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OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories
<!--HTML-->The last year has seen wide-spread growth in the idea of using open access repositories as a part of a research institution's accepted infrastructure. Policy development from institutions and funding bodies has also supported the growth of the repository network. The next st...
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2005
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1552886 |
Sumario: | <!--HTML-->The last year has seen wide-spread growth in the idea of using open access
repositories as a part of a research institution's accepted infrastructure. Policy
development from institutions and funding bodies has also supported the growth of the
repository network.
The next stage of expansion will be in the provision of services and cross-repository
facilities and resources. Of course, it is hoped that these will then establish a
feed-back loop to encourage repository population and further repository
establishment, as the potential of open access to research materials is realised.
The growth of repositories has been organic, with a variety of different repositories
based in departments, institutions, funding agencies or subject communities, with a
range of content, both in type and subject. Existing repositories are expanding their
holdings, from eprints to associated research data-sets, or with learning objects and
multimedia material.
This presentation will look at the development of the Directory of Open Access
Repositories, OpenDOAR, and the way we intend to clarify the overall picture of
repositories and their holdings. In providing this information, OpenDOAR should act
as a bridge between data providers and service providers in analysing and listing
repositories and facilitate the interchange needed to establish services. It will
look at OpenDOAR's place as one of a number of registers of open access sources and
repository based services and the scope of its initial survey of repositories.
OpenDOAR is intended to help repository administrators in providing a better service
for their users and facilitating repository growth. We will be asking what help we
can give to repository administrators and to service providers to facilitate the
development of innovative services like search, access, analysis and linking of
repository holdings. |
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