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Open DOAR and ROAR RSP Services Day, Bath, 15 th Jan.2009

Open DOAR and ROAR RSP Services Day, Bath, 15 th Jan.2009. Peter Millington SHERPA Technical Development Officer SHERPA, University of Nottingham peter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk. Outline. Overview of open access repository lists What are they used for? Open access repositories

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Open DOAR and ROAR RSP Services Day, Bath, 15 th Jan.2009

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  1. OpenDOAR and ROARRSP Services Day, Bath, 15th Jan.2009 Peter Millington SHERPA Technical Development Officer SHERPA, University of Nottingham peter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk

  2. Outline • Overview of open access repository lists • What are they used for? • Open access repositories • The context • OpenDOAR’s facilities • ROAR’s facilities • Searching the content of OA repositories • Mashing up OpenDOAR and ROAR

  3. OpenDOAR & ROAR, etc. • OpenDOAR – 1300 records • Directory of Open Access Repositories • SHERPA, University of Nottingham • ROAR – 1239 records • Registry of Open Access Repositories • EPrints.org, University of Southampton • Other OA Repository lists • OAIster – 1066 records • OAI Registered Data Providers – 941 records • DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

  4. Open Access Repositories Worldwide

  5. Growth of OpenDOAR Database

  6. Growth of Repository Content

  7. Uses of OpenDOAR & ROAR • Finding open access repositories • Source lists for harvesters • Search services – e.g. Intute RS • Data mining • Searching the content of OA repositories • Analysis of repositories’ features • Statistics for Open Access advocacy • Funding policy decisions • Third party mash-ups – e.g. Repository66

  8. OpenDOAR Facilities • Listing of OA repositories geographically • Searching for OA repositories • By keyword, language, country, software, etc. • Charting & Mapping • Statistical charts (16 headings) for any search • Google Maps for any search • Searching the content of OA repositories • Using Google’s Custom Search Engine • Tools • API, Policies Tool, RSS Feed

  9. ROAR Facilities • Searching for OA repositories • By keyword, country, software, content type • Thumbnail images of home pages • Statistical charts • Growth of repository content • Content type statistics • Searching the content of OA repositories • Using Google’s Custom Search Engine

  10. ROAR Repository Growth Chart

  11. ROAR Pie Chart

  12. OpenDOAR & ROAR Compared

  13. Collection Approaches

  14. Content Searching • OpenDOAR & ROAR use Google CSE • Uses Google’s indexes & technology • Just searches URLs listed in the database • Focussed search results • High probability of open access full text items • Unlike Google Scholar & Google per se • Benefits for… • Under-resourced institutions • Unaffiliated & off-campus researchers

  15. Repository66 Mash-up • Developed by Stuart Lewis, Aberystwyth • Interactive worldwide repository map • Repository software used • Repository size • Descriptive data • Combining… • ROAR data • OpenDOAR data via the API • Coordinates look-up using www.maxmind.com • Google Maps / Google Earth

  16. Any questions? • OpenDOAR • http://www.opendoar.org/ • ROAR • http://roar.eprints.org/ • Repository66 • http://www.repository66.org/

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