eIFL Open Access Workshop, 21-Sep-2006, Poznan
OpenDOAR
The Directory of OA Repositories
Peter Millington
SHERPA Technical Development Officer
University of Nottingham, England
Outline
• SHERPA & OpenDOAR in the OA movement
• Background to the OpenDOAR Directory
• OpenDOAR Search Facilities
• Promoting Good Repository Practice
• Policy Tool Demo
• Future Plans
• Questions & Feedback
Context of the OA Movement
Subscription
Journals
Abstracting
Services
Articles,
Books, etc.
OA Journals
Search
Engines
Reports,
Theses, etc.
OA
Repositories
Publishers
Funders
Researchers
SHERPA & the OA Movement
Subscription
Journals
Abstracting
Services
Articles,
Books, etc.
OA Journals
Search
Engines
Reports,
Theses, etc.
OA
Repositories
Publishers
Funders
Researchers
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR Directory
• Directory of Open Access Repositories
– http://opendoar.org/
• Content (19-Sep-2006)
– 765 repositories worldwide (of which 6 Poland)
– For 583 organisations (of which 6 Poland)
– Not covering: OA journals – see DOAJ – www.doaj.org/
• Repository types:
– Institutional
– Subject
– Others
(78%)
(12%)
(10%)
• Sample Full Record (CCLRC)
– http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=full
Modus Operandi
• Sources
– Other directories & lists
– Suggestions – Online form
– Proactive searching
• Some auto-harvesting using OAI-PMH
– Record counts
– Repository administrators’ email addresses
– Policy statements
• Vetting by information professionals
– Actually visit & analyse the repository
– Standards – procedures, terminology, etc.
OpenDOAR Search Facilities
• Keyword searching
– Repository & organisation names, descriptions, etc.
• Filters
– Country, Language, Content type, Subject area, Software
• Output options
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Summaries – popular fields only
Titles & Organisations
Full records
Spreadsheet-like tables
• Sortable by:
– Name, Country, No. of items, etc.
• http://opendoar.org/find.php
Promoting Good Repository Practice
Promoting Good Repository Practice
• 67% of repositories lack OAI-PMH-visible policies
• Implications for service providers
– Do they have formal permission to harvest this repository?
• Wish to influence repository administrators
– Promote good open access policies
– Promote good management practices
– Unasked questions – e.g. what if the repository closes?
• Help define policies for new repositories
• Policy-generating tool
Policy Tool Coverage
• Metadata Policy
OAI
– Access & Re-use of metadata
• Data Policy
OAI
– Access & Re-use of full items
• Content Policy
OAI
– Repository type; Type of content; Principle languages
• Submission Policy
OAI
– Eligible depositors, moderation, quality & copyright.
• Preservation Policy
– Item retention; Withdrawal; Functional preservation; Closure
Policy Tool Demo
• Launch Page
– http://opendoar.org/tools/en/policies.php
• Main Page
– Display of generated policies
– Buttons for adding/editing individual policies
– Output and customisation options
• Sample policy form – Metadata Policy
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Existing OAI policy displayed where available
Radio buttons, checkboxes, picklists, pop-up boxes
Minimum options – achieving OA goals but restricted
Optimum options – refinements for more use or better quality
• Output options
– Plain text
– HTML source code for the repository’s web
Future Plans
Future Plans
• Periodic review for currency and functionality
• Statistics and special listings
• Non-English language versions
– In partnership with franchisees
• Standardisation of policy data
• Machine-to-machine interfaces – e.g. OAI-PMH
• API
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http request
XML output
e.g. http://opendoar.org/find.php?search=cclrc&format=xml
Example case – suggesting a local repository to end-user
Any Questions or Feedback?
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Credits
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SHERPA Team
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Our Funders
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Bill Hubbard, Peter Millington, Gareth Johnson, Jane Smith
Elinor Smallman, Victoria Rae
Open Society Institute (OSI)
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL)
SPARCEurope
[email protected]