1. Opening Access to Research or what the institutional repository can do for you Centre for Geospatial Science Sir Clive Granger Building Monday, 24 th September 2007 Bill Hubbard SHERPA Manager University of Nottingham

2. Open Access landscape Open Access - definitions –Open Access Journals –Open Access Repositories Data Providers and Service Providers Repository networks Policy developments - publishers, funders, institutions

3. 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

4. Russell & 1994 Groups University of Bath Birkbeck University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of Cambridge Cardiff University University of Durham University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Essex University of Exeter University of Glasgow Goldsmiths University of Reading Royal Holloway University of St Andrews University of Sheffield SOAS University of Southampton University of Surrey University of Sussex University of Warwick UCL University of York Imperial College King's College London Lancaster University University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool Loughborough University LSE University of Manchester University of Newcastle University of Nottingham University of Oxford Queen Mary

5. Open Access for the researcher Wide dissemination –papers more visible –cited more Rapid dissemination Ease of access Cross-searchable Value added services –hit counts on papers –personalised publications lists –citation analyses

6. Other benefits For the institution –facilitates use and re-use of the information assets –raises profile and prestige of institution –manages institutional information assets - RAE –long-term cost savings For the research community –frees up the communication process –supports cross-disciplinary work and archiving

7. Benefits for society in general Publicly-funded research publicly available Public understanding of science Knowledge transfer Health and social services Cultural benefit of access to high-quality and latest information

8. Why institutional? The OAI-PMH allows a single gateway to search and access many repositories –subject-based portals or views –subject-based classification and search –institutional storage and support Practical reasons –use institutional infrastructure –integration into work-flows and systems –support is close to academic users and contributors

9. Here in Nottingham Nottingham ePrints –http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/ Open Access Journals Open Access Fund Support for Funders mandates

10. Putting stuff in, getting stuff out Deposit –create a description of the eprint –attach a copy –put into Nottingham ePrints –takes about 10 minutes Discovery –use search engines –subject-based portals –find similar material within your subject

11. University Event Thursday 11 th October, Great Hall 10:30 - 1:00 with buffet lunch Open Access and the University Using UKPubMed Central Experiences with an Open Access Journal Using the Universitys Open Access Fund Using the Universitys Repository –to book a place, email: –gareth.johnson@nottingham.ac.uk

12. www.sherpa.ac.uk www.opendoar.org www.driver-support.eu www.rsp.ac.uk bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk

13. 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 pre-print post-print published version