jisc e-science all hands meeting sept 2007 gareth j johnson
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JISC e-Science All Hands Meeting
Sept 2007
Gareth J Johnson
RSP Series (Part II)
2ND OF 3 RSP talks(1) RSP & OA
(2) The Depot
(3) OpenDOAR & RoMEO/JULIET services
Talk follows on from this morning• Open Access & Institutional repositories • Perceived OA benefits• Funders’ mandates• The Repositories Support Project (RSP)
UK Repositories
Data from OpenDOAR
Map generated by Repository 66
What is The Depot
A service that enables all UK researchers to deposit their academic papers and other outputs under terms of Open Access• Including those whose institution does not yet have a
repository
Launched in June 2007• Preliminary research 2006
Managed by EDINA, Edinburgh• Funded by JISC• Supported by SHERPA & RSP
http://depot.edina.ac.uk
Who is The Depot For?
Provided as a UK national facility • Supporting UK universities & National funding agencies’ Open
Access policies• Aids policy development in advance of a comprehensive
institutional repository network• Operates as a trusted repository for other sites
Academics with no institutional repository• Deposit in The Depot• Ensures/allows compliance with funding mandates
JISC Strategy• Institutional repositories not centralised services• Provides the last piece of JISCs strategy in supporting IRs
How does the Depot work?
An interim supporting measure• Whilst IR networks develop• Bridging the gap between nothing and something
Repository junction function• Draws on invaluable community i-resources• OpenDOAR & RoMEO
Alerts and links to appropriate institutional resources for users with IRs
Accepts deposits from those who do not
What Goes in the Depot
Main objective Ingest of post-review articles into the Depot• Published papers from researchers at institutions that
do not currently have an institutional repository.
It conforms to institutional repository standards • E.g. OAI-PMH protocol• Search engine services can locate and use contents• Special compliance with Intute: Repository Search
Why Deposit?
A keep-safe repository• Institutions will be notified when deposits are made • Offers a safe harbour for research• Offers equality of OA research benefits to all
Doesn’t offer all IR benefits• Such as showcase function and IPR asset management
Exit strategy• Eventual content migration to local servers• Will support transfer of relevant content to help populate new
institutional repositories• Legacy access from tombstone citations on Depot
