The document discusses SHERPA/RoMEO and its role in improving open access. It describes SHERPA services like RoMEO, JULIET, and OpenDOAR. It outlines usage statistics and improvements being made to RoMEO, including compiling its own journal database, adding new fields, and translating the interface and data into other languages to internationalize RoMEO. Partners are helping with translation efforts in countries like Portugal, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Spain.

1. Developing SHERPA/RoMEO's
role in improving open access
Peter Millington
Centre for Research Communications
University of Nottingham
Mötesplats Open Access 2012
Norrköping, 14 Mars 2012

2. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
SHERPA Services
• RoMEO
– Publisher copyright policies & self‐archiving
– http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
• JULIET
– Research funders' open access policies
– http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/
• OpenDOAR
– Directory of Open Access Repositories
– http://www.opendoar.org/

3. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

4. Scandinavian Repositories

5. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

6. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
JULIET – Funders’ OA Policies
• 98 Funders’ policies (2012‐03‐08), including:
• Sverige
– Formas
– Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap (FAS)
– Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
– Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ)
– Vetenskapsrådet
• Norge/Noreg
– Forskningsrådet

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Usage of Interactive RoMEO

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10. Our biggest users see data like this…

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12. Who? What?
• CRIS databases
• All the institution/organisation’s publications
• Archiving rights checked against RoMEO (&
updated)
• Links to full texts, where available
• Otherwise prompt author to deposit full text
• Ease of use increases the uptake of OA

13. • Bowens, A.; McDonald, R.; Ayres, P.; Robinson, M.(2001)., "The processes and costs
of local guidelines development: experiences from the Path.Finder NHS
consortium",
British Journal of Clinical Governance, Vol.6(3), pp.165-167.
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14664100110400688,
• Brabazon, P.; MacCarthy, B.(2010)., "On Markovian approximations for virtual-build-
to-order systems",
Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol.61 (10), pp 1471-1484.
You may archive the submitted version of this article – RoMEO Deposit Now >>
• Brabazon, P.; MacCarthy, B.(2006)., "Fundamental Behaviour of Virtual-Build-to-
Order systems",
International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.104 (2), pp. 514-524.
Full text: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/526/
• Brabazon, P.; MacCarthy, B.; Woodcock, A.; Howkins, A.(2010)., "Mass Customization
in the automotive industry: comparing inter-dealing trading and reconfiguration
flexibility in open fulfilment",
Production and Operations Management, Vol.19 (5), pp 489-502.
Contact the publisher about archiving this article - RoMEO

14. CRIS Suppliers using RoMEO
• Atira, Ålborg, Denmark
– PURE
– http://www.atira.dk/en/pure/
• Avedas AG, Germany
– Converis
– http://www.avedas.com/en/converis.html
• Symplectic Ltd, UK
– Symplectic Elements
– http://symplectic.co.uk/products/publications

15. Improvements to RoMEO
The RoMEO Journals Database

16. All journals have the same policy

17. Clients may have different policies

18. Some journals are special cases

19. Compiling our own journal database
• Harvested directly from publishers’ websites
– Greater accuracy and timeliness
– Better mapping of journals to publishers
• Extra data
– Titles and publishers covered by Zetoc or DOAJ
– Fewer journals without policies in RoMEO
• Extra fields
– ESSN, Alternative titles, Selective availability of Paid OA
• Overcoming Zetoc problems
– ‘Trust’ order: RoMEO DOAJ Zetoc

20. RoMEO Journals by Country
~19,700 journals from 1,006 publishers

21. New RoMEO home page

23. EGU is a client of
Copernicus, so EGU
policies apply

24. Exceptions to the policy

25. Special policy

27. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Internationalising SHERPA/RoMEO
• Translating RoMEO
– RoMEO interface
• Portuguese, Spanish & Hungarian
– RoMEO data
• German, Portuguese, Spanish & Hungarian
– Planned future interface translation
• German
– Translation wish list
• French, Japanese, Russian, etc.

28. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Hungarian RoMEO

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RoMEO data partners
• Blimunda Project, Portugal
• DINI, Germany
• HUNOR, University of Debrecen, Hungary
• Norsk RoMEO, Norway
• Nereus, Netherlands
• RECOLECTA, Spain
• McGill & Concordia Universities, Canada

30. RoMEO Publishers by Country

31. Alternatives to RoMEO colours

32. RoMEO Colours by Journal
(2012‐03‐09)

33. Best version that can be archived
immediately with no embargo

34. Best version after embargo with no
further restrictions

35. Best version after embargo and
restrictions

36. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Any Questions?
RoMEO: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo
JULIET: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet
OpenDOAR: http://www.opendoar.org/
Blog: http://romeoblog.jiscinvolve.org/
E‐mail: romeo@sherpa.ac.uk
Twitter: @SHERPAServices
Peter Millington:
peter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk