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The Next Generation of IRs – enabling closer cooperation & networking

The Next Generation of IRs – enabling closer cooperation & networking. International Workshop on institutional repositories and enhanced and alternative metrics of publication impact 20-21 February 2006, Berlin, Humboldt University Lars Björnshauge, Lund University. The Current Situation.

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The Next Generation of IRs – enabling closer cooperation & networking

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  1. The Next Generation of IRs – enabling closer cooperation & networking International Workshop on institutional repositories and enhanced and alternative metrics of publication impact 20-21 February 2006, Berlin, Humboldt University Lars Björnshauge, Lund University Lars Björnshauge

  2. The Current Situation • Development & implementation of IRs are spreading rapidly in • Universities • University colleges • Research Centers • etc. • But …. Lars Björnshauge

  3. Still early days!! • From the beginning: an additional channel for dissemination of publications • To get more visibility • To get higher impact • Often initiated by committed researchers & librarians • To a large extent still to be labelled as experiments Lars Björnshauge

  4. The ”Open Access Movement” • Inceased attention to the open access issue from researchers, decision makers, funding bodies • Declarations (e.g. Budapast, Berlin) • Recommendations & Mandates (e.g. Wellcome Trust, CERN) Lars Björnshauge

  5. The ”Open Access Movement” • Declarations and mandates generates increased attention to the OA-publishing & dissemination channels (incl. IRs) • Means: serious business! Lars Björnshauge

  6. More stakeholders • Internal stakeholders • External stakholders • When more stakeholders enter the scene new needs and demands are emerging Lars Björnshauge

  7. Internal stakeholders: • Authors, departments, faculties • Research management • Information department • Legal department • Archive • Library Lars Björnshauge

  8. Numerous purposes • Not only dissemination but as well: • Record of the institutional output • Annual Report • Research assessment • Taylored Author CVs • Putting new demands on IR-managers Lars Björnshauge

  9. Professionalization • When IR move upwards on the institutional agenda certain issues become more important: • Costs, • Efficiency, • Accountability, • Sustainability • Push towards Professionalization! Lars Björnshauge

  10. External stakeholders • Research funders demand • Quality • Figures • Metrics • Potential service providers want • Quality • Uniformity Lars Björnshauge

  11. Moving from experiment to service means: • Ability to comply with standards • Ability to provide effective workflows • Ability to provide long term availability • Ability to provide consultancy • Ability to provide figures • Ability to provide not only visibility but as well impact Lars Björnshauge

  12. Traditional publishing • Standards/Definitions/Formats: • Journals • Articles • Metadata • References • Allows development of secondary services – A&I-services, databases, citation indexes etc. Lars Björnshauge

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  15. IRs are a new phenomenon • First open source software (E-prints 2000) • Low degree of uniformity • Standards • Definitions • Formats • Protocols • Developing secondary services based on IRs poses lots of problems Lars Björnshauge

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  19. Experiences • Working with OpenDOAR: • www.opendoar.org • ”Quality” of IRs is very varied • Services based on IRs as of today tend to • Have a lot of noise • Be ”quick & dirty” Lars Björnshauge

  20. Critical success factors for IRs • Descriptions & definitions • Document types • Subject classification • IPR & policy issues • Granularity (document types and subject) • ”Quality” (peer review, versions etc.) • Last but not least: filling the IRs!! Lars Björnshauge

  21. The next generation of IRs • Organizational issues: • Integrated in the operations of the institution (university, research center) • Legal issues approved by the legal entity in the institution Lars Björnshauge

  22. The next generation of IRs • Operating according to standards • Adequate granularity • Ability to be harvested by service providers according to standards and protocols • Certification Lars Björnshauge

  23. Cooperation & networking • Contribute to development and implementation of standards and certification programmes • Advocacy • Creation of an international infrastructure to support the further development of IRs Lars Björnshauge

  24. Cooperation & networking • The activities of national entities like • JISC (UK) • SURF (The Netherlands) • DINI (Germany) • other national entities and their cooperation is crucial for the development for the next generation of IRs Lars Björnshauge

  25. Catching up • The agenda for IRs: • Filling the IRs: • Advocacy • Workflows • Figures • Professionalization: • Standards • Handling legal issues (IPR) • Certification Lars Björnshauge

  26. Catching up • The agenda for IRs (continued): • Enable the content of IRs to be discovered and picked up by tomorrows quality service providers • And ultimately: Enable the content to discovered by users as an integrated part alongside conventional content (journals articles etc.)! Lars Björnshauge

  27. Cooperation & Networking • Both • A prerequisite for developing the next generation of IRs • And • A result of the development of the next generation of IRs Lars Björnshauge

  28. This workshop is but one of many much needed cooperating & networking activities in order to bring the important issues forward!!Thanks to the organizers for that! Lars Björnshauge

  29. Thank you for your attention lars.bjornshauge@lub.lu.se Lars Björnshauge

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