OA-RJ Open Access Repository Junction

Stakeholder

Interest / stake

Principal Investigator/Researcher

1. ability to deposit (directly or by notification) into multiple repository locations.
2. compliance with research funders’ open access policies.

Journal Publishers

1. supply of service to authors via controlled OA deposit of the correct version (and metadata)

Research Funders

1. easier for researcher to follow OA mandates
2. Rise in mandate compliance as a clear success indicator

Repository Managers
UKCoRR
SHERPA

1. additional content, via RJ broker, from publishers into institutional repositories
2. interoperability with subject/funders repositories
3. adoption of SWORD client

Repository Developers community (Eprints, DSpace, SWORD, etc)

1. promotion of use of standards, eg SWORD protocol, across platforms