Institutional Repositories and Self-Archiving Crisis? What Crisis? Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham.

Institutional Repositories and Self-Archiving

Crisis? What Crisis?

Bill HubbardSHERPA Project Manager

University of Nottingham

repositories and e-prints . . .

research material available on the web open access cross-searchable institutionally based

‘e-prints’

‘e-prints’ are electronic versions of research papers and other similar output

‘pre-prints’ (pre-referred papers) ‘post-prints’ (post-refereed papers) other material

– conference papers, book chapters, reports, etc.

key is subject’s quality control– particularly peer review

archives in use - e-print

ePrint

A pre-referred working paper, or a post-referredpiece accepted forpublication.These are termed pre-prints and post-prints.

This is normally a journalarticle, but could be otherresearch findings - aconference paper, etc

archives in use - metadata

“metadata”name ______________title _______________keywords ___________etc . . . . _____________

archives in use - collection

e-printarchiveor repository

archives in use - world-wide

world-wide institutional and subject-based e-print repositories

archives in use - harvesting

metadata harvestingby

Service Providers

archives in use - searching

researcher?

archives in use - finding e-prints

researcher

why use OAI repositories

dissemination of research impact of research access to research easy integration with current practice

publication & deposition

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal Deposits in e-print repository

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Deposits in e-print repository

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Revised by author

Deposits in e-print repository

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Revised by author

Author submits final version

Deposits in e-print repository

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Revised by author

Author submits final version

Deposits in e-print repository

publication & deposition

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Revised by author

Author submits final version

Published in journal

Deposits in e-print repository

benefits for the researcher

wide dissemination – papers more visible– cited more

rapid dissemination ease of access cross-searchable value added services

– hit counts on papers– personalised publications lists– citation analyses

successful archives

arXiv - http://www.arxiv.org/– Set up 1991 at Los Alamos– Now based at: Cornell University– Covers: Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science– Contents: 250,000 papers (pre-prints and post-prints)

other archives:– CogPrints - Cognitive Science– RePec - Economics working papers

centralised subject-based archives

why “institutional”?

institutions have centralised resources:– to subsidise repository start up– to support repositories with technical / organisational

infrastructures– to deal effectively with preservation issues over the long term

institutions get benefits:– raising profile and prestige of institution– managing institutional information assets– encourages an institutional identity in intellectual output

SHERPA -

development partners– Nottingham (lead), Leeds, Sheffield, York, Edinburgh,

Glasgow, Oxford, British Library and AHDS

associate partner institutions– Birkbeck College, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham,

Imperial College, Kings College, Newcastle, Royal Holloway, School of Oriental and African Studies, UCL

funding: JISC (FAIR programme) and CURL

repositories in use

checking permissions process of deposition searching for information

repositories set up in each partner institution test papers being added negotiations with publishers discussions on preservation of eprints work on IPR and deposit licences advocacy campaigns starting sharing experiences and formulating strategies

SHERPA - progress

summary

open access repositories are good for research institutional repositories offer the best solution supplementary to current practice easy to adopt assistance is available

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk

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