/
• OpenDoar www.opendoar.org
• JISC www.jisc.ac.uk
• UKCoRR www.ukcorr.org
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UK RepositoryNet+
Contact: Andrew Dorward
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