Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Outsourcing a Repository

Ingeborg Zimmermann

Main Library

University of Zurich

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

University of ZurichThe largest university in

Switzerland

Dedicated to high level

research and education

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Important steps• Symposium on Open Access and Scholarly

Communication October 2004

• Signing the Berlin Declaration December 2004

• Adopting guidelines for the Open Access Policy July 2005

• Depositing the policy in ROARMAP October 2005

• Forum Open Access January 2006

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Policy• The University of Zurich requires their

researchers to deposit a copy of all their published and refereed articles in the Institutional Repository of the University, if there are no legal objections.

• The University encourages and supports their authors to publish their research articles in open access journals where a suitable journal exists and provides the support to enable that to happen.

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Important People

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Important Purposes

• Showcase for research output

• Scholarly communication

• Research assessment exercise

• Electronic publishing

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Added Value

Deposit data once -

allow multiple usageAcademic report

Personal website

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Strategies

• Build your own Institutional Repository

• Run the repository as part of a consortium

• Outsource to a provider

• Hybrid approach

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Major steps

• Assembling a team

• Defining the service model

• Choosing a software platform

• Marketing

• Launching a service

• Running a service

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Providers

CERN

Open Repository

EPrints Services

CILEA

Digital Commons

CDS Invenio

DSpace

EPrints

DSpace + EPrints

bepress

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

OutsourcingOpen Repository Silver Edition

• STANDARD EDITION features plus• Batch uploading of content to pre-

populate repository for customers • Automatic conversion of proprietary file

formats to PDF • Institutional authentication integration • Data feeds to automatically populate

repository with new open access articles' metadata from your institution

• ... and a little bit of gold

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Outsourcing

What you get

What you might miss

What you gain

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Fine Tuning

• Requirements for definitive platform

• Submission workflow

• Marketing strategy

• User support

• Preservation

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

ZORA

ZORAZurich Open Repository and Archive

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

ZORA

• Proposal agreed November 2005

• Contract signed January 2006

• Start set-up February 2006

• Start production April 2006

• ZORA online Oktober 2006

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Thank you

ZORA www.zora.unizh.chOA-Website www.oai.unizh.chMail zora@hbz.unizh.chHome www.hbz.unizh.ch

ingeborg.zimmermann@hbz.unizh.ch

Open Scholarship 2006

University of Zurich

Open Access

Feedback Thank you very much for your invitation to write a review article for

your journal.

However, I must tell you that I endorse the policy of my University, which is to give preference to Open Access repositories (such as the Public Library of Science journals). Accordingly, a growing fraction of my primary papers - and almost all of my review articles - are published in journals that adhere to the Open Access model.

In today’s world of ubiquitous Internet availability, the Open Access model appears to best serve our goal that the public at large, rather than a specific publishing house, be the primary beneficiary of our work as scientists and public employees. I hope in your understanding!

Adriano Aguzzi