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Overview
• BioMed Central: who we are
• About Open Repository
• Mandates & Policies
• Is Open Repository right for you?
• Questions and answers
BioMed Central – who are we?
● Launched in 1999
● GOLD:
– The world’s largest publisher of STM Open Access peer-reviewed journals
– We originally pioneered the Open Access Movement
– We provide immediate barrier-free access to 205 journals, 35 tracked by ISI and 61 with Impact Factors
– 288 member institutes in 37 countries
● GREEN: Open Repository
Why have a repository?
• Comply with funding agencies
• More exposure
• Universal access
• Easier information discovery
• New digital techniques
• Persistent access
• Long-term preservation
• Wide range of content
Berlin Declaration
1. “require their researchers to deposit a copy of all their published articles in an open access repository
AND
2. encourage their researchers to publish their research articles in open access journals where a suitable journal exists (and provide the support to enable that to happen).”
● 271 Member Institutions have now signed the declaration
Mandate Examples
• European Research Council and European Commission: All funded research to be deposited in a research or institutional repository within 6 months
• NIH: All funded research to be available in a repository within 12 months of publication
• Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OATKA): All funded research available in a repository
• Wellcome Trust: All funded articles to be made available in an Open Access repository
Mandates and Policies
• 79 INSTITUTIONAL 4 PROPOSED
• 42 FUNDER 7 PROPOSED
• 39 THESIS 0 PROPOSED
• 0 MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL 5 PROPOSED
• 178 TOTAL MANDATES 17 TOTAL PROPOSED
Obstacles to building a repository in-house
• Costs of Implementation
• Delays from IT services
• Lack of personnel with the correct skills
• Projects often go on for much longer than necessary
• Other priorities
● A hosted solution
● Simplest & quickest way to own a repository
● Permanent preservation
● Ownership & control retained by the customer
● Collects, showcase and preserves scholarly output
● Variety of document formats
● Transparent and predictable pricing
What is Open Repository?
Hosted solution = Transparent Costs
Try before you buy
Rapid set up
Seamless upgrades
Predictable/lower costs
Technical support
What Open Repository Offers You
• Setup, maintenance & ongoing support
• Customisation & branding
• Personal workspaces
• Import historical data with batch uploads
• Populating the repository
• Sophisticated search functionalities
• Statistics
• External article linking
• Training for users & administrators
• Try before you buy – FREE pilot
How do Open Repository Customers Benefit?
• We understand the process better than anyone
• Wealth of experience in different sectors
• Grow content quickly
• We share ideas to foster success
• We help you promote your repository
Who Already Uses Open Repository?
• University/Higher Education
Research Institutes
• Teaching Councils
• Museums
• International Charity/Humanitarian Aid Organisation
• National Health Service (Government)
• University Hospitals
Thank you for your time!
[email protected]+44 203 192 2218
The institutional repository service from BioMed Central