The New Improved OpenDOAR Directory of OA Repositories Peter Millington SHERPA Technical Development Officer University of Nottingham, England.

The New Improved OpenDOARDirectory of OA Repositories

Peter MillingtonSHERPA Technical Development Officer

University of Nottingham, England

Outline

• SHERPA & OpenDOAR in the OA movement

• Background to the OpenDOAR Directory

• OpenDOAR Search Facilities

• Promoting Good Repository Practice

• Policy Tool Demo

• Future Plans

• Questions & Feedback

SHERPA & the OA Movement

Funders ResearchersArticles,

Books, etc.

Reports, Theses, etc.

Subscription Journals

OA Journals

OA Repositories

Abstracting Services

Search Engines

Publishers

SHERPA & the OA Movement

Funders ResearchersArticles,

Books, etc.

Reports, Theses, etc.

Subscription Journals

OA Journals

OA Repositories

Abstracting Services

Search Engines

PublishersRoMEO & JULIET

SHERPA & the OA Movement

Funders ResearchersArticles,

Books, etc.

Reports, Theses, etc.

Subscription Journals

OA Journals

OA Repositories

Abstracting Services

Search Engines

Publishers

OpenDOAR

What is OpenDOAR?

• Directory of Open Access Repositories– http://opendoar.org/

• Coverage– Institutional & Subject repositories; Funders’ OA archives– Authoritative evaluated data– Not covering: OA journals – see DOAJ – www.doaj.org/

• Target users– Service providers, Data miners, OA stakeholders, end-users– Active dialogue with providers, administrators, funders, etc

OpenDOAR Project Time Line

• Started early 2005– University of Nottingham & University of Lund– Funded by: OSI, JISC, CURL & SPARCEurope

• First public version– January 2006 – hosted by Lund University, Sweden– 380 repositories (04-May-2006)

• Version 2– July 2006 - Moved to University of Nottingham– Additional fields & views– 1000 repositories surveyed (04-Sep-2006)

OpenDOAR Directory

• Actual Content (4-Sep-2006)– 700 repositories worldwide (of which 76 UK)– For 524 organisations (of which 60 UK)

• Repository types:– Institutional (78%)– Subject (12%)– Others (10%)

• Sample Full Record (CCLRC)– http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=full

Modus Operandi

• Sources– Other directories & lists– Suggestions – Online form– Proactive searching

• Some auto-harvesting using OAI-PMH– Record counts– Repository administrators’ email addresses– Policy statements

• Vetting by information professionals– Actually visit & analyse the repository– Standards – procedures, terminology, etc.

OpenDOAR Search Facilities• Keyword searching

– Repository & organisation names, descriptions, etc.

• Filters– Country, Language, Content type, Subject area, Software

• Output options– Summaries – popular fields only– Titles & Organisations– Full records– Spreadsheet-like tables

• Sortable by:– Name, Country, No. of items, etc.

• http://opendoar.org/find.php

Promoting Good Repository Practice

• 67% of repositories lack OAI-PMH-visible policies• Implications for service providers

– Do they have permission to harvest this repository?

• Wish to influence repository administrators– Promote good open access policies– Promote good management practices– Unasked questions – e.g. what if the repository closes?

• Prototype policy-generating tool

Policy Tool Coverage

• Metadata Policy OAI– Access & Re-use of metadata

• Data Policy OAI– Access & Re-use of full items

• Content Policy OAI– Repository type; Type of content; Principle languages

• Submission Policy OAI– Eligible depositors, moderation, quality & copyright.

• Preservation Policy – Item retention; Withdrawal; Functional preservation; Closure

Policy Tool Demo• Launch Page

– http://opendoar.org/tools/en/policies.php

• Main Page– Display of generated policies– Buttons for adding/editing individual policies– Output and customisation options

• Sample policy form – Metadata Policy– Existing OAI policy displayed where available– Radio buttons, checkboxes, picklists, pop-up boxes– Minimum options – achieving OA goals but restricted– Optimum options – refinements for more use or better quality

• Output options– Plain text or HTML source code for the repository’s web– Source code for GNU Eprints configuration file

Future Plans

• Standardisation of policies• Statistics and special listings• Periodic review for currency and functionality• Non-English language versions

– In partnership with franchisees

• m2m interfaces – e.g. OAI-PMH• API

– http request– XML output – e.g. http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=xml– Example case – suggesting a local repository to end-user

Any Questions or Feedback?

• Credits

– SHERPA Team• Bill Hubbard, Peter Millington, Gareth Johnson, Jane Smith

• Elinor Smallman, Victoria Rae

– Our Funders• Open Society Institute (OSI)

• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

• Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL)

• SPARCEurope

• [email protected]