Open Access & Institutional Repositories

Sophia JonesSHERPA

University of Nottingham

The Library, University of Warwick18 March 2008

Open Access

Open Access encourages a wider use of

information assets and increases citations

An Open Access article can be accessed free

of charge by anyone in the world using an

internet connection

Potential readership is greater than that for

articles where the full-text is restricted to

subscribers

The world of Open Access

Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) - www.soros.org/openaccess/initiatives.shtml

…we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print search or link to the full text of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose

Global movement – Projects & initiatives

UK Scene - 118 UK OA Repositories (OpenDOAR) - Not an activity in isolation - Differs in funding, staffing & policy models

Open Access journals - Directory of Open Access Journals

Funding Bodies’ statements & policies - Supporting or mandating OA deposition

Institutional repositories

Online sites

– Authors deposit scholarly publications

– Also referred to as digital repositories

No subscription or registration to read

Not a substitute for peer-reviewed publication

Institutional repositories (cont.)

They have greater longevity – Institutions around for longer than individuals

Subject repositories more at risk in the long term – From projects ending or individuals losing ability to support

IRs allow easier management of information assets – Easier way to capture, store and retrieve research output – Enable efficient use of research

Provide readily reusable material – For VLE courses, presentations or auditing purposes

Citation Analysis

Lokman I. Meho, “The Rise and Rise of Citation Analysis”(2007), Accepted for publication in Physics World

“It is a sobering fact that some 90% of papers that have been published in academic journals are never cited. Indeed, as many as 50% of papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, referees and journal editors.” (p.1)

“Publishing a journal article is now only the first step in disseminating or communicating one’s work; the Web provides a multitude of methods and tools to publicize its scholarly worth.” (p.11)

Tim Brody, “Citation Analysis in the Open Access World” (2004), Interactive Media International www.epsltd.com/clients/imi.asp

“The online era has not produced a substitute for the traditional research publication system, but a powerful new supplement to it,”

Content retrieval

Intute Repository Search

Oaister

Benefits

For the institution

– Facilitate use & re-use of information assets

– Raise profile and prestige of institution

For the research community

– Free up the communication process

– Avoid unnecessary duplication

– Assist in global collaboration

Benefits (cont.)

Researchers - IRs enable a wider global readership

- Increase citations (relative between academics,

departments and institutions)

- Improve long term preservation

- Decrease potential plagiarism

- Raise personal profile

- Contribute to departmental & institutional reputation

- Support ease of access for colleagues and students

Open Access Journals

Make their articles available for free through charging for the publication services before publication

Open Access publication charges can be often included within the costs of research funding

Hybrid journals, where the subscription version is still sold, but for a supplement - typically around $3000 each, article is made open access

Growing number of Open Access Journals (over 3,200) available at the Directory of Open Access Journals

(DOAJ) - www.doaj.org

Repository landscape in Europe

UK Projects, Services and Tools

OpenDOARROARRoMEOJULIETIntute Repository SearchThe DepotUKCoRRDRIVER IIRSP

OpenDOAR – www.opendoar.org

ROAR - roar.eprints.org

Permission to Archive – SHERPA RoMEOwww.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

Research Funding Bodies – SHERPA JULIETwww.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet

Intute Repository Searchwww.intute.ac.uk/irs

The Depotdepot.edina.ac.uk

UKCoRRUK Council of Research Repositories - www.ukcorr.org

A group for repository managers by repository managers

An independent professional body to allow repository

managers to share experiences and discuss issues of

common concern

To give repository managers a group voice in national

discussions and policy development independent of

projects or temporary initiatives

To grow together as a community and learn from each

other’s experiences

Mailing list. Join on line. Membership growing.

DRIVER II – www.driver-community.eu

European project funded by European Commission

SHERPA is partner, led by University of Nottingham. Also involved is UKOLN, University of Bath.

To build a virtual, European scale network of existing institutional repositories

Search serviceDRIVER II, continuation from DRIVER

RSP Support - www.rsp.ac.uk

On site support• Institutional visits

Enquiry service• support@rsp.ac.uk• Telephone service: 0845 257 6860

Website Resources• Resource bank of references• Reusable advocacy materials • Briefing papers (technical & non-technical)• RSP Wiki pages

RSP

Selected References

RoMEO• www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

OpenDOAR• www.opendoar.org

JULIET• www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet

UKCoRR• www.ukcorr.org

SHERPA• www.sherpa.ac.uk

RSP• www.rsp.ac.uk

JISC• www.jisc.ac.uk