RJ Broker: Automating Delivery of Research Output to Repositories Muriel Mewissen – EDINA RSP Event - London - 12 June 20131

Overview Need for a broker Development of the RJ Broker Publisher & Subject Repository Trials Future Conclusion RSP Event - London - 12 June 20132

The need for a Broker RSP Event - London - 12 June 20133

Focus To increase the number of deposits to UK repositories To minimise effort by depositors and IR managers Support Open Access & Funder mandates Institutional Repo Subject repo Publishers Author 2 / Representative Funders Publisher System IR Author/PI RSP Event - London - 12 June Broker

Development of the RJ Broker RSP Event - London - 12 June 20135

RJ Broker Project Repository based projects at EDINA since RJ Broker –April 2012 to March 2013, extended to July 2013 –Component of the RepNet infrastructure RJ Broker is a delivery service for research output –Deposit: parcel or letter –Metadata: address –Notification: postcard –Vision: /10/rj-broker-a-research-output-delivery-service/ /10/rj-broker-a-research-output-delivery-service/ RSP Event - London - 12 June 20136

RJ Broker Middleware Tool RSP Event - London - 12 June Accept deposit of research articles NLM DTD, bespoke format, SWORD, Eprints 2. Process the deposits into a common format RJ Broker code 3. Identify target repositories from metadata Organisation and Repository Identification (ORI) Handle deposition to registered repositories SWORD, plugins (Eprints, DSpace, Fedora) 5. Provide tracking ID to content supplier URIs 6. Notify other repositories with relevant content Monthly 7. Allow browsing, search and download GUI & APIs (Eprints) “View” is useful for non SWORD systems (CRIS) & individuals

Publisher & Subject Repository Trials with the Pilot RJ Broker RSP Event - London - 12 June 20138

Pilot RJ Broker Demonstrate the functionality Real data Test the scalability Publisher: Nature Publishing Group (NPG) Subject Repository: Europe PubMed Central RSP Event - London - 12 June 20139

Publisher: NPG Record includes –Metadata: rich, embargo, funder, multiple authors, ORCID in the future… –Content: Multi-part publication (some content may be embargoed) full text author final copy (post-print) Development work: –Agree format for the record (NLM DTD based) –EDINA developed an importer for the data –Transfer using SWORD 1.3 –NPG added new stream in their publication workflow that send data to the RJ Broker RSP Event - London - 12 June

NPG Legal agreements to respect embargo periods –Between NPG & EDINA –Between EDINA & IRs MIT signed the IR agreement –Working on data importer for DSpace Worth considering to receive: –Quality: Full text publication & rich metadata –Timely: Straight from the publisher during the publication process even if embargoed Template agreement on request RSP Event - London - 12 June

NPG Set up took several months –Time difference –Relies on voluntary participation –Requires small amount of development work –Legal framework Successful data transfer trial between NPG & RJ Broker in February 2013 Transfer to test IRs NPG ready to start continuous data feed –A couple of journals first to increase with take up RSP Event - London - 12 June

Subject Repository: Europe PMC Use case supported by Jisc, RepNet & Wellcome Trust –UK focus –Support funders mandate Record includes: –New publication or Update to existing publication –Metadata only: funders, grant numbers, first author only, DOI to full text… –No restrictions to redistribution RSP Event - London - 12 June

Europe PMC Development work: –Agree format for the record (bespoke) –EDINA developed an importer for the data –MIMAS/EBI get regular data feed from PMC –Push data from their regular feed to the RJ Broker –Transfer using SWORD 1.3 Set up took a few weeks Successful data transfer trial between Europe PMC & RJ Broker in February 2013 Transfer to test IRs Ready to start continuous data feed –Average 160,000 records per month RSP Event - London - 12 June

Europe PMC Trial in Numbers ~67,000 ~60,000 ~58,500 ~22,500 ~14,500 1,665 RSP Event - London - 12 June ,000 records in the trial dataset (~12 days based on an average 160,000 per month) 7,000 no affiliation60,000 sent to RJ Broker 1,500 errors (bad format)58,500 successfully received by RJ Broker 36,000 with no identifiable organisation RJ Broker identifies organisation for 22,500 8,000 no repositories14,500 have repositories 13,000 worldwide (not UK)1,665 in the UK

Europe PMC Trial in Numbers RSP Event - London - 12 June

Europe PMC Trial in Numbers RSP Event - London - 12 June Number of associated repositories for records with one organisation identified

Europe PMC Trial in Numbers RSP Event - London - 12 June Country Code Country Number of records usUSA5934 gb United Kingdom 1665 caCanada1099 jpJapan722 auAustralia655 seSweden313 esSpain304 nlNetherlands299 deGermany239 twTaiwan181 frFrance180 brBrazil179 itItaly176 beBelgium174 thThailand168 zaSouth Africa160 sdSudan other countries with less than 1% of records each 1836

Top UK Institutions DestinationNumber of records University of Oxford170 University of Cambridge139 University College London119 Imperial College103 University of Edinburgh88 University of Manchester63 University of Bristol61 University of Nottingham, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne56 Liverpool55 University of Glasgow52 RSP Event - London - 12 June Europe PMC Trial in Numbers 78 UK Institutions in total

RJ Broker Trial Installation RSP Event - London - 12 June GUI preview access OA records from trials are available for browsing & downloading –Check what we have for your institution! – ac.uk:1203/ ac.uk:1203/ –!!! It is only trial & development installation –!!! Not a service yet

RJ Broker Trial Demonstrate features: Importing records from different suppliers Storing & Processing (~2s per record) Repository Identification Delivery Browsing & Download More end-to-end use cases with external IRs RSP Event - London - 12 June

The Future RSP Event - London - 12 June

Immediate Future Project extension (31 July 2013) Prepare transition to service –Service installation –Add functionality notification to all (non-registered) IRs Improve support for different repository platforms Bulk transfer of data backlog Support RIOXX metadata export –Early adopters IRs Data suppliers to establish data feeds –Start building data store Content kept for 1 year to start with RSP Event - London - 12 June

Future (after July 2013) Transition to Service –SLD (RepNet/Jisc) –Roadmap for adding further functionality Open for recruitment –Info ‘pack’, template, sandbox, help & support –IR Registration process: provides SWORD endpoint credentials to RJ Broker IR is configured to accept RJ Broker data Option to opt-in to receive embargo content requires to sign a legal agreement –Data supplier Registration process: RJ Broker to provide SWORD access Agree format & develop importer Enable regular data feed into RJ Broker RSP Event - London - 12 June

Conclusion RSP Event - London - 12 June

Conclusion Effective solution to content dissemination Benefits all –Increase deposit to IRs –Support OA (Gold & Green) –Help with reporting –Support promotion of research output –Saves time & effort (money) Appeal of service will grow Small amount of development work needed locally but it is worth it! RSP Event - London - 12 June

Thanks You RSP EDINA Team –Ian Stuart- Cesare Bellini –Muriel Mewissen- Christine Rees –Peter Burnhill- Theo Andrews NPG, MIT, Europe PMC, MIMAS, EBI, Wellcome Trust UK RepositoryNet+ Jisc RSP Event - London - 12 June