Open access at SLU - Epsilon and the Publication database Malin Persson, Ultuna library May 16, 2008

Open access at SLU-

Epsilon and the Publication

database

Malin Persson, Ultuna libraryMay 16, 2008

Swedish University of Agricultural Scienceswww.slu.se

Epsilon

• The SLU system for electronic publishing

• Program: EPrints • OAI-protocol for describing the

documents in the archive

dissemination to search engines, archives

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Epsilon

• Undergraduate theses archiveMandatory from autumn 2008 (15 HEC)

• Graduate theses archiveMandatory from 2003

• Open archive

http://epsilon.slu.se

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Epsilon Open Archive

• Both parallel publishing and unpublished documents

• Articles (peer-review, not peer-review, news articles), books, book chapters, conference papers, fact sheets, technical reports, pre-prints…

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Input

”User Area”

Editing

”Editorial Review”

Published

”Repository”

Librarian Author, editor or other in charge

The publication in pdf-format

(Min sida) (Redaktionellgranskning) (Arkivet)

Flow chart of Epsilon from input to publishing

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Publication database

• ”p-basen”, publikationsdatabasen

• 2003• Created by the IT office at SLU• Maintained by SLU Library since

2006• An administrative tool

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Aim of the Publication database

1. Present published documents on department websites

2. Present data for allocation of funds (anslagsfördelning)

3. Annual reports

4. Bibliometrics?

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Flow chart to the publication database

Publication database *

Epsilons *Open Archive

Verify

Mitt SLU

Personalregistret/ANSTI

Transaction *database

SLU db VP/VB

import

registration

* SLU Library

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Epsilon Open Archivehttp://pub-epsilon.slu.se

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Register and log in

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Begin a new item

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Select item type

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Bibliographic information

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Organizational units

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Upload the pdf-file

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Verification

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Library editing

• Check bibligraphic information• Pdf-file

– Check publisher policy– Add a flyleaf– Pdf layout

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Published item

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Epsilon

Google

Scirus

OAIster

Live search

more search services on Internet…

Yahoo!

Ask.com

Scientific commons

factbites

Dissemination

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Automatic e-mail with link to publication database

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Publication databaseVerify the connection