1. A N L EABHARLANN O PENING ITS PAGES : T HE N EXT S TEPS IN OA O CT. 21 ST 2015 Jane Burns, MBA,MLIS,MPhil, FLAI OA Manager, An Leabharlann janeaburns@gmail.comjaneaburns@gmail.com / @JMBurns99@JMBurns99

2. OA N EXT S TEPS Background Business Manager (2008-2014) 2013-2014 An Leabharlann electronic access 2014 Open Access OA Manager Role- Proposal to Executive Council/ Reviewed with Editorial Board All still in development – ideas/suggestions/help welcomed

3. OA N EXT S TEPS Timeline Sept. 2014 LAI Executive Council Approved An Leabharlann to become OA Methodology development (organising, management, dissemination, impact measurement) Cycle Commences with March 2014 issue (then retrospective) Content is key to value of the Journal- Uniquely Irish

4. OA N EXT S TEPS The Process – Journal Focus Publication is harvested as single unit LAI website https://libraryassociation.ie/publications/leabharlann https://libraryassociation.ie/publications/leabharlann E-Deposit Ireland http://edepositireland.ie/ http://edepositireland.ie/ The Process – Author/ Institution Focus Publication is harvested as individual articles E-Deposit Ireland http://edepositireland.ie/ http://edepositireland.ie/ Lenus http://www.lenus.ie/hse/ http://www.lenus.ie/hse/ Individual Authors Repositories

5. OA N EXT S TEPS Social Media Project LAI Communications Officer (Shona Thoma (appointed Summer 2015)

6. OA N EXT S TEPS Cycle of publication- LAI promotion/author promotion/ reader & member promotion. Highlights Journal and links the author to the publication All levels of Online Community Development Author development of Online Research Profile (ORCID Number http://orcid.org/ DOI (ResearchGate), Repository and link to An Leabharlann & LAI Website (and brand) http://orcid.org/

7. GOALS Attract and retain LAI members OA provides opportunities to engage & collaborate with national and international library professionals Increase readership and downloads Actively engage with social media- develop a campaign that will highlight authors, An Leabharlann and the LAI Measure Impact- Application of Altmetrics