SHERPA-RoMEOOpenAccessDatabasePresentation.pptx

Sherpa romeo open access database

1. SHERPA/ RoMEO ONLINE RESOURCE TO CHECK PUBLISHER COPYRIGHT AND SELF-ARCHIVING POLICIES

2. Access tools are pointers to information obtained in databases and repositories. Lib 111 Glossary on Information Technology, Internet and Library Terms’ defines access tools as bibliography, catalog, database, or other information source, which leads us to information on our topic. An access tool helps a researcher, student or librarian gain access to relevant documents located on the web. Some of the Open Access tools are: DOAJ , DOAR , ROAR , SHERPA- RoMEO , and SPARC . Open Access Tools

3. The Directory of Open Access Journals (is a website that lists Open Access journals and is maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA). Until January 2013, the DOAJ was maintained by Lund University, Sweden. The project defines Open Access journals as scientific and scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by exercising peer review or editorial quality control and ‘use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.’ DOAJ is the most recognized and most authoritative list of scholarly, peer-reviewed, fully Open Access journals. More than 10 percent of the world’s peer-reviewed journals are now included in DOAJ, making DOAJ among the world’s largest collections of peer-reviewed scholarly journals. There are more peer-reviewed journals in DOAJ than Science Direct; more non-embargoed, peer-reviewed journals in DOAJ than in EBSCO’s Academic Search Premiere or Gale’s OneFile. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

4.   Full Open Access means no journals are embargoed, and articles are available for use, a significant strength of DOAJ. The DOAJ vetting process involves querying journal editors to ensure that peer-review or equivalent quality controls are in place and that journals meet the criterion of true Open Access as per the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition. To be included in DOAJ, a journal must have an ISSN. Journals included in DOAJ go through a periodic review process to ensure that the journal continues to meet the criteria for inclusion (Morrison, 2007). The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

5. The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of Open Access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all Open Access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be the one stop shop for users of Open Access journals.   Figure 1. DOAJ Home page The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

6. Coverage Subject: All scientific and scholarly subjects are covered. Types of resource: Scientific and scholarly periodicals that publish research or review papers in full text. Acceptable sources: Academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources are all acceptable. Level: The target group for included journals should primarily be researchers. Content: A substantive part of the journal should consist of research papers. All content should be available in full text. All languages Access All content freely available. Registration: Free user registration online is acceptable. Open Access without delay (e.g., no embargo period). The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

7. Authors at times find it difficult to do self-archiving due to some apprehensions about publishers’ policies . This is why SHERPA RoMEO is existing - to offer list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving .   Brief History The original SHERPA partnership was formed for the SHERPA project (2002-2006) and drew from research-led universities with an active interest in establishing an example of a then-new concept - an Open Access institutional repository. (Website: http:// www.sherpa.ac.uk/ ). SHERPA is investigating issues in the future of scholarly communication. It is developing Open Access institutional repositories in universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research. Why SHERPA-RoMEO?

8. SHERPA services and the SHERPA Partnership are both based at the Centre for Research Communications at the University of Nottingham. SHERPA services include: RoMEO - Publisher’s copyright & archiving policies. JULIET - Research funder’s archiving mandates and guidelines. OpenDOAR worldwide Directory of Open Access Repositories. SHERPA Search - Simple full-text search of UK repositories.  SHERPA RoMEO Services Overview

9. RoMEO is a searchable database of publisher’s policies regarding the self-archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories. Reason for using RoMEO : If an academic author wants to put their research articles online, they are faced with an increasingly complex situation. Evidence shows that citations to articles made openly accessible in this way are taken up and cited more often than research that is simply published in journals. Also some funding agencies require Open Access archiving for their research, to increase the use of the information generated. However, some publishers prohibit authors from using their own articles in this way. Others allow it, but only under certain conditions, while others are quite happy for authors to show their work in this way. Authors can be left confused. Thus, RoMEO helps to clarify the situation. RoMEO contains publishers’ general policies on self-archiving of journal articles and certain conference series. Each entry provides a summary of the publisher’s policy, including what version of an article can be deposited, where it can be deposited, and any conditions that are attached to that deposit. RoMEO-(Publishers’ Copyright and Archiving Policies)

10. http://.Sherpa.ac.uk/ Romeo.php Database of publisher’s copyright policies: Self-archiving by authors: pre-prints and post-prints. Paid Open Access options. Compliance with research funders’ mandates. Purpose: To help determine archiving rights. Sources: Publishers’ information and correspondence. Users’ suggestions. SHERPA/RoMEO (Overview)

11. Search Options and Publishers’ Policy : Copyright policies and self-archiving can be looked up. The title, ISSN, publisher, etc of a particular journal can be used as a key term to search for the archiving policy. When reading a SHERPA RoMEO record or the publisher’s policy, pay particular attention to the version of the paper you may self-archive and any embargo periods you are expected to adhere to. On this page, the keys to the archiving policy can be viewed too. Figure 2. SHERPA RoMEO Search Interface. Figure 3. SHERPA publisher policies. SHERPA/RoMEO Services

12. 2 . Browse Romeo Journals : All the journals in RoMEO can be browsed here. Figure 4. List of publishers in SHERPA-RoMEO SHERPA/RoMEO Services

13. 3. Suggest to RoMEO : Here, one is encouraged to suggest publishers to be included in RoMEO . Figure 5. Suggesting a new publisher interface in SHERPA-RoMEO SHERPA/RoMEO Services

14. 4. Application programmers’ changes can be considered for in SHERPA- RoMEO Figure 6. Application Programmers’ Interface SHERPA/RoMEO Services

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17. SHERPA/RoMEO Services http://www..Sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

18. SHERPA/RoMEO Services SHERPA/RoMEO Search Box

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20. SHERPA/RoMEO Services RoMEO Colour Versions available for deposit to IR Conditions for deposit to IR Link to Publisher’s Self-Archiving Policy Link to Publisher’s Website

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22. SHERPA/RoMEO Services Publisher Information Page in SHERPA/RoMEO

23. SHERPA/RoMEO Services 1. Go to http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Search for “ Nature ” Answer the following with valid logic: Can the publisher’s pdf be archived? Can the author’s post-print be archived? What is the restriction for post-prints?

24. SHERPA/RoMEO Services Can the publisher’s pdf be archived ?

25. SHERPA/RoMEO Services Can the publisher’s pdf be archived ? NO!

26. SHERPA/RoMEO Services Can the author’s post-print be archived?

27. SHERPA/RoMEO Services Can the author’s post-print be archived ? Yes, subject to restrictions.

28. SHERPA/RoMEO Services What is the restriction for post-prints?

29. SHERPA/RoMEO Services What is the restriction for post-prints ? 6 months embargo

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31. SHERPA- RoMEO provides the statistics of registered publishers per time. For example, as of January 2021, 86% of the publishers registered in the SHERPA RoMEO publisher policy index endorse self-archiving by authors of the preprint and/or post print versions of their papers. And 75% of publishers on SHERPA- RoMEO list normally allow some form of self-archiving, with a total of 3124 publishers as on December 2020. Figure 8. Growth of SHERPA-RoMEO database Figure 7. Publishers permitting self-archiving Statistics of Publishers in SHERPA RoMEO

32. Conclusive Statement In as much as self-archiving is encouraged, permission from publishers must be obtained. The copyright holder, normally the publisher, must give permission to self-archive. Many publishers now include these permissions in their copyright transfer agreements (CTAs), licenses to publish (LTP) and on their website.

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