Benefits

Benefits to the University research community

“Open access articles receive 50% more full-text accesses and PDF downloads than subscription-access articles”
Kenneth R. Fulton, PNAS Publisher

By raising the profile of our researchers by:

Encouraging all research at the University of Huddersfield to be made publicly available and searchable
Increasing dissemination and impact of University research output on a global scale, via search engines such as Google Scholar
Providing a critical mass of high quality research, including non textual material such as music, art and media, through services such as EThOS, OpenDOAR, and Summon.
Ensuring that the Repository becomes central to the University research strategy and workflows
Providing a standardised, automatically updated format of author information for research CVs
Creating a managed approach to research output in order to provide better management reporting, both for the REF, funders and internal practices
Raising awareness of similar research interests, thus contributing to the further development of interdisciplinary approaches
Enhancing the user experience for Post Graduate Research students by helping to build a University research culture and by making their theses available through EThOS in order for them to aspire to further research through external networks
Helping to fulfil Research Council mandates
Checking the copyright
Long term preservation of the University’s research output

By sharing the lessons learned, most notably on:

Increasing content by clearing non textual material for inclusion in the Repository
Enhancing user experience by improvements to the interface and workflows allowing increased discoverability and seamless depositing of material
Preservation issues in conjunction with the University Archives
Publication of all new policy documents and workflows
Sharing issues surrounding interoperability and embedding within other University systems
Methods for sourcing metadata from external sources and providing metadata to University systems
Input into the staff appraisal process