IBERs and eTheses eTheses in the wider research context- National level -

Bill HubbardSHERPA Project ManagerUniversity of Nottingham

SHERPA aims and outcomesIBERs - institutionally-based e-print repositoriesAdvice - setting up, IPR, deposit, preservationAdvocacy - awareness, promotion, change

SHERPA ProjectDevelopment Partners Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, White Rose Consortium, British Library, AHDSAssociate PartnersBirmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle, Durham, London LEAP ConsortiumFunding from JISC and CURL

Institutionally-based e-print repositoriesInstitutional basisInstitutional integrationCultural changeAdopt existing professional perspectives

IBERs in institutionsOne repository - or many - what is the difference?pre-print and post-print IBERsa suite of open access resourcesintegration into information strategies

Broader ContextOAI - OAJ, OARARROWs, DAREBerlin DeclarationWellcome TrustParliamentary Inquiry

IBERs and eThesesShared aims - to disseminate researchShared concerns - process, IPR, plagiarism, preservationShared solutions - software, portals, work-flowsShared advocacy - three constituencies, three targetsShared strategy - open access, institutional perspectives, individual actions

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bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk