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landscape is complex and still evolving but this reasonably straightforward tool eases the burden of checking and minimises the risk of inadvertent non-compliance.
Make sure your repository can support reporting and harvesting of metadata Standardising the way information is recorded makes it much less burdensome to report to funders and other sector bodies. RIOXX is a metadata application profile that has been developed to help in applying consistency to metadata fields and it can now be implemented in most repositories and Current Research Information Systems (CRISs). And it’s not all about the reporting – standardised metadata makes research outputs easier for everyone to discover and so extends their impact. We offer extensive technical support to help repositories aiming to adopt RIOXX.
Record article processing charges (APCs) efficiently Many funders require information on APCs paid to journals and the same information is vital when working with the growing number
of journal publishers that will offset APCs that have been paid against journal subscription charges. Recording these charges accurately can save the institution money so we have worked with several large funding bodies, including RCUK and the Wellcome Trust, to develop a single, agreed format.
The Bath/ Bristol/ Cardiff/ Exeter (GW4) pathfinder project has explored OA reporting and APC payment workflows, while the Northumbria/Sunderland project has worked on a cost modelling tool for APCs.
Extend open practices to include your APC data As the market for publication of OA articles develops, every research institution stands to gain from keener pricing if the charges paid across the sector are open for all to see. Figshare is a forum on which universities are already sharing cost information.
Add a simple button in your repository to improve reach and impact
The simple act of including a ‘copy request’ button will enable potential readers to access research from your institution even if it is not
‘Explore your institution’s OA preparedness and then do the same for its researchers’
published in OA, and it is very easy to do in most repository configurations. You’ll need to prime researchers to look out for such requests, but it should be relatively easy for them to fulfil requests for all but older papers held in the repository.
Lastly, install a tracker code to make download data available to the IRUS-UK aggregation service
This is a practical way to monitor your own institution’s download data and compare it with peer institutions so that you can monitor performance of the repository and the reach of research. We’ve just produced a guide that summarises these tips in more detail and includes links to many more sources of information and help.
Neil Jacobs is head of scholarly communications support at Jisc
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