This presentation was developed for Online Northwest 2014 to be a conversation around the OAWAL Project: https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/ and in particular discovery of open access materials. Any feedback about discovery of OA resources can be directed to me or to the wiki/blog comments section.

1. DISCOVERING
OPEN ACCESS
CONTENT: A
CONVERSATION

2. WHAT IS DISCOVERABILITY?
 Successful integration into
librarians’ infrastructure for
content
Somerville, Mary M., & Conrad, LettieY.
(2014). Collaborative Improvements in the
Discoverability of Scholarly Content:
Accomplishments, Aspirations, and
Opportunities. A SAGE White Paper. Los
Angeles, CA: SAGE.
URL:
http://www.sagepub.com/repository/binarie
s/pdf/improvementsindiscoverability.pdf
doi: 10.4135/wp140116
 Integration across discovery
channels
 Relevant results found
 Smooth authentication &
usability

3. ADDITION OF GLOBAL OA TO LIBRARY
CATALOG & DISCOVERY SYSTEM
 DOAJ
 DOAB/OAOPEN
 OASPA
 Curated from commodity-based
providers
 Other Options?

4. PARTICIPATION IN OAISTER
 No additional costs
 Allows harvesting by Google
Scholar
 Allows other institutions to find
content via WorldCat

5. ESSENTIAL METADATA
 DOIs
 ORCID
 I2
 FundRef
 CrossMark?

6. EXPOSURE OF LOCAL REPOSITORY
ON GOOGLE™
 DOIs
 OpenURL

7. NEED FOR OA DESIGNATION FOR
GOLD OA ARTICLES
 Each publisher has a symbol on
their content platform but
nothing universal
 NISO’s OAMI recommendation
 OA Button?

8. USAGE DATA
 PIRUS
 IRUS-UK
 Counter 4

9. FURTHER QUESTIONS &
THANK YOU
Jill Emery:
jemery@pdx.edu
https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/
Graham Stone:
G.Stone@hud.ac.uk