Scholarly Communication Scholarly Communication and institutional and institutional

repositoriesrepositories

Dr. Tom GrahamDr. Tom GrahamUniversity LibrarianUniversity Librarian

University of Newcastle upon TyneUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne4 March 20034 March 2003

Is there a scholarly communication Is there a scholarly communication

crisis?crisis?

• There is a serials price problem for There is a serials price problem for librarieslibraries

• There may less of a problem with There may less of a problem with communication between authors and communication between authors and readersreaders– Informal networksInformal networks– Initial disseminationInitial dissemination– Formal refereed publicationFormal refereed publication

Responses Responses

• Co-operationCo-operation

• CompetitionCompetition

Responses to what? Responses to what?

Institutional repositories Institutional repositories – where do they fit?– where do they fit? • Preservation of digital materialPreservation of digital material• Alternative to publishingAlternative to publishing• Remedying the serials crisisRemedying the serials crisis• Online coursewareOnline courseware• Maximising the impact of research Maximising the impact of research

efforteffort(Harnad, 2003)(Harnad, 2003)

Which?Which?

What are the benefits/impacts? What are the benefits/impacts? (1)(1)

• AuthorsAuthors– Wide dissemination Wide dissemination – Increased citation – evidenceIncreased citation – evidence– Possibility of easy searching, if OAI-compatiblePossibility of easy searching, if OAI-compatible

• InstitutionInstitution– Raise profile (possibly keep up with the Jones’s) Raise profile (possibly keep up with the Jones’s) – Manage intellectual assets (research output)Manage intellectual assets (research output)– Might impact on periodical prices Might impact on periodical prices

What is involved? (1)What is involved? (1)

• Setting-up – E-prints softwareSetting-up – E-prints software

• Content managementContent management– Document types Document types – FormatsFormats– PreservationPreservation– Metadata creation Metadata creation

What is involved ? (2)What is involved ? (2)

• Institutional supportInstitutional support– University research bodiesUniversity research bodies

• Academic supportAcademic support– BenefitsBenefits– IPR issuesIPR issues– Quality issuesQuality issues– Relation to mainstream publishingRelation to mainstream publishing

ExamplesExamples

• CDL, DSpace, Ohio Knowledge BankCDL, DSpace, Ohio Knowledge Bank

• UtrechtUtrecht

• UK – SHERPAUK – SHERPA– Collaborative – 6 partners and ? Collaborative – 6 partners and ?

associates associates – Investigate IPR, quality, technical and Investigate IPR, quality, technical and

management issues management issues

……and Scholarly and Scholarly Communication?Communication?

• Competition or co-operation?Competition or co-operation?• ““You cannot change a complex You cannot change a complex

organism, you can only disturb it” organism, you can only disturb it” (Robert Jarvis)(Robert Jarvis)