The New Improved OpenDOARDirectory of OA Repositories
Peter MillingtonSHERPA 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
SHERPA & 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
PublishersRoMEO & JULIET
SHERPA & the OA Movement
Funders ResearchersArticles,
Books, etc.
Reports, Theses, etc.
Subscription Journals
OA Journals
OA Repositories
Abstracting Services
Search Engines
Publishers
OpenDOAR
What is OpenDOAR?
• Directory of Open Access Repositories– http://opendoar.org/
• Coverage– Institutional & Subject repositories; Funders’ OA archives– Authoritative evaluated data– Not covering: OA journals – see DOAJ – www.doaj.org/
• Target users– Service providers, Data miners, OA stakeholders, end-users– Active dialogue with providers, administrators, funders, etc
OpenDOAR Project Time Line
• Started early 2005– University of Nottingham & University of Lund– Funded by: OSI, JISC, CURL & SPARCEurope
• First public version– January 2006 – hosted by Lund University, Sweden– 380 repositories (04-May-2006)
• Version 2– July 2006 - Moved to University of Nottingham– Additional fields & views– 1000 repositories surveyed (04-Sep-2006)
OpenDOAR Directory
• Actual Content (4-Sep-2006)– 700 repositories worldwide (of which 76 UK)– For 524 organisations (of which 60 UK)
• Repository types:– Institutional (78%)– Subject (12%)– Others (10%)
• Sample Full Record (CCLRC)– http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=full
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
Promoting Good Repository Practice
• 67% of repositories lack OAI-PMH-visible policies• Implications for service providers
– Do they have 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?
• Prototype 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 or HTML source code for the repository’s web– Source code for GNU Eprints configuration file
Future Plans
• Standardisation of policies• Statistics and special listings• Periodic review for currency and functionality• Non-English language versions
– In partnership with franchisees
• m2m 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
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
