IBERs and eTheses eTheses in the wider research context

- National level -

Bill HubbardSHERPA Project Manager

University of Nottingham

SHERPA aims and outcomes

IBERs - institutionally-based e-print repositories Advice - setting up, IPR, deposit, preservation Advocacy - awareness, promotion, change

SHERPA Project

Development Partners – Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, White Rose

Consortium, British Library, AHDS

Associate Partners– Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle, Durham,

London LEAP Consortium

Funding from JISC and CURL

Institutionally-based e-print repositories Institutional basis Institutional integration Cultural change Adopt existing professional perspectives

IBERs in institutions

One repository - or many - what is the difference? pre-print and post-print IBERs a suite of open access resources integration into information strategies

Broader Context

OAI - OAJ, OAR ARROWs, DARE Berlin Declaration Wellcome Trust Parliamentary Inquiry

IBERs and eTheses

Shared aims - to disseminate research Shared concerns - process, IPR, plagiarism, preservation Shared solutions - software, portals, work-flows Shared advocacy - three constituencies, three targets Shared strategy - open access, institutional perspectives,

individual actions

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk

bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk