opening up the open access archive amanda lawrence apo managing editor
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Opening up the open access archive
Amanda Lawrence
APO Managing Editor
The obesity epidemic
How is policy made?
The Hollowmen, Episode 1. Fat chance
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7XeQin9abx4
Benefit of subscription vs open access publishing
Ref: John Houghton 2006, Research cmmunication costs in Australia: Emerging opportunities and benefits
So who reads APO and why?
Lecturers, researchers, teachers, students
I use it to support my teaching of undergraduate social work students and for my own postgraduate research.
Government bureaucrats, researchers, policy makers
“Its a major asset to me. It has opened up links with all sorts of researchers with my govt health work…”
Community sector and NGOs
“It's one of the most valuable resources available to help NGOs connect with current research work, without having to have a direct link to a university and/or academic in the field”
Journalists, librarians & other professionals
“Have frequently found out about reports from APO rather than the original source, many of which I DO monitor. Have recommended this site to other librarians.”
Why the need to upgrade?
“That cute little classification scheme you devise when you have 1,000 records will be driving you crazy with its inadequacies by the time there are 10,000 records.”
(Marcia Bates 2002)
The information architecture process
Goals of the upgrade
• Tailor content to readers’ interests
• Make content more browsable
• Make search faster and more accurate
• Increase revenue
What our readers told us
Don’t change!
What our readers told us - functionality
Faster
Topic subsites
More specific browsing options
Full text search of pdfs
Bookmarks/favourites
What our readers told us - content
Research, research, research
Research guides – wiki style
Policy news - feeds
Website listings
Audio/video
What the business needed
More efficient catalogueing
More contextual advertising
Online credit card payment
New classificationCreative economy
Economics
Education
Environment & Planning
Health
Justice
Indigenous
International
Politics
Social Policy
Original APO site map
Creative Economy site
New APO site map
Report page wireframe
Home page wireframe: final version
