Nottingham ePrints Event &

OA Publication Fund

Christopher PresslerDirector, Research and Learning Resources

Information Services

Nottingham & Open Access

• Information Services active in open access and repositories for some years

• Recognition of funders’ mandates as key• University wanted to provide comprehensive

support for open access to university research• Support addresses

– service provision and processes for use– information provision– promotion– financial support

Nottingham ePrints

• http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk• First institutional repository in the country• Available for use by all University staff • Accepts material from any discipline• Management, assistance and advocacy by

the SHERPA core team• Moves to embed within main IS service

Information & support

• Leaflets, posters, news items etc.• Meeting heads of Schools & Departments• Regular talks to postgraduate students• Attendance and talking at University events• Specific event - “Increasing Nottingham’s Research

Impact Through Open Access” • Document detailing responsibilities from funders’ grant

requirements• Document detailing use of OA fund

“Increasing Nottingham’s Research Impact Through Open Access”

• Major event, 10.30 – 13.00, 11th October 2007

• Publicized widely and aggressively within University

• Target audience:– Heads of Schools – All researchers in receipt of grants from funding

agencies with policies requiring OA.– All other researchers

• Introduction • (Richard Masterman, Directory of Research Innovation Services)

• OA and the University• (Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager)

• Using UK PubMed Central • (Mark Samson, Manager, UK PubMed Central)

• Experiences with an OA journal • (Prof Jerry Roberts, Head of the School of Biosciences and editor of

Journal of Experimental Botany)

• Using the University’s OA Fund • (Stephen Pinfield, CIO Information Services)

• Using the University’s repository • (Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager)

• Lunch (free)

Nottingham OA Publication Fund

• Approved by the Research Committee• Identified single point of contact• Funds OA charges not page charges• Open to all members of the University regardless of source of funding for their research

• Being monitored but not rationed• So far, little used but expected to grow

as mandates are recognised

• Questions?

Christopher PresslerDirector, Research and Learning Resources

Information Services