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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:24:03 +0200
From: Joanne Yeomans <Joanne.Yeomans_at_CERN.CH>
To: JISC-REPOSITORIES_at_JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Subject based repositories
This is exactly what we do: harvest from arXiv nightly. We have a
programme to match possible duplicates in case someone did submit to
both repositories.
Regards,
Joanne
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list
> [mailto:JISC-REPOSITORIES_at_JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:23 PM
> To: JISC-REPOSITORIES_at_JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Subject based repositories
>
> Les describes the problem, but forgets to mention the solution! Import
> (harvest) into the institutional repository the deposits in
> any central repository by institutional researchers (and add
> any missing metadata automatically or by hand). The number of
> papers involved for any local institution is not large, and
> this is a good way to set the institutional repository into
> motion. Eventually, best practise will swing over to the
> institutional archives, authors will deposit there directly,
> and it will be the central archives that harvest (and that is
> the natural way, if you think about it for a few minutes, the
> institution being the primary content provider in all cases).
>
> Stevan Harnad
>
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Leslie Carr wrote:
>
> > Physics (as you say) and medicine are the principle
> communities with
> > this issue at Southampton. It also touches Maths and any
> school which
> > has its own (legacy) publications database.
> >
> > Since arXiv doesn't ask for much metadata, physicists seem
> not keen to
> > provide it, especially as they are getting no real OA advantage for
> > the extra 'work'. This affects half of our physics
> department (2 out
> > of 4 research groups use arxiv heavily.)
> > --
> > Les Carr
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1 Jun 2006, at 15:44, Patrick Fitzgerald wrote:
> >
> > > Would anybody like to share their experience of dealing with
> > > situations where academics are already depositing in
> subject-based
> > > repositories and don't see the point of doing the work twice.
> > >
> > > The example which I've been given is physics but clearly
> the issue
> > > is a broader one.
> > >
> > > Thanks in anticipation
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > > Patrick Fitzgerald
> > > Institutional Repository Project Officer
> > > The Library, University of Sussex,
> > > BRIGHTON BN1 9QL, UK
> > >
> > > http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/ir/
> > > p.fitzgerald_at_sussex.ac.uk
> > >
> > > Tel +44 (0)1273 872850
> > > Fax +44 (0)1273 678441
> >
>
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