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Alma Swan Key Perspectives Ltd Truro, UK
Alma Swan
Key Perspectives Ltd
Truro, UK
The scene in the first decade of the new millennium Technologies racing along (ahead / away) EU targets and goals:
i2010 vision (Single Information Space)Mobility of research professionalsLisbon Agenda
Knowledge Triangle Competition for students, staff, rankings…
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The Web Open Access Research policy and management Berlin Declaration, EU petition….
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The Web
Not reached full potential Research institution websites Dissemination tool Enables measurement tools (that bring
new capabilities to research management and policymaking)
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The USouthampton conundrum…
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The G-Factor rankings
(universitymetrics.com)
Why is Southampton so strong? Strong research base TBL et al Mandatory deposit of research output in
ECS repository for 4 years (c11K items) University repository actively managed
and now to have mandatory deposit All = very strong web presence
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REPOSITORIES and OA journal content
Ingest layer services
Search / retrieve
Aggregate / display
Count / assess Peer review
Other value adding
Editorial
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Repositories in Europe
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Your repository
Collects institution’s outputs in one place Shop window / showcase for the
institution Disseminates the institution’s outputs Provides the locus for measurement and
assessment of the institution’s efforts
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[Repositories] “are vital to universities’ economies and to the UK economy as a whole.”
Professor J Drummond Bone
President of Universities UK
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Economic impact of Open Access“With the United Kingdom's GERD [Gross Expenditure on Research and Development] at USD 33.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency [their conservative estimate] would have been worth USD 1.7 billion; and…
Houghton et al, 2006
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For funders: The economic arguments …
“Governments would boost innovation and get a better return on their investment in publicly funded research by making research findings more widely available …. and by doing so they would maximise social returns on public investments.”OECD Report on Scientific Publishing, 2005
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EU’s “Innovation Reports” The R&D Triangle: research,
education, innovation SMEs find it hard to get access to the
basic research information they need to innovate
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Your repository
Increases your research visibility: University of Otago Business School:
Launched November 2005February 2006: 20,000 downloads220 articles
Increases your research impact
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Open Access increases citations
0 50 100 150 200 250
% increase in citations with Open Access
BiologyEconomics
Political SciHealth SciBusiness
EducationManagement
LawPsychology
SociologyPhysics
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Range = 36%-200%(Data: Stevan Harnad and co-workers)
Your repository
Increases your research visibility: University of Otago Business School:
Launched November 2005February 2006: 20,000 downloads220 articles
Increases your research impact Enables you to collect, track and monitor
your outputs
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Today’s programme
The infrastructure needed The things that can already be
measured The policies that need to be in place The ways forward
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