The SOAS Repository Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham
Open Access Budapest Open Access Initiative An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good...
Open Access Repositories Part of wider open access movement –open access journals, pictures, catalogues, collections... Complementary to current practice –works with journals, with peer review World-wide support –programmes in India, China, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Nordic countries, USA
Questions... Copyright Peer review Plagiarism Work load Context
Advantages Wider dissemination Immediate dissemination Open Access to material Easy to find and use material Increases citations Manages information Innovative services –hit counts on papers –personalised publications lists –citation analyses
publication & deposition
Author writes paper
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Deposits in e-print repository
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Deposits in e-print repository
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Revised by author Deposits in e-print repository
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Revised by author Author submits final version Deposits in e-print repository
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Revised by author Author submits final version Deposits in e-print repository
publication & deposition Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Revised by author Author submits final version Published in journal Deposits in e-print repository
Repositories in UK HE JISC FAIR programme Select Committee Inquiry Responses Government response Worldwide movement... its already happening...
Repositories in SHERPA Birkbeck Birmingham Bristol British Library Cambridge Durham Edinburgh Glasgow Imperial Leeds LSE Kings College Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Royal Holloway Sheffield SOAS UCL York AHDS
Repository futures repositories can work in tandem with –traditional journals –OA journals –overlay journals possibilities to enhance research outputs –multimedia outputs –data sets –developing papers
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