Open Repository

Going Green for your Open Access Mandate

Claire Bundy

Overview

• BioMed Central: who we are

• About Open Repository

• Mandates & Policies

• Is Open Repository right for you?

• Questions and answers

BioMed Central – who are we?

● Launched in 1999

● GOLD:

– The world’s largest publisher of STM Open Access peer-reviewed journals

– We originally pioneered the Open Access Movement

– We provide immediate barrier-free access to 205 journals, 35 tracked by ISI and 61 with Impact Factors

– 288 member institutes in 37 countries

● GREEN: Open Repository

Why have a repository?

• Comply with funding agencies

• More exposure

• Universal access

• Easier information discovery

• New digital techniques

• Persistent access

• Long-term preservation

• Wide range of content

Berlin Declaration

1. “require their researchers to deposit a copy of all their published articles in an open access repository

AND

2. encourage their researchers to publish their research articles in open access journals where a suitable journal exists (and provide the support to enable that to happen).”

● 271 Member Institutions have now signed the declaration

Mandate Examples

• European Research Council and European Commission: All funded research to be deposited in a research or institutional repository within 6 months

• NIH: All funded research to be available in a repository within 12 months of publication

• Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OATKA): All funded research available in a repository

• Wellcome Trust: All funded articles to be made available in an Open Access repository

Mandates and Policies

• 79 INSTITUTIONAL 4 PROPOSED

• 42 FUNDER 7 PROPOSED

• 39 THESIS 0 PROPOSED

• 0 MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL 5 PROPOSED

• 178 TOTAL MANDATES 17 TOTAL PROPOSED

Obstacles to building a repository in-house

• Costs of Implementation

• Delays from IT services

• Lack of personnel with the correct skills

• Projects often go on for much longer than necessary

• Other priorities

In-house solution = Hidden Costs

Front end

Server

File storage

IT personnel

Back ups

Upgrades

● A hosted solution

● Simplest & quickest way to own a repository

● Permanent preservation

● Ownership & control retained by the customer

● Collects, showcase and preserves scholarly output

● Variety of document formats

● Transparent and predictable pricing

What is Open Repository?

Hosted solution = Transparent Costs

Try before you buy

Rapid set up

Seamless upgrades

Predictable/lower costs

Technical support

What Open Repository Offers You

• Setup, maintenance & ongoing support

• Customisation & branding

• Personal workspaces

• Import historical data with batch uploads

• Populating the repository

• Sophisticated search functionalities

• Statistics

• External article linking

• Training for users & administrators

• Try before you buy – FREE pilot

How do Open Repository Customers Benefit?

• We understand the process better than anyone

• Wealth of experience in different sectors

• Grow content quickly

• We share ideas to foster success

• We help you promote your repository

Who Already Uses Open Repository?

• University/Higher Education

Research Institutes

• Teaching Councils

• Museums

• International Charity/Humanitarian Aid Organisation

• National Health Service (Government)

• University Hospitals

Thank you for your time!

claire.bundy@biomedcentral.com+44 203 192 2218

The institutional repository service from BioMed Central