eIFL Open Access Workshop, 21-Sep-2006, Poznan

OpenDOARThe Directory of OA Repositories

Peter Millington

SHERPA Technical Development Officer

University of Nottingham, England

Outline• SHERPA & OpenDOAR in the OA movement

• Background to the OpenDOAR Directory

• OpenDOAR Search Facilities

• Promoting Good Repository Practice

• Policy Tool Demo

• Future Plans

• Questions & Feedback

Context of the OA Movement

Funders ResearchersArticles,

Books, etc.

Reports, Theses, etc.

Subscription Journals

OA Journals

OA Repositories

Abstracting Services

Search Engines

Publishers

SHERPA & the OA Movement

Funders ResearchersArticles,

Books, etc.

Reports, Theses, etc.

Subscription Journals

OA Journals

OA Repositories

Abstracting Services

Search Engines

Publishers

OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR Directory• Directory of Open Access Repositories

– http://opendoar.org/

• Content (19-Sep-2006)– 765 repositories worldwide (of which 6 Poland)– For 583 organisations (of which 6 Poland)– Not covering: OA journals – see DOAJ – www.doaj.org/

• Repository types:– Institutional (78%)– Subject (12%)– Others (10%)

• Sample Full Record (CCLRC)– http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=full

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Modus Operandi• Sources

– Other directories & lists– Suggestions – Online form– Proactive searching

• Some auto-harvesting using OAI-PMH– Record counts– Repository administrators’ email addresses– Policy statements

• Vetting by information professionals– Actually visit & analyse the repository– Standards – procedures, terminology, etc.

OpenDOAR Search Facilities• Keyword searching

– Repository & organisation names, descriptions, etc.

• Filters– Country, Language, Content type, Subject area, Software

• Output options– Summaries – popular fields only– Titles & Organisations– Full records– Spreadsheet-like tables

• Sortable by:– Name, Country, No. of items, etc.

• http://opendoar.org/find.php

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html

Promoting Good Repository Practice

Promoting Good Repository Practice

• 67% of repositories lack OAI-PMH-visible policies• Implications for service providers

– Do they have formal permission to harvest this repository?

• Wish to influence repository administrators– Promote good open access policies– Promote good management practices– Unasked questions – e.g. what if the repository closes?

• Help define policies for new repositories• Policy-generating tool

Policy Tool Coverage• Metadata Policy

OAI– Access & Re-use of metadata

• Data Policy OAI– Access & Re-use of full items

• Content Policy OAI– Repository type; Type of content; Principle languages

• Submission Policy OAI– Eligible depositors, moderation, quality & copyright.

• Preservation Policy – Item retention; Withdrawal; Functional preservation; Closure

Policy Tool Demo• Launch Page

– http://opendoar.org/tools/en/policies.php

• Main Page– Display of generated policies– Buttons for adding/editing individual policies– Output and customisation options

• Sample policy form – Metadata Policy– Existing OAI policy displayed where available– Radio buttons, checkboxes, picklists, pop-up boxes– Minimum options – achieving OA goals but restricted– Optimum options – refinements for more use or better quality

• Output options– Plain text– HTML source code for the repository’s web

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Future Plans

Future Plans• Periodic review for currency and functionality• Statistics and special listings• Non-English language versions

– In partnership with franchisees

• Standardisation of policy data• Machine-to-machine interfaces – e.g. OAI-PMH• API

– http request– XML output – e.g. http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=xml– Example case – suggesting a local repository to end-user

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html

Any Questions or Feedback?• Credits

– SHERPA Team• Bill Hubbard, Peter Millington, Gareth Johnson, Jane Smith

• Elinor Smallman, Victoria Rae

– Our Funders• Open Society Institute (OSI)

• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

• Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL)

• SPARCEurope

• peter.millington@nottingham.ac.uk