1. Increasing the impact of publications: self-archiving and eScholar Dr Phil Butler, Steve McIndoe, Samantha Aston The University of Manchester Research Staff Conference, 11th May 2010

2. What is self-archiving?

3. “Self-archiving involves … depositing a free copy of a digital document... in the author’s institutional repository...”

4. What is an institutional repository?

5. Manchester eScholar is … a locus for individuals to manage, disseminate and share their scholarly work

6. Manchester eScholar is … a place to store and preserve intellectual assets

7. Manchester eScholar is … a catalogue of research outputs

8. Technology a.sustainable, scaleable storage ~15,000 items per year b.future-sensitive e.g. primary research data c.metadata + full-text d.indefinite preservation

9. Dissemination a.search engines b.faculty, school, personal websites c.richer content

10. Why self- archive? more dissemination and sharing of scholarly work Self-archiving in Manchester eScholar means...

11. Why self- archive? more dissemination and sharing of scholarly work better storage and preservation of intellectual assets Self-archiving in Manchester eScholar means...

12. Why self- archive? more dissemination and sharing of scholarly work better storage and preservation of intellectual assets easier cataloguing of research outputs Self-archiving in Manchester eScholar means...

13. Why self- archive? Self-archiving in Manchester eScholar means... easier access, better usage, greater impact of your research...

14. There are risks … many are myths open access Self-archiving DOES NOT mean...

15. There are risks … many are myths open access less peer review Self-archiving DOES NOT mean...

16. There are risks … many are myths open access less peer review more piracy Self-archiving DOES NOT mean...

17. There are risks … many are myths open access less peer review more piracy more work Self-archiving DOES NOT mean...

18. There are risks … many are myths open access less peer review more piracy more work more SPAM Self-archiving DOES NOT mean...

19. What are your self-archiving options? Option 1.Lite-cite submission (not recommended) Option 2.Key metadata Option 3.Option 2 + supplementary metadata Option 4.Option 2 + full-text pre-peer review (draft), post-peer review (non-publishers document), post-peer review (publishers document) Option 5.Option 2 + supplementary files

20. What are your self-archiving options? Option 1.Lite-cite submission (not recommended) Option 2.Key metadata Option 3.Option 2 + supplementary metadata Option 4.Option 2 + full-text pre-peer review (draft), post-peer review (non-publishers document), post-peer review (publishers document) Option 5.Option 2 + supplementary files

21. What are your self-archiving options? Option 1.Lite-cite submission (not recommended) Option 2.Key metadata Option 3.Option 2 + supplementary metadata Option 4.Option 2 + full-text pre-peer review (draft), post-peer review (non-publishers document), post-peer review (publishers document) Option 5.Option 2 + supplementary files

22. What are your self-archiving options? Option 1.Lite-cite submission (not recommended) Option 2.Key metadata Option 3.Option 2 + supplementary metadata Option 4.Option 2 + full-text pre-peer review (draft), post-peer review (non-publishers document), post-peer review (publishers document) Option 5.Option 2 + supplementary files

23. What are your self-archiving options? Option 1.Lite-cite submission (not recommended) Option 2.Key metadata Option 3.Option 2 + supplementary metadata Option 4.Option 2 + full-text pre-peer review (draft), post-peer review (non-publishers document), post-peer review (publishers document) Option 5.Option 2 + supplementary files

24. Who wants you to self-archive? Many of your colleagues in rival institutions Most UK research councils The University Who doesn’t want you to self- archive?

25. Manchester 2015 Goal Two – World Class Research “… among 25 strongest research universities … on commonly accepted criteria …”

26. Manchester research is under threat - ARWU Aug 09 [http://www.arwu.org]

28. Southampton University – ranked 25 th in the World, 3 rd in the UK

29. RPE, REF

30. The self-archiving effect – an individual’s experience, Ray L Frost, QUT

32. Manchester eScholar - evolving services Electronic theses Content search, display and reporting services Post RPE’09 improvements Metadata curation and enhancement

33. Questions? www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar

34. Drivers and barriers to self-archiving: an ongoing debate?