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A key resource for Irish Health A key resource for Irish Health ResearchResearch

Aoife Lawton Systems LibrarianAoife Lawton Systems Librarian

OutlineOutline

Lenus overviewLenus overview Open AccessOpen Access Future InitiativesFuture Initiatives

BackgroundBackground

2004 health boards about to be 2004 health boards about to be abolishedabolished

2005 HSE established2005 HSE established 2006 2006 www.hselibrary.iewww.hselibrary.ie & IHPA & IHPA

launchedlaunched 2007-2008 replacement sought2007-2008 replacement sought 2009 Lenus launched2009 Lenus launched

VisionVision

The aim of Lenus is to become the primary The aim of Lenus is to become the primary online resource for information relating to online resource for information relating to the Irish health services. Our commitment the Irish health services. Our commitment is to preserve, maintain and make is to preserve, maintain and make freelyfreely available for research purposes, policy & available for research purposes, policy & research from authors and health agencies research from authors and health agencies on the island of Ireland to the on the island of Ireland to the global global communitycommunity. .

Lenus’ vision is to support Lenus’ vision is to support Open AccessOpen Access research in Irish health by developing a research in Irish health by developing a single access point and repository for Irish single access point and repository for Irish health literature and research.health literature and research.

Open Access MovementOpen Access Movement

““BBB” defines BBB” defines open access literature as open access literature as digital, online, free, and exempted from digital, online, free, and exempted from most copyright and licensing restrictions.most copyright and licensing restrictions.

““Removing access barriers to this literature will Removing access barriers to this literature will accelerate research, enrich education, share the accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and the poor learning of the rich with the poor and the poor with the rich, and lay the foundation for uniting with the rich, and lay the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual conversation humanity in a common intellectual conversation and quest for knowledge.”and quest for knowledge.”

ArXiv 1991, PubMed 1996ArXiv 1991, PubMed 1996

What it isWhat it is Make research Make research

results freely results freely availableavailable

Lawful sharing of Lawful sharing of researchresearch

Way for author to Way for author to retain copyrightretain copyright

Free for readersFree for readers

What it is notWhat it is not Self-publishingSelf-publishing A way to bypass A way to bypass

peer reviewpeer review Napster for ScienceNapster for Science Free for producersFree for producers

For more info visit: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

How do I make my article Open How do I make my article Open Access?Access?

Green route Gold route

Post-print version

Possible OA fee

OA journals in Public HealthOA journals in Public Health

TitleTitle Impact Impact FactorFactor

TitleTitle Impact Impact FactorFactor

Irish Medical JournalIrish Medical Journal BMC Public HBMC Public H 2.362.36

BMC Health Serv BMC Health Serv ResRes

1.721.72 BMC Infect DBMC Infect D 2.832.83

Pop H MetricPop H Metric 1.461.46 PLoS MEDPLoS MED 15.61715.617

Implemt SciImplemt Sci 2.512.51 Euro SurveillanceEuro Surveillance TBATBA

Arthritis R&TArthritis R&T 4.364.36 BMC SurgeryBMC Surgery 1.401.40

Biology DBiology D 3.743.74 BMC CancerBMC Cancer 3.153.15

Open Open DOARDOAR

(Directory of (Directory of Open Access Open Access Repositories)Repositories)

Stats Source: Google Analytics

22/04-22/05/2012

Putting Irish health research on the map

Future initiativesFuture initiativesNationalNational InitiativesInitiatives Health Research Health Research

GroupGroup Lenus/RianLenus/Rian

Local initiatives:Local initiatives: OA WeekOA Week Lenus working Lenus working

groupgroup Promotion & Promotion &

Awareness of OAAwareness of OA Necobelac EU Necobelac EU

projectproject

Further InformationFurther Information

Lenus Lenus regionallibrary@hse.ieregionallibrary@hse.ie Sherpa Romeo Sherpa Romeo

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ DOAJ DOAJ http://www.doaj.org/http://www.doaj.org/ Budapest OAI Budapest OAI

http://www.soros.org/openaccesshttp://www.soros.org/openaccess Necobelac Necobelac Network of Collaboration Between Europe and Network of Collaboration Between Europe and

Latin America-Caribbean CountriesLatin America-Caribbean Countries http://www.necobelac.eu/en/index.phphttp://www.necobelac.eu/en/index.php