Alma Swan
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Truro, UK
[Repositories] “are vital to universities’ economies and to the UK economy as a whole.”
Professor J Drummond Bone
President of Universities UK
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What type of policy?
Guideline-type:Requests complianceSuggests / advises howNo carrot or stick
Mandatory-type:Requires complianceSuggests / advises howMay provide carrot or stick (or both)
Policies NIH (USA) An almost-mandate from the DFG, Germany An almost-mandate from the FWF, Austria Dutch policy for the universities in the DARE
network Exhortations and encouragements from public
research funders in Finland, USA National policy being developed in Sweden Canadian Institutes of Health
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Mandates Wellcome Trust Research Councils UK (6 of 7) Australian Research Council Australian Medical Research Council Max Planck Society Flemish Research Fund Austrian Research Fund Plus individual institutions…
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University of Tasmania
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University of Queensland
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Queensland University of Technology
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Author readiness to comply with a mandate
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Would complyreluctantly
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Institutions with a mandate already
University of Southampton School of Electronics & Computer Science (since 2003)
University of Southampton (new) CERN (2003) Queensland University of Technology (2004) University of Minho, Portugal (2005) Recently, NIT (Mumbai), Zurich University,
U.Tasmania, University of Liege and others on the way …
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Case study I: ECS, Southampton School of Electronics &
Computer Science, University of Southampton
Mandate early 2003 Sanctioned in the sense that
assessment is based upon repository content
It works
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Case study II: Minho University Minho University, Braga,
Portugal Repository established 2003 Mandate introduced 2005
when self-archiving rate dropped off
Mandate backed by financial incentives paid to departments
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Minho University repository
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Case study III: QUT QUT, Brisbane Mandate introduced by
DVC Tom Cochrane at the beginning of 2004
Not sanctioned, but supported by vigorous and sympathetic library advocacy
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Mandate when? At acceptance for publication: the author’s
final version Mandate the deposit at that point Mandate OA to full-text unless there is a
compelling reason against this If there is a compelling reason, mandate
OA to metadata Mandate opening of full-text at 6 months The publisher’s PDF can be added, or
linked to, later
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Your repository: full or near-empty? Collects institution’s outputs in one place Shop window / showcase for the
institution Disseminates the institution’s outputs Provides the locus for measurement and
assessment of the institution’s efforts Increases the impact of the institution
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The USouthampton conundrum…
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The G-Factor rankings
(universitymetrics.com)