Supporting Research
Institutional Repository Digital archive Institutional Repository A digital collection of research material produced in DIT and made available to the world. This collection is managed by the library and will be preserved for the long term.
A safe place to house the good stuff!
Promotion Showcase on web Searchable Harvested by Google/Google Scholar Harvested by IR aggregators Digital information can be merged with other systems internal/external
DIT Research
DIT Citation Rates
What goes in Theses Published articles Conference papers Book Chapters Datasets Pre-publication articles Working Papers Not definitive list!
Pre Prints/Post Prints Pre prints (version pre-refeering) Post prints (post-refeering) Authors final version Publisher’s version Revision Updated version The one to keep!!!!!
Oaister (USA): records from 1026 contributors
Roar (UK) 1159 Institutional Repositories
Digital Commons Live sites
Google analytics Top content Pages Page views % Page views Searches1, % Communities % Authors % Theses % DIT Journals %
Mandates Funders require research to be deposited in an open access repository Wellcome Trust NHS/UK Research Boards IRCSET SFI/Health Research Board HEA All of Australia! Major Universities
Copyright Not copyright but Publisher’s Policies Many will allow authors final version May not allow their version (Citation will be to publishers pdf but accessed via Direct negotiation At end of day, if they say no, will not go in
Tools Sherpa/Romeo lists of Publisher policies Green…..pre-print and post print (0ver 87% green) Blue…….post print Yellow….pre print White…..cannot archive Copyright Toolbox
Guard copyright Valuable property right Credit squeeze less access to journals Publisher’s job to make money not preserve Grant a licence to publish W7efQggo W7efQggo
Centralised Mediated Service Author inputs Author key words vital! Item in holding area Library checks publisher’s policy Applies Metadata Posts to the system Author notified