repository @ napier advocacy & methods december 2008
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REPOSITORY @ NAPIERAdvocacy
&Methods
December 2008
Definitions:
The “Repository@Napier” comprises computer software designed to store, manage and make accessible through the internet, the various intellectual outputs arising from research in Napier University.
Open Access denotes free provision of information on the internet, especially where it arises from govt. sponsored research.
Aims for the Repository - 1:
Create high online visibility for Napier research Create a central comprehensive online store for
university research output in many formats Ensure ease of access to institutional research in
many disciplines Increase knowledge of & access to university theses Increase availability of Napier research output Reduce time before Napier work is cited Ensure continued, stable, access to deposited online
materials
Aims for the Repository – 2:
Widen dissemination of Napier research outputs and increase their citation rate
Compliance with funding body policies on Open Access
Ensure Napier is not disadvantaged by the 70 British He institutions which already have repositories advertising their expertise
Preparation for the bibliometric Research Evaluation Framework in future
Progress to date:
EPrints supplier was chosen in April 2007 The repository was purchased in June 2007 A pilot shell began operation in August 2007 800 RAE bibliographic records were installed and
metadata was edited by LIS staff during 2008 Transferred to production server in Sept. 2008 Repository was launched and registered with ROAR
in mid-September 2008 OAI Policies were created and OPENDOAR
registration took place in December 2008.
Provision for growth:
In April 2008 the Academic Board approved a mandate to encourage deposit of research output in the Repository@Napier
Academic staff are urged to deposit pre-published, items which have been accepted for publication and which may have been peer-reviewed
At present mediated deposit will be the norm and items may be sent to designated LIS staff, but in future self-deposit will be strongly encouraged
LIS staff will act as repository managers
When should items be submitted?
Articles may be submitted as follows:– Drafts are not required– First Submissions (Preprints) the submitted ,
pre-refereed form , may be submitted – Second Submissions (Postprints) the version
re-sent after revision to meet referee’s comments, is required
– Proofs should not be submitted for open access– Published Versions should not normally be
submitted, for they violate copyright
Materials suitable for deposit:
Pre-published journal articles Research theses (PhD & MPhil) Images, Films, Sound recordings [Indicative items,
catalogues, programmes or subsections are acceptable]
Technical reports In-house Research Papers Working papers [Where version is recorded carefully]
Support data [Notebooks, lab-books, tables, digital experimental data can be stored, but not manipulated]
User guidance:
Repository@Napier may be reached from http://www.napier.ac.uk/randkt/repository/Pages/Repository.aspx or from http://www.napier.ac.uk/ researchrepository or from http://research repository.napier.ac.uk
The Mandate on deposits and a Copyright Statement are available through the repository “About” icon
Advice on Finding Tools and on Making a deposit are available through the repository “Help” icon
Additional information may be obtained from Dr. David Cumming, the current Repository Manager.
Faculty Editors:
FECACI – Dr. Cumming will mediate insertion of items or provide help on deposition. He can be contacted at 2367 or [email protected]
HLSS – Lisa McLaren will perform the tasks above and is available at 2278 or [email protected]
NUBS – Lyn Gibson will perform the tasks above and is available at 2582 or [email protected]
User Names & Passwords may be obtained from Dr. Cumming until further notice.
Repository home page:
Searching the Repository:
Search by year work was published Search by Faculty, School or Research Centre Search by Subject (Dewey Classification) Search by Author Simple search for a term within a few chosen metadata
fields Complex search for many terms within many specified
fields Search box enables search for a particular term in any
field
Making a deposit:
Access the Repository Login [User names and passwords for all will
become available soon, meantime contact Dr. Cumming who will supply them on request]
Click on New Item box Then enter minimum data in the Document Type,
Upload and Details boxes before clicking Deposit Check publisher copyright in Sherpa-Romeo box LIS staff will complete data-entry before placing the
item in the open access repository
Extract of typical record content:
Powers in the Land? Duff, Alistair (2008) Powers in the Land? Journalism Practice, 2 (2). pp. 230-244.
ISSN 1751-2786 (In Press) MS Word - Registered users only until 31 October 2009
137KbOfficial URL: http://www.informaworld.com/supp/title~content=t762290976 Abstract/DescriptionThe expansion of opinion is one of the key developments in
the British press, as elsewhere. The article analyses the role of one of the most important types of commentator, newspaper political columnists, examining their credentials, sources, information society prospects, and putative impact.
Keywords: Political columnists; Punditry; British press; Sources; Factual information content; Power; Influence; Political process; Information society;
University Divisions/Research Centres: Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries > School of Creative Industries
Dewey Decimal Subjects:000 Computer science, information & general works > 070 News media, journalism & publishing
300 Social sciences > 320 Political science800 Literature > 820 English & Old English literatures
Attaining benefits:
Deposit pre-published articles as the final post-refereed version is sent to the publisher
The more full-text that is deposited the more useful the repository will become
Try searching for overlapping research topics and you may find potential research partners on the staff
Discover items which are potentially useful for inclusion in teaching modules [Copyright permitting]
Depositing items means raising an academic profile across the world through online open access
Links to other repositories:
OAISTER union catalogue of digital resources at http://www.oaister.org
ROAR register of open access repositories with links to each http://roar.eprints.org
Intute a UK wide search of academic repositories http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs
EThOS a collection of UK theses in digital format http://www.ethos.ac.uk
Google scholar at http://scholar.google.co.uk
Conclusion:
Napier University has provided a new tool in support of Research Access and Knowledge Transfer
Academic Staff can make the Repository grow in size and usefulness in future by depositing new research output in many formats
LIS staff will also make the Repository grow by adding retrospective material
Consider: GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS COME – but only when the environment permits!