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The Repositories Support Project (RSP)
JISC e-Science All Hands Meeting
Sept 2007
Gareth J Johnson
http://www.rsp.ac.uk
RSP Series (Part I)
1st OF 3 RSP talks(1) RSP & Open Access
(2) The Depot
(3) OpenDOAR & RoMEO/JULIET services
Later talks will look at• The Depot interim central repository• Open access and retain author rights• Deciphering funding body OA mandates
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Traditional Publication
Personal academic effort lost• No tangible reward for research publication• Loss of IPR to institution through copyright gifting
Publicly funded research not publicly accessiblePotential readership limited by economics• Research inaccessibility
Communication lagAuthors are willing to use repositories• 79% would deposit willingly if required to do so
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Open Access Landscape
Open Access• Open Access Journals• Open Access Repositories
Data Providers and Service Providers
Repository networks
Funders’ mandates
Publisher activities
More of a mainstream activity
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Benefits of OA
Authors• Speed of research dissemination & use• Conducive to improved citations & accessibility• Decreased plagiarism risk
Institutions• Facilitates use & re-use of information assets• Raises profile and prestige of institution• Potential for value added services
Research community• Avoids unnecessary duplication• Preservation & long term accessibility
Society• Publicly-funded research publicly available
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Institutional Repositories
Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution.• Contents freely available to all• Encourage wider use of open access information assets
Contain a variety of digital objects • e-prints, theses, e-learning objects, datasets etc
Practical reasons• Use institutional infrastructure• Integration into work-flows, systems and practices• Support is close to academic users and contributors• Longevity concerns over some SRs
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Need for Support
Dealing with author concerns• What about quality assurance & peer review?• If its freely available, what about plagiarism?• What about commercially or sensitivity material?• Subject base more natural? • Threat to journals?Dealing with repository administrator concerns• IPR & Copyright• Technical & software issues• Policies & workflow• Isolation & training needs
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RSP Aims
More…repositories content
use of content
re-use of content
Support repositories to be fit for purpose,
Standardised and Sustainable
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What’s on Offer?
Repositoryestablishment
Technical SupportDSpace
&ePrints
High-level advocacy
Presentations / materialsaimed at senior managers
Grassroots advocacy
Presentations / materialsfor researchers / teachers
Encourage use
Presentations / materialsfor researchers / teachers
Encourage re-use
Presentations / materialsfor service providers
Repository Administrators Support to run repositories (e.g. preservation)
High level representation Funding councils / publishers etc
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Current Support Activities
Outreach events planned for 07/08• Primary focus on practical advice and support
• Professional Briefings & Workshop Events
Enquiry handling for HEIs
Welsh-specific work• All HEIs had on-site meeting with RSP staff
• Welsh repositories committee continue to meet
Technical support• Repository surgery events
• DSpace and EPrints demonstrator sites
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Website Resourceswww.rsp.ac.uk
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Remember
As an academic• The OA issues & ongoing debate• Your rights w.r.t. your research publications• How OA-IRs metrics may be used in the future• The advantages IRs offer to your research• Your IR and local support (of The Depot)
As an administrator• The issues & institutional advantages• Your IR & institutional community support needs• The national and bespoke support available
