Institutional Repositories in the UK Where are we and where are we going? Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager, University of Nottingham.

Institutional Repositories in the UK

Where are we and where are we going?

Bill Hubbard,

SHERPA Manager,

University of Nottingham

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The start of the journey . . .

Open Access

Budapest Open Access Initiative

“An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good . . .”

– http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml

Lofty principals - can we climb this far?

Why? Because its there?

Open access benefits – for authors– for researchers– for research processes– for institutions– for research funders– for public

Offers a sustainable basis for the future Some people have gone there and seen it working

The Open Access landscape

Open Access - definitions– Open Access Journals– Open Access Repositories

Data Providers and Service Providers– Global repository network to underpin adoption– Author-led and innovative services to support use

Stakeholders– authors, researchers, institutions, funders, learned societies,

public, publishers . . .

The route

The route: institutional repositories

The OAI-PMH allows a single gateway to search and access many repositories– subject-based portals or views– subject-based classification and search– institutional storage and support

Practical reasons– use institutional infrastructure– integration into work-flows and systems – support is close to academic users and contributors

SHERPA Partners

– University of Nottingham – University of Birmingham – University of Bristol – University of Cambridge – University of Durham – University of Edinburgh – University of Glasgow – London LEAP Consortium – University of Newcastle – University of Oxford – White Rose Partnership – The British Library– AHDS

London LEAP Consortium – Birkbeck College – Goldsmiths College – Imperial College – Institute of Cancer

Research – Kings College – LSE– Royal Holloway – Queen Mary – SOAS– School of Pharmacy

(SoP)– UCL

White Rose Partnership – University of Leeds – University of Sheffield – University of York

Affiliates– Trinity College Dublin – Cranfield University – University of Exeter – University of Leicester – University of Liverpool – Sheffield Hallam University – University of St Andrews – CCLRC

Projects and Services

SHERPA Partnership SHERPA Plus SHERPA DP, DP2 RoMEO JULIET OpenDOAR UKCoRR

Repositories Support Project DRIVER The Depot Intute Repository Search DART-Europe ETHOS

Russell & 1994 Groups

University of Bath Birkbeck University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of Cambridge Cardiff University University of Durham University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Essex University of Exeter University of Glasgow Goldsmiths

University of Reading Royal Holloway University of St Andrews University of Sheffield SOAS University of Southampton University of Surrey University of Sussex University of Warwick UCL University of York

Imperial College King's College London Lancaster University University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool Loughborough University LSE University of Manchester University of Newcastle University of Nottingham University of Oxford Queen Mary Queen’s University

Repositories by Continent

European Repositories

Repository Types

Where we have gone so far

JISC FAIR programme, and many others . . . GNU eprints, TARDIS, DAEDALUS, EThOS,

VERSIONS, Repository Bridge, DRIVER, et al Overseas and international initiatives Advocacy and engagement Policy development Growth of OA Community Conferences galore!

Joining the party

Institutional mandates Funding mandates

– RCUK– Wellcome Trust– Arthritis Research Campaign and more

Parliamentary Select Committee Report European Commission

– 'Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets of Europe‘

– Petition - 22,000 signatures

NIH Mandate

Path graphic

Looking back down the path

Process of setting up repositories is ok Systems works - put things in and get them out Copyright was not the unbridgeable crevasse we

feared . . . Achieved regional, national, international support OA academic approval at over 80%

but . . .

The difficulties

A good case is not enough The way across Copyright Crevasse was too narrow

for authors’ comfort The view from Base Camp was hard to shake

– subject basis, quality control, plagiarism

Reluctance to leave well-trodden paths The Search party didn’t turn up The view from here is still too restricted Authors want sherpas to carry the load

How far to the summit graphic

How far to the summit?

Need high percentage ingest - how high? Need authors to save their critical versions - how do

we achieve this? Need clear messages of support and facilities to all

academics - how do we reach them? Need sherpas to take the load, or strong leadership

to get authors to take responsibility Need clear development paths for everyone to follow

Obstacles graphic

Obstacles & tricky conditions

Embargoes Double-charge access becoming embedded “Crevasse of Copyright” is still unsettling Loss of focus within repositories Metadata-only entries cloud the view Author engagement cf approval

Assistance

SHERPA - www.sherpa.ac.uk/update

RoMEO - www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

JULIET - www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet

OpenDOAR - www.opendoar.org and ~/search

RSP - www.rsp.ac.uk

The Depot - depot.edina.ac.uk

Intute Repository Search - irs.ukoln.ac.uk

BASE - digital.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/index.php

DRIVER - www.driver-support.eu

UKCoRR - www.ukcorr.org

Next stage

Search teams are forging up the slopes Mandates will help us along - support them

– be aware of scale and schedule– engage research support offices– clear services for academics

Assistance is available Development paths becoming clearer . . .

Development path - ingest

Research papers - published Conference papers Book chapters eTheses Research data Learning and teaching materials Grey literature

Development path - use

Access– exposure

– publication lists

– shop-windows

– integration with information environment

Open Access Re-use support

– data-mining

– evidence-based work

Overlay journals Citation services

– integration with library provision– research management– research audit

Halfway up . . .

Lengthy climb But if we had asked how long it would take . . . Paths do appear unexpectedly Other social forces also at work Beginning to see the view

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