An introduction to the concepts behind the University of Warwick
Publications Service and the Warwick Research Archive Portal
(WRAP)
WHAT IS OPEN ACCESS?
Yvonne Budden, E-Repositories Manager
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What is Open Access?
“Open-access literature is
digital, online, free of charge,
and free of most copyright and
licensing restrictions.” – Peter
Suber.
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What are the drivers of
Open Access?
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‘Serials Pricing Crisis’
Publisher’s licensing agreements
The advent of the World Wide Web
Open Archives Initiative
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What is available already?
• Peer-reviewed
literature
• Digital libraries
• Grey literature
• Open Source
Software
• Open Data
• Open Educational
Resources
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• Socal Media/Web 2.0
content
• Archived websites
• Video’s
• Audio files
• Photographs and fine
art
• And many, many
more!
Discussion:
Why is Open
Access useful and
important to
researchers?
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Who benefits from Open
Access? (1)
• Researchers
– More exposure
– Universal access
– Easier information discovery
– New research techniques
Source: CARL ABRC and SPARC (2008) “Greater reach for
your research” http://www.carlabrc.ca/projects/author/sparc_repositories.pdf
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Who benefits from Open
Access? (2)
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Students
Universities
Libraries
Research Funders
Government
Members of the public
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How is work made
available Open Access?
Two main routes available:
Research
Green OA
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Gold OA
‘Gold’ Open Access
• Similar to traditional publishing.
• Provided through Open Access Journals and
through Open Access options in traditional
journals.
• OA Journals operate in the same way as ‘toll’
journals and can be peer-reviewed or not.
• Subscriptions charged to those interested in
disseminating the content, not the reader.
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‘Green’ Open Access
• Also known as ‘self-archiving’.
• Housed in archives/repositories that
represent either an institution or a discipline.
• Usually contain pre-prints and post-prints but
some hold the publisher’s version.
• Depends on:
– Publisher permission.
– Researchers being aware of/retaining their rights
to their content.
– Researcher’s depositing their material.
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Green OA @ Warwick
• Happens through WRAP
(http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk)
• More on that later….
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An introduction to the University of Warwick Publications service
and the Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP)
THE ‘WARWICK WAY’
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Introduction
• Research outputs are a key institutional asset
• Individual authors and the University should obtain
maximum value from these assets
• The Library has been asked to build a
comprehensive list of Warwick publications
• Help reinforce Warwick’s global reputation and
those of its authors in a competitive sector
• Already over 39,000 records from 1960s onward
from Web of Knowledge, WRAP, departmental lists
etc..
• Regularly more than 25,000 visits a month.
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Benefits of the Service
• Increases visibility, presence, (impact) and
helps build ‘critical mass’
• Quality controlled record of an author’s work,
managed by Library staff
• Supports internal and external assessments,
e.g., lists of work for RAPG, REF
• Will reduce duplication and effort by
populating other systems
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Separate, but Linked Services
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Using the System
Browse
options
and Stats
Additional
information
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Two search options:
simple….
… and
advanced
Every search and
browse can be output
to RSS feeds to be used
elsewhere
Logging into the System
Use options to deposit items and
manage saved searches
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Methods of Deposit
• Designed to minimise the time impact on
researchers
• Four main routes:
– Directly into the site
– Email details of your papers to the Publications Team
(publications@warwick.ac.uk)
– Deposit through a departmental contact
– Send us your up to date CV and we’ll do the rest!
• Reminders through departmental contacts
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Support Available
• Continued work on automating data import
– Link to MyProfile
– Deposit by DOI
• Support for deposit
– Step-by-step guides
– Departmental training
• FAQs and more…..
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University Publications Policy
2011
All publication references should be
deposited with the Publications service
• Includes works by postdoctoral researchers.
• [Does not include deposit of full text in WRAP]
• It is intended that University processes such as
RAPG/Strategic Planning Meetings will draw on
records in the Publications service.
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What more can be done to raise the visibility of the content in
WRAP and to promote the work done by Warwick researchers?
DISCUSSION
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What we are doing…
• Harvested by a range of services
– Search engines, Google Scholar
– Aggregator services and others databases
– International theses services
• Links to institutional services, MyProfile,
Knowledge Centre
• Marketing materials and project
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What else could we do?
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Any questions?
• Email:
publications@warwick.ac.uk
• Web:
http://publications.warwick.ac.uk
• Contact Yvonne:
– y.c.budden@warwick.ac.uk
– Ext. 75793
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