So-called 'cover sheets' are a major impediment to the realisation of (semi)automated dissemination and discovery of open access resources in repositories.
The COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group recently published a report, and has established a website outlining technologies and repository ‘behaviours’ which the group believes could become the foundation of a repository-based ‘scholarly commons’. Links to the report, website and other resources are available on the COAR website [^1]
Inn addition to the paper (Cover Sheets Considered Harmful - Tonkin, Taylor & Tourte)[^2] recommended already by Kevin Ashley in this thread, I would draw your attention to an approach called ’Signposting’[^3] which the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group believes could be easily adopted by repositories, and which could have an immediate beneficial effect.
I understand that some repository platform suppliers are already working to implement this. If implemented, Signposting could ensure that the the valuable resources (papers, datasets etc.) are discoverable and usable by automated processes such as large harvester/aggregation services.
Paul
[^1]: https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/working-group-next-generation-repositories/
[^2]: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/cover-sheets-considered-harmful
[^3]: http://ngr.coar-repositories.org/technology/signposting/
> On 6 May 2018, at 23:19, Bernadette Houghton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> A warning about coversheets – make sure they don’t muck up Google etc search results!
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> We had to change the layout of ours because it was causing search results from our repository to show up with “This is the published version” as the “title” in search results.
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> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Griffiths,CB
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> Subject: Do you use cover sheets in your repository?
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> Hello all,
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> I am writing to consult your collective wisdom on the matter of cover sheets for individual research outputs in your repositories. Do you have them? If so, do you create them manually or automatically? And what information do they contain?
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> At the moment we manually create a cover sheet for pretty much all items in our repository, and include information such as item type, citation, licencing information and a permissions statement. We are looking into automating production, but in case this proves impossible we’re also considering whether the benefit of having a cover sheet outweighs the downside of producing it!
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> It would be really useful to get a sense of what goes on elsewhere, so if you are willing to share your thoughts and reasons (either on or off list), it would be very much appreciated.
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> Have a great weekend everyone,
> Camilla
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