Post on 28-Mar-2015
Using the University's repository
Bill HubbardSHERPA Manager
Increasing Nottingham’s Research Impact Through Open Access
11th October 2007
Nottingham ePrints
• first institutional repository in the country• recently been upgraded• open to any staff member• takes in material from any discipline• part of the linked global network of nearly
1000 repositories• http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk
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Using Nottingham ePrints
• deposit is supplementary to publication• no charge for use• quick to deposit• assistance is available from SHERPA team• satisfies most funders’ OA mandates• gives OA benefits of increased visibility
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Depositing material
• individuals can register and deposit their own material themselves
• departments or schools can set up local assistance
• SHERPA team is available to facilitate the process or setting up a local service
Beyond access
• provides persistent URLs for material• can feed departmental webpages• persistent record of departmental research• provide statistics of most popular
downloads• possible eventual use in RAE-like analysis
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
School of Biomedical Science
The Role of Cannabinoids . . .
Summary
• Nottingham ePrints is available for all staff to use
• The SHERPA team is happy to give advice on any issues and assistance in using the repository
• bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk
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