Alma Swan

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Truro, UK

[Repositories] “are vital to universities’ economies and to the UK economy as a whole.” 

Professor J Drummond Bone

President of Universities UK

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What type of policy?

Guideline-type:Requests complianceSuggests / advises howNo carrot or stick

Mandatory-type:Requires complianceSuggests / advises howMay provide carrot or stick (or both)

Policies NIH (USA) An almost-mandate from the DFG, Germany An almost-mandate from the FWF, Austria Dutch policy for the universities in the DARE

network Exhortations and encouragements from public

research funders in Finland, USA National policy being developed in Sweden Canadian Institutes of Health

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Mandates Wellcome Trust Research Councils UK (6 of 7) Australian Research Council Australian Medical Research Council Max Planck Society Flemish Research Fund Austrian Research Fund Plus individual institutions…

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University of Tasmania

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University of Queensland

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Queensland University of Technology

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Author readiness to comply with a mandate

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Would complywillingly

Would complyreluctantly

Would notcomply

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5%

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Institutions with a mandate already

University of Southampton School of Electronics & Computer Science (since 2003)

University of Southampton (new) CERN (2003) Queensland University of Technology (2004) University of Minho, Portugal (2005) Recently, NIT (Mumbai), Zurich University,

U.Tasmania, University of Liege and others on the way …

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Case study I: ECS, Southampton School of Electronics &

Computer Science, University of Southampton

Mandate early 2003 Sanctioned in the sense that

assessment is based upon repository content

It works

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Case study II: Minho University Minho University, Braga,

Portugal Repository established 2003 Mandate introduced 2005

when self-archiving rate dropped off

Mandate backed by financial incentives paid to departments

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Minho University repository

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Case study III: QUT QUT, Brisbane Mandate introduced by

DVC Tom Cochrane at the beginning of 2004

Not sanctioned, but supported by vigorous and sympathetic library advocacy

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Mandate when? At acceptance for publication: the author’s

final version Mandate the deposit at that point Mandate OA to full-text unless there is a

compelling reason against this If there is a compelling reason, mandate

OA to metadata Mandate opening of full-text at 6 months The publisher’s PDF can be added, or

linked to, later

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Your repository: full or near-empty? 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 Increases the impact of the institution

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The USouthampton conundrum…

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The G-Factor rankings

(universitymetrics.com)

Thank you

aswan@keyperspectives.co.uk

www.keyperspectives.co.uk

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