1. Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK

2. The scene in the first decade of the new millennium  Technologies racing along (ahead / away)  EU targets and goals: i2010 vision (Single Information Space) Mobility of research professionals Lisbon Agenda  Knowledge Triangle  Competition for students, staff, rankings… Key LtdPerspectives

3. This meeting  The Web  Open Access  Research policy and management  Berlin Declaration, EU petition…. Key LtdPerspectives

4. The Web  Not reached full potential  Research institution websites  Dissemination tool  Enables measurement tools (that bring new capabilities to research management and policymaking) Key LtdPerspectives

5. The USouthampton conundrum… Key Perspectives Ltd The G-Factor rankings (universitymetrics.com)

6. Why is Southampton so strong?  Strong research base  TBL et al  Mandatory deposit of research output in ECS repository for 4 years (c11K items)  University repository actively managed and now to have mandatory deposit  All = very strong web presence Key Perspectives Ltd

8. REPOSITORIES and OA journal content Ingest layer services Search / retrieve Aggregate / display Count / assess Peer review Other value adding Editorial Key LtdPerspectives

9. Repositories in Europe Key LtdPerspectives

10. Your repository  Collects institution’s outputs in one place  Shop window / showcase for the institution  Disseminates the institution’s outputs  Provides the locus for measurement and assessment of the institution’s efforts Key LtdPerspectives

11. [Repositories] “are vital to universities’ economies and to the UK economy as a whole.” Professor J Drummond Bone President of Universities UK Key Perspectives Ltd

12. Economic impact of Open Access “With the United Kingdom's GERD [Gross Expenditure on Research and Development] at USD 33.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency [their conservative estimate] would have been worth USD 1.7 billion; and… Houghton et al, 2006 Key Perspectives Ltd

13. For funders: The economic arguments … “Governments would boost innovation and get a better return on their investment in publicly funded research by making research findings more widely available …. and by doing so they would maximise social returns on public investments.” OECD Report on Scientific Publishing, 2005 Key Perspectives Ltd

14. EU’s “Innovation Reports”  The R&D Triangle: research, education, innovation  SMEs find it hard to get access to the basic research information they need to innovate Key Perspectives Ltd

15. Your repository  Increases your research visibility:  University of Otago Business School: Launched November 2005 February 2006: 20,000 downloads 220 articles  Increases your research impact Key Perspectives Ltd

16. Open Access increases citations Key Perspectives Ltd Range = 36%-200% (Data: Stevan Harnad and co-workers)

17. Your repository  Increases your research visibility:  University of Otago Business School: Launched November 2005 February 2006: 20,000 downloads 220 articles  Increases your research impact  Enables you to collect, track and monitor your outputs Key Perspectives Ltd

18. Today’s programme  The infrastructure needed  The things that can already be measured  The policies that need to be in place  The ways forward Key Perspectives Ltd

19. Thank you aswan@keyperspectives.co.uk www.keyperspectives.co.uk Key Perspectives Ltd