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Finding Alternative SHERPA/RoMEO Colours
Peter MillingtonOpen Repositories 2014
SHERPA/RoMEO Colours
• Everyone uses them– Even publishers
• …but…• Everyone thinks they are out of date– They’re about which combination of versions can be
archived – i.e. Pre- and/or Post-prints• Some people think pre-prints are a bad idea
– They do not distinguish between Published and Accepted versions – They’re both post-prints• But we all think Published is better than Accepted
What people want to do is…
• Have the best open access version1. Published version2. Accepted version3. Submitted version
• As soon as possible– Immediately – ideal– Shortest possible embargo
• But…
…if you could only have one option…
• Is it better to have, e.g.– The accepted version at the time of publication
• Or– The published version 12 months after publication?
• Opinions will vary according to…– Role – e.g. researcher, librarian, publisher, etc– Subject – e.g. medicine, physics, humanities, etc.
Here is tool to gather opinions• Grid of versions versus embargoes• Users assign colours to cells in the grid
A medical researcher might say…• Submitted versions might be dangerously
incorrect, so…
…and a publisher might say…• There must be embargoes, so…• They would set a low ‘green’ barrier
This tool…
• Gathers opinions– from a wide range of interested parties
• Analyses the results– to see if there is a consensus
• Possibly leads to a new set of RoMEO colours– More relevant– More useful
Such as…
• Green– Authoritative version immediately
• Blue– Authoritative version within a reasonable
timescale• Yellow– Something eventually
• White– Archiving not permitted
Example RoMEO Colour Matrix• Earliest dates for each version• The new RoMEO colour is the ‘best’ colour
et voilà
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/trials/newcolours.php
Give it a try!