The	
  benefits	
  for	
  you	
  	
  
(and	
  your	
  funder)	
  	
  
of	
  using	
  ORA	
  and	
  ORA-­‐Data	
  
Sally	
  Rumsey	
  
Digital	
  Research	
  Librarian	
  
The	
  Bodleian	
  Libraries	
  
Available	
  under	
  CC-­‐BY	
  licence	
  
h㸿:// crea?vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/	
  
What	
  is	
  ORA?	
  
•  Oxford	
  University	
  Research	
  Archive	
  
•  Online	
  
•  Works	
  are	
  discoverable	
  and	
  full	
  text	
  o?en	
  
accessible	
  (open	
  access)	
  
•  Rapid	
  dissemina?on	
  
•  Increases	
  impact	
  (free	
  to	
  consult,	
  cite	
  and	
  follow-­‐
up)	
  
•  Showcase	
  for	
  research	
  
•  Safe,	
  long-­‐term	
  storage	
  in	
  one	
  loca?on	
  
•  Symplec䈰 	
  connector	
  
h㸿:// ora.ox.ac.uk	
  
ORA…	
  
•  Maximizing	
  the	
  visibility	
  of	
  University	
  of	
  Oxford	
  
research	
  outputs	
  
•  Publica?ons	
  &	
  Data	
  [ORA-­‐Data	
  NEW!]	
  
h㸿:// ora.ox.ac.uk	
  
Thesis	
  
Research	
  paper	
   Book	
  chapter/
sec䈷n	
  
Report	
  
ORA	
  to	
  make	
  your	
  work	
  discoverable	
  
•  Every	
  item	
  has	
  a	
  record	
  
•  Indexed	
  by	
  search	
  engines	
  
•  Persistent	
  iden?fiers/URLs	
  
•  Increasing	
  links	
  via	
  Facebook,	
  Twi?er,	
  
LinkedIn,	
  Wikipedia	
  
•  ‘I	
  like	
  what	
  I	
  see’	
  A	
  jump	
  off	
  page	
  to	
  the	
  
published	
  version	
  via	
  the	
  DOI	
  
•  Hits	
  and	
  downloads	
  
Item	
  record	
  
Bibliographic	
  details	
  only	
  
Addi?onal	
  publicity	
  
For	
  those	
  with	
  
subscrip䈷ns	
  
Link	
  to	
  journal	
  
Freely	
  available	
  abstract	
  
Hits	
  and	
  downloads	
  
Why	
  open?	
  
•  Because	
  you	
  want	
  as	
  many	
  people	
  as	
  possible	
  to	
  
read	
  your	
  work	
  (and	
  cite	
  it)	
  
•  To	
  enable	
  people	
  who	
  don’t	
  have	
  subscrip?ons	
  
to	
  read	
  your	
  work	
  
•  To	
  enable	
  people	
  to	
  read	
  your	
  work	
  so	
  they	
  can	
  
decide	
  to	
  obtain	
  the	
  publisher’s	
  version	
  for	
  
cita?on	
  (via	
  the	
  DOI	
  link)	
  
•  As	
  a	
  ‘taster’	
  for	
  the	
  whole	
  book	
  
•  To	
  comply	
  with	
  your	
  funder’s	
  policy	
  
•  (from	
  1/4/16)	
  for	
  your	
  ar?cle/conference	
  paper	
  
to	
  be	
  eligible	
  for	
  post-­‐2014	
  REF	
  (if	
  you	
  are	
  part	
  of	
  
the	
  Oxford	
  submission)	
  
You	
  may	
  have	
  to	
  deposit	
  your	
  work	
  in	
  
ORA	
  
•  A	
  digital	
  copy	
  of	
  your	
  thesis	
  
•  If	
  your	
  funder	
  requires	
  it*	
  eg:	
  
–  RCUK	
  
–  EU	
  Horizon	
  2020	
  
–  Wellcome	
  Trust	
  
–  Many	
  others	
  
•  Data	
  –	
  if	
  your	
  funder	
  or	
  the	
  journal	
  requires	
  it	
  
and	
  you	
  have	
  nowhere	
  else	
  to	
  put	
  it	
  (ORA-­‐
Data	
  pilot	
  underway)	
  
•  Post	
  2014	
  REF	
  
*	
  Funders	
  want	
  to	
  employ	
  OA	
  to	
  
maximize	
  the	
  impact	
  of	
  their	
  grants	
  
Major	
  ac?vi?es	
  at	
  Oxford	
  
•  Response	
  to	
  RCUK	
  policy	
  for	
  OA	
  
•  OA	
  Service	
  Design	
  Project	
  –	
  mainly	
  for	
  REF	
  
•  ORA-­‐Data	
  pilot	
  in	
  readiness	
  for	
  EPSRC	
  policy	
  
and	
  to	
  support	
  other	
  funders’	
  research	
  data	
  
policies	
  
•  ORCIDs	
  at	
  Oxford:	
  new	
  service	
  expected	
  early	
  
summer	
  2015	
  
Record	
  quality	
  control	
  
•  Bodleian	
  staff	
  review	
  your	
  deposited	
  
items	
  
•  Correct	
  obvious	
  errors	
  in	
  the	
  record	
  
•  Enhance	
  the	
  record	
  if	
  necessary	
  
•  Help	
  with	
  permissions	
  and	
  embargoes	
  
•  Contact	
  the	
  depositor	
  if	
  there	
  are	
  
queries	
  
•  Completed	
  items	
  are	
  passed	
  for	
  display	
  
in	
  ‘live’	
  ORA	
  
Am	
  I	
  allowed	
  to	
  deposit	
  in	
  ORA?	
  
•  Most	
  publishers	
  permit	
  deposit	
  
•  Books	
  on	
  a	
  case	
  by	
  case	
  basis	
  (a	
  chapter	
  or	
  
sec?ons	
  are	
  o?en	
  deposited	
  with	
  permission	
  
and	
  help	
  to	
  publicise	
  your	
  work)	
  
•  Data	
  –	
  new	
  funders’	
  policies	
  coming	
  onstream	
  
•  Help	
  available	
  from	
  subject	
  librarians	
  
sally.rumsey@bodleian.ox.ac.uk	
  
h㸿:// ora.ox.ac.uk	
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