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Catherine GoudieResearch Archive Assistant

Preserving, managing and disseminating your research – how ORA can help

Images & multimedia

Books, bookchapters &

sections

Other as required

Theses

Reports

Conference materials

ArticlesPre- &

Post-prints

ORA journal article record page.

Persistent URL

Copyright details

Link to article/ journal homepage on publisher’s website

Links to the papers presented at the conference

Conference event page in ORA

ORA can increase the visibility of your research

Other benefits of ORA

• Digital preservation• Persistent links and unique identifiers • All item types – published or unpublished• Articles at any length ie no page limit• Links between related items• Supplementary material• Research in a single location• RSS feeds• Funding agency requirements

Books, bookchapters &

sections

ArticlesPre- &

Post-prints

Conference materials

Copyright checksMany publishers permit the deposit in ORA of ‘your final version’ of articles. Some journal/ publisher policies can be found on SHERPA website

Need to contact book publisher on a case-by-case basis.

If these have been or are to be published, check with publisher/conference organiser.

Remember to check for third-party copyright material!Contact us if you need help

Adding your research to ORA

• Check copyright and other permissions – ORA team can help

• Locate appropriate electronic version of item(s)• Info about the item(s) – title, authors, publication

status, peer-reviewed, copyright holder • Go to http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk, click on

‘Contribute’, enter Oxford username and password, and complete online deposit form

What happens next

• Each submission goes to the review stage where the data and files will be checked

• We will contact you if there are any problems• Item(s) added to main archive – open or closed

access• You will be sent the persistent URL for your

item’s ORA record page

ORA for Theses

• Postgraduate research students registered on a D.Phil or M. Litt from 1 October 2007 are required to deposit their thesis in ORA

• Access to Humanities doctoral theses deposited in ORA will automatically be closed for 3 years, unless students decide to make their thesis ‘open access’

• For more details: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ora/oxford_etheses

Websites and contact details

ORA homepage: http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/

ORA Help & information website: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ora

Contact us:

Email: ORA@ouls.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 283809