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RoMEO, JULIET & OpenDOARServices that can enhance your repository

JISC Repositories & Preservation Programme Meeting, Bristol, 28th November 2007

Peter MillingtonSHERPA Technical Development Officer

University of Nottinghampeter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk

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Overview

• What is SHERPA?

• SHERPA/RoMEO– Database of publishers’ copyright policies

• JULIET– Database of funders’ open access policies

• OpenDOAR– Directory of Open Access Repositories

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What is SHERPA?

• http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/• Acronym

Securing aHybridEnvironment forResearchPreservation andAccess

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What is SHERPA?

• University of Nottingham - 6 staff• Aims

– Set up & expand the UK repository network– Promote usage of OA repositories– Databases & tools to support administrators

• Non-aims– OA journals – see DOAJ

• Current & Allied Projects– RSP, DRIVER, Intute RS , Depot, UKCoRR

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SHERPA/RoMEO

• http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php• Database of publishers’ copyright policies

– Self-archiving by authors - pre-prints & post-prints– Paid Open Access options– Compliance with research funders’ mandates

• Purpose– To help determine archiving rights

• Sources– Publishers’ information & correspondence– Users’ suggestions

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Growth of SHERPA/RoMEO

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SHERPA/RoMEO Sample Record

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SHERPA/RoMEO Fields

• Publisher’s name – linked to home page• Archiving permissions

– For Pre-prints and Post-prints– Any restrictions – that may prevent archiving

• Conditions – which don’t prevent archiving• Compliance with funders’ OA mandates• Paid Open Access options• Links to publishers’ policy web pages• RoMEO colour

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SHERPA/RoMEO Colours

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Archiving Permissions by Publisher

• ~70% of publishers allow some form of self-archiving.

• 90 - 95% of journals

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RoMEO Redevelopment Ideas

• Additional publisher fields– e.g. Policy re publisher’s PDF

• Better handling of journals– e.g. Extra lookup tables, Abbreviations, etc.

• Multilingual data & interfaces

• Franchise operation

• Application Programmers’ Interface (API)

• Improved reliability

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JULIET

• http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/• Open access policies for 28 research funders• Policies

– Whether to archive• Requiring open access deposition

– What to archive• Author’s final version or publisher’s PDF

– When to archive• When accepted for publication? Embargoes

– Where to archive

• Conditions & web links

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JULIET – Example Full Record

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OpenDOAR

• http://www.opendoar.org/

• Directory of Open Access Repositories

• Lists over 1000 repositories worldwide– 112 for the UK (Nov.2007)

• Sites visited, quality-checked & analysed– Open access, full texts, functioning

• Excludes:– Gated access, metadata-only, broken, OAJs

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Repositories by Continent

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European Repositories

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OpenDOAR Facilities

• Country-based List– http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php

• Find Repositories– http://www.opendoar.org/find.php

• Search Repository Contents– http://www.opendoar.org/search.php

• Tools for Repository Administrators– http://www.opendoar.org/tools/

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OpenDOAR Tools

• OpenDOAR Charts– Include OpenDOAR charts in your website

• Application Programmers' Interface (API)– Get OD data as XML for your applications– Display data or use to control harvesting

• Email Distribution Service– Appropriate messages to administrators

• Policies Tool– Define & display your repository’s policies

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OpenDOAR Policies Tool• Background

– 75% of repositories lack visible policies– Need for clarity and guidance on good practice

• What Policies?– Re-use of data, Content, Submission & Preservation

• The Tool– Radio buttons, checkboxes, pick lists, pop-up boxes

• Recommendations– From minimum OA compliance to best practice

• Output Options– Plain text, HTML source code, etc

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SHERPA’s Future Plans

• Continuing growth of the databases– OpenDOAR, SHERPA/RoMEO & JULIET

• Network of national/language franchises– To gather local data & create special versions

• Enhance JULIET– Add policies for archiving source data

• Redevelopment of SHERPA/RoMEO– Subject to funding

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Any questions?

Peter Millington

peter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk

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