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The Next Generation of IRs – enabling closer cooperation
& networkingInternational Workshop on
institutional repositories and enhanced and alternative metrics
of publication impact20-21 February 2006, Berlin,
Humboldt University
Lars Björnshauge, Lund University
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The Current Situation
• Development & implementation of IRs are spreading rapidly in– Universities– University colleges– Research Centers– etc.
• But ….
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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
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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)
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The ”Open Access Movement”
• Declarations and mandates generates increased attention to the OA-publishing & dissemination channels (incl. IRs)
• Means: serious business!
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More stakeholders
• Internal stakeholders• External stakholders
• When more stakeholders enter the scene new needs and demands are emerging
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Internal stakeholders:
• Authors, departments, faculties
• Research management• Information department• Legal department• Archive• Library
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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
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Professionalization
• When IR move upwards on the institutional agenda certain issues become more important:– Costs, – Efficiency, – Accountability, – Sustainability
• Push towards Professionalization!
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External stakeholders
• Research funders demand– Quality– Figures– Metrics
• Potential service providers want– Quality– Uniformity
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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
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Traditional publishing
• Standards/Definitions/Formats:– Journals– Articles– Metadata– References
• Allows development of secondary services – A&I-services, databases, citation indexes etc.
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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
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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”
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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!!
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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
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The next generation of IRs
• Operating according to standards
• Adequate granularity• Ability to be harvested by
service providers according to standards and protocols
• Certification
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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
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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
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Catching up
• The agenda for IRs:– Filling the IRs:
•Advocacy•Workflows•Figures
– Professionalization:•Standards•Handling legal issues (IPR)•Certification
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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.)!
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Cooperation & Networking
• Both– A prerequisite for developing the
next generation of IRs
• And– A result of the development of
the next generation of IRs
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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!
