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Edinburgh, 31st July 2014

HHuLOA partners

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HullHuddersfieldLincolnOpen Access

HHuLOA partners

Chris Awre, Hull (c.awre@hull.ac.uk)Graham Stone, Huddersfield (g.stone@hud.ac.uk)Paul Stainthorp, Lincoln (pstainthorp@lincoln.ac.uk)

HHuLOA will...

“...examine the role of open access in furthering the development of research at the partner institutions. The project will focus on good practice in identifying and implementing a range of open access initiatives across the partners with the specific remit of furthering the research interests of the partner institutions...”

Objectives

1. To establish a baseline starting point2. To communicate the policy landscape internally and

understand research local strategy/policy 3. In that context, to review and define options for open access

service development4. To enhance local systems to serve OA needs and embed

external services5. To monitor the relationship between OA and research development within the institutions6. To report and reflect work to the community

The plan...

● Mutually get to know our different research environments better● Mutually get to know our open access environments better● Identify links between these to establish a baseline from which we can

develop● Communicate open access policy landscape to research communities

using agreed advocacy messages and materials○ Link to research strategy and development to establish relationship

● Use our knowledge of the open access landscape to identify best fit open access services that can be implemented to best serve research development

○ Jisc Monitor, IRUS-UK and British Library (re: rights) already lined up

The plan 2

● Identify repository technical enhancements that will be required to implement services

○ Working with EPrints and Fedora/Hydra communities (and other projects where useful to focus need and priorities for development)

● Ask questions about links between OA and research developments throughout project and identify answers with researchers

● Reflect findings on an ongoing basis through blog, OAWAL wiki, and event

June 2014

HHuLOA and welcome!

Blog: library.hud.ac.uk/hhuloa

Twitter hashtag #hhuloa

July - September 2014

Baseline OA practice case studyContext mappingDescribe current practice at three institutions(Repeat every six months)

July - December 2014

Investigation and collaboration with services outside universities with relevance to open access

We will work with project and external partners such as Jisc Monitor, IRUS-UK and the British Library in the areas of APC management, statistics and open access rights management

July - December 2014

Definition of OA services that best meet research strategy and development

Identification and coordination of repository technical developments to enable implementation of OA services to meet research needs

April 2015

Event to highlight developments and get feedback on next steps to ensure value of the project for the community as a wholeInitial good practice guide for dissemination and commentResearcher feedback on value of OA to research development

Throughout

Specific innovation projectsMonitoring and communicating policy landscape as it evolvesAssessment of how open access supports research strategy and developmentShifts from baseline to demonstrate impact of OA

The benefits

● Demonstrable link between OA and research strategy and developmento Linked to OA policy development

● Development of OA services that best serve a research development context

● Enhanced repository functionality able to support OA policy and research development agendas

Thank you: any questions?

Chris Awre (c.awre@hull.ac.uk)Graham Stone (g.stone@hud.ac.uk)Paul Stainthorp (pstainthorp@lincoln.ac.uk)Blog: library.hud.ac.uk/hhuloaTwitter hashtag #hhuloa