A Comprehensive Approach to Open Access - ALA 2011

A Comprehensive Approach To Open Access
Bob Schatz, North American Sales Manager
Claire Bundy, Open Repository Specialist

We Share What We Create For A Variety Of Reasons
Stay connected personally
Enhance scientific research
Advance commerce
Generate donations
Exhibit skills
Express feelings
Facilitate conversations

We Share What We Create For A Variety Of Reasons
Advance learning
Leave an official record
Reach the disenfranchised
Provide organizational support
Meet legal obligations
Advance one’s career
Celebrate events

That Sharing Can Be Active Or Passive
Printed handouts or mailings
Email attachments
Social networking tools
Posting on a personal website
Hosting as part of an online journal
Hosting in a repository where the content can be accessed online or reached via a link from the repository to the institution

Open Access Exists (and is growing)
International open access declarations
Institutional and funder open access mandates
Creation and growth of open access journals
New open access publishing ventures from subscription-based publishers
Expansion of institutional memberships with an open access publisher
Establishment and use of repositories to host and expand open access information

A Cycle Of Information & Access

Some History
BioMed Central started in 2000, the same year as PubMed Central
Currently publish 218 peer reviewed OA journals in the life sciences, medicine and chemistry
App. 95,000 OA articles published since inception
Covered by Creative Commons licensing: authors retain their rights
Available without restriction to anyone with uncensored internet access
Open Repository launched in 2004
BioMed Central purchased by Springer in the fall of 2009

Open Access Is Our Culture
Open access provides that:
research is openly available to other researchers: enhances knowledge, fosters other research
important information more easily reaches scientists, medical practitioners and individuals in/out of the developing world: potentially saves lives
articles deposited in repositories: highlight the accomplishments of both the institution and its researchers.

Within this environment, Open Repository is an integral part of open access and a logical by-product of BioMed Central’s ongoing activities and culture.
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Repositories Play An Important Role In Open Access
Provide a centralized showcase of institutionally related works
Maximize the dissemination of research
Encourage academic collaboration
Preserve valued institutional intellectual assets for posterity
Highlight the output of particular researchers or programs
Encourage financial support: a great development tool
Improve audits, assessments and accreditation
Attract valued faculty by demonstrating academic compatibility
Support the acquisition of grants
Comply with funding agency or institutional mandates

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Open Repository is a hosted, enhanced DSpace repository service
providing:
secure, expandable server space
institutional branding
submissions consultation
staff training
ongoing system upgrades
maintenance and back-ups
host multiple item types with associated metadata and sophisticated discovery capabilities

Hosted or Local: Why Choose A Hosted Solution?
Keep the server operating
Manage bandwidth
Fix software bugs
Evaluate features for future use
Design submission workflows
Transfer collections
Introduce enhancements
Perform daily back-ups
Manage a disaster recovery plan
Provide updated user documentation and training

Why DSpace?
Open source: easy to stay current
Tested and improved by an active community of developers
Firmly established and widespread: not likely to disappear
Sophisticated (yet easy to use)
Logical workflows and processes
Portable from one hosted solution to another
Capable of accepting non-DSpace enhancements

How is DSpace Structured?

DSpace Features
Easy to navigate homepage
Display of latest submissions
Basic and advanced search capabilities
Faculty highlight pages
Website statistics
Flexible submission workflows
Single and batch submissions capabilities
One-step PDF conversion capabilities
Links to external sites
“Limitless” hierarchical architecture

Open Repository Enhancements
LDAP / Shibboleth authentication integration
Daily back-ups
Third party disaster management
Cloud hosting
Local branding
Article submission workflow consultation
Transfer of existing collections
All enhancements are open source

Open Repository Enhancements
Submissions via DOI and PubMed Central IDs
Submitter-defined embargo periods
Enhanced website statistics with Google Analytics
Thorough training
Download to EndNote, RefMan, RefWork
Share via social networking
One-step PDF creation

It All Starts At Your Repository’s Homepage
A standard DSpace look:
http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk/e-space/
Or a vastly different look: http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/
Sometimes, dual languages are required: http://www.hirsla.lsh.is/lsh/?locale=en&language=en

From The Admin Perspective
Open Repository offers streamlined article submission workflows, customizable to fit your requirements.
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Open Repository Works With A Variety of Organizations
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How We Work
Review needs and objectives
Recommend the Open Repository version that will best meet your needs
Set up a trial (optional)
Outline pricing
Process an agreement
Issue invoice
Schedule training, workflow design, branding, etc.
Launch your repository, including advice about how best to promote it within your organization
Provide ongoing support and service

Tested
Supported
Enhanced
Managed
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Any questions?robert.schatz@biomedcentral.comph: 646-258-2126Booths: 853 & 855
The institutional repository service
from BioMed Central

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