SHERPA is delighted to announce that its service RoMEO has doubled its
entries in the past year and now lists 300 publisher policies on
self-archiving.
Why is RoMEO important?
If an academic author wants to put their research article on-line, they
are faced with an increasingly complex situation. Evidence shows that
citations to articles made openly accessible in this way are taken up
and cited more than research that is simply published in journals. Some
funding agencies insist on open access archiving for their research, to
increase the use of the information.
However, some publishers prohibit authors using their own articles in
this way. Others allow it, but only under certain conditions, while
others are quite happy for authors to show their work in this way.
Authors can be left confused: RoMEO helps to clarify the situation.
What does RoMEO give users?
The RoMEO service, provided by the award winning SHERPA Partnership*,
uses a simple colour-code to classify policies and inform authors of
what can be done with their articles, and offers users the ability to:
* View summaries of publishers' copyright policies in relation to
self-archiving
* View if publisher policies comply with funding regulations, as
some publishers are too restrictive and cannot be used to publish funded
research
* To search journal and publisher information by Journal Title,
Publisher Name and ISSN
RoMEO is seen as an essential resource by many in the Open Access
community. RoMEO is funded by JISC and the Wellcome Trust. Journal
information is kindly provided by the British Library's Zetoc service
hosted by MIMAS
Background information:
The award winning SHERPA is based at the University of Nottingham and
works on a portfolio of projects related to Open Access and repository
development.
SHERPA is a 33 member consortium of research-led universities which
specialises in promoting and advising on the development of open access
repositories. Other services developed by SHERPA include JULIET and
OpenDOAR.
SHERPA and its services provide summaries of
* open access to research results
* what funders want authors to do
* what publishers will allow authors to do
* which repository to use
* where to go for help
These resources can be accessed under the Guidance heading on the SHERPA
site - www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance
* SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly
Communication 2007
RoMEO http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
SHERPA http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/
JISC http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/
Zetoc http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
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Apologises for cross-posting
Jane H Smith
SHERPA Services Development Officer
SHERPA - www.sherpa.ac.uk
SHERPA/RoMEO - www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
OpenDOAR - www.opendoar.org
Juliet - www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet
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