The document discusses open access repositories from three perspectives: 1. It looks at the development and current state of open access repositories in Germany, including the Open Access Network and Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. 2. It presents results from the 2012 Census of Open Access Repositories in Germany, which found 40 DINI-certified repositories containing over 268,000 metadata records and 150,000 full texts. 3. It compares the small scale of open access repositories in Germany to the much larger scale encountered on a global level, noting issues with missing metadata and document types that need to be addressed.

1. Oh my how much the have grown!
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Looking at Open Access Repositories from 3
Different Perspectives
2012 Census of
Open Access Repositories in Germany
Open Access Tage 2012 - Wien - Presenters: Maxi Kindling and Paul Vierkant

2. What the ...?
• Let‘s look at the development and status quo of
Open Access Repositories in Germany
• Open Access Netzwerk
• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
• 2012 Census of Open Access Repositories in
Germany
• Let‘s find new solutions and approaches
• Let‘s discuss what we‘ve found

3. Open Access Network (OAN)
Initiated by: Project Partners:
Computer- und Medienservice
Institut für Bibliotheks- und
Informationswissenschaft (from 2009)
Fachbereich Mathematik/Informatik
Funded:
2007-2009, 2009-2012

4. Aims and Services
Aims Services
• Strengthen the visibility of OA
• Value-added Services
repository content in Germany
(Vision) (Users)
• Build a national aggregation node
(Technical Approach)
• Data (Repository
Operators)
• Support „DINI Certificate of
• Development (Developers)
Document and Publication
Services“ (Organisational
Approach)
• Cooperation network of OA
Projects (Organisational, Technical
Approach)

5. Results
• Network of 40 DINI certified Data Base
repositories (09/12)
• Dataworkflow
• 268.000 Metadata sets
• Aggregation
• ~ 150.000 Open Access
• Harmonisation
Full Texts, via OAN web
• Fulltext Link Finder & Indexing
interface Index of 80.000
• Classification & Deduplication
Documents, update
• Webbased Administration Tool
shortly (09/12)
(Scheduling, Service-Control etc.)
• OAN Validator

7. • Sustainability
• Aggregation node DDB
(DNB), Cooperative Library
Networks
• Computer and Media Service
(HU Berlin)
• Extension of OAN Data Base
• Linked Open Data
• Metadata in RDF format
(Triple Store, Sparql-Endpoint)
• Linked with LOD cloud
(author names, PND DNB)

13. DINI Issues on a
Global Scale?
• BASE as the global source for Open Access
items
• An Open Access repository is not a matter of
size but a matter of content!

20. • small Data Base (268k) • large Data Base (36m)
• Metadata • Metadata
• 5% unknown Languages • 34% unknown Languages
• 11% unknown Doctypes • 61% unknown Doctypes
• 30% unknown DDC • 92% unknown DDC
DINI Certificate makes Sense!

21. One more thing...
2012 Census of
Open Access Repositories in Germany
Experience & Numbers &
Knowledge vs. Facts
GUESS DISCOVERY

22. Some Facts.. 2012 Census of
Open Access Repositories in Germany

23. 2012 Census of
Open Access Repositories in Germany

24. 2012 Census of
Open Access Repositories in Germany

25. Solutions
You should consider supporting initiatives:
You should consider support
(metadata) standards!

26. Solutions
New tools to support repository management:

27. Have the really grown?
y
• OAN shows the importance of DINI and
the DINI Certificate in Germany
• BASE shows OAR issues on a global scale
• 2012 Census reveals that even more
issues in Germany have to be tackled

28. Bottom line:
„Some (repositories have grown,
)
others ne more support than ever
ed
to catch up
.“

29. T
hank You for Your Attention!
Le discuss!
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