Dear Sarah,
The JISC Digital Repositories Programme
(http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=programme_digital_repositories)
includes several projects looking at issues relevant to those you
mention. Projects are still in their infancy, so might not provides
immediate help but future outcomes might be of use. Rights & Rewards
(http://rightsandrewards.lboro.ac.uk/), for example, is looking at
motivational issues, rewards and rights issues for those depositing into
repositories.
The JISC FAIR programme and, in particular, the FAIR Synthesis web site
(http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fair_synthesisintro.html) has some information
that I think you might also find useful. Have a look at the 'Advocacy'
and 'Cultural Issues' themes. Projects in the FAIR strand included
RoMEO, SHERPA and DAEDALUS and each of these have produced advocacy and
guidance materials.
I recall interesting presentations at the CERN OAI4 conference on the
Netherlands project 'Cream of Science' (http://www.creamofscience.org/)
and the NEREUS Economists Online project
(http://www.nereus4economics.info/economistsonline.html) where the
output from IRs was used to promote the 'top' academics in particular
fields. Apparently, academics were queueing up to be included in the
Cream of Science project.
Hopefully these references might be of use.
Julie
Sarah Kaufman wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Here at Manchester Metropolitan University, we are currently in the process of setting up
>our institutional repository. At this moment, we have yet to populate the repository, and
>have yet to establish the best ways in which to get content for the repository and at the
>same time raising awareness of the service.
>
>Among the strategies currently considered for this task are speaking to research
>directors (either face-to-face or via e-mail), contacting academics that have published
>widely, producing publicity and publishing articles in university
>publications/newsletters, and being present at departmental meetings, to speak directly
>about the repository and answer any questions/concerns. Of course, doing all this does not
>guarantee content, and we have discovered that although many academics are willing and
>interested, actually getting hold of the content is another matter entirely. We have yet
>to establish whether or not we are going to offer a mediated service or are going to
>encourage self-archiving. Reasons for not getting the content include fears of copyright
>infringement and misunderstanding of the issues; I rather suspect that some may feel
>whatever they have to do to contribute will take up too much time.
>
>How have other repositories gone about a) raising awareness of the repository and b)
>having raised awareness, getting content for submission into the repository? Have you
>encountered any problems with trying to promote a service still very much in its infancy
>and with little (or no) content? Have you found that the more content you have, the more
>willing others are to deposit?
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Sarah Kaufman
>
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UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY
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