Eh Presentation 042204

7/30/2019 Eh Presentation 042204

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Why self-archive?

Elizabeth HarbordHead of Collection Management


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Context

White Rose

SHERPA

Experience so far librarians and academics

LEADIRS http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/leadirs/index.htm


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Publication and self-archiving

Author writes paper

Submits to journal

Paper refereed

Revised by author

Author submits final versionPublished in journal

Deposits in e-print

repository


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Who has an interest in self-

archiving? Authors/researchers

Editors

Publishers

University management

Libraries


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What are their objectives?

Authors disseminate their research and further their

career

Publishers make money (if commercial), cover

costs (not-for-profit). Learned societies in-between?

University management maximise intellectual

capital for competitive advantage (high RAE ratings

generate income). Reduce library costs

Libraries provide as wide a range of material as

possible for users within their budget


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Self-archiving universities

Pros:

Organises, manages and shares research output (especially

for RAE) and protects its intellectual property

Raises profile of university and badges research withuniversity identity

May ultimately reduce costs of journal subscriptions

Cons:

Cost of running repository and ensuring all researchpublications are deposited

Impact on research ratings if research not published in

prestigious journals while current model is in place


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Self-archiving libraries

Pros:

Opportunity to be more involved in scholarly communication

process by running institutional repositories

Advocacy process will strengthen links with academicdepartments

Librarians have appropriate skills (metadata)

May be solution to journals financial crisis?

Cons: Additional cost of advocacy and running the repository (e.g.

copyright clearance, metadata creation) unless project or

centrally funded


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Self-archiving authors

Pros:

Dissemination of research more quickly

Impact of research more citations

Access to research easier and repositories cross-searchable

Cons:

Extra work

Need publication in reputable journals for RAE, promotion

Unpopular if seen as driven by managerial considerations


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Academics concerns about self-

archiving

Whats in it for me?

Extra work

Copyright

Quality control

Plagiarism

Preservation


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How can we encourage self-

archiving? Advocacy

With academics and university managers

Departmental meetings, university committees

Champions

Cultural issues

Make the self-archiving process as easy as possible,

and/or provide staff to deposit e-prints and add

metadata Address copyright concerns ROMEO/Sherpa list

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


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How can we encourage self-

archiving? Quality control peer reviewed material only or keep

pre-prints separate

Plagiarism allay worries; software

Preservation university repositories more stable

than individual or subject repositories


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Conclusions

Cultural and organisational issues are more important

than technical ones

Self-archiving is being promoted alongside the

current scholarly publishing model but financial

savings for libraries (and universities) will only

happen if that model changes

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