The first version of the 2007 Research Output report from the University of Pretoria listed the faculty publications but didn't link to OA editions in UPSpace, the Pretoria IR. That's fixed now, thanks to the UP Library Services and the Department of Research Support. From Monica Hammes:
...A team of 19 staff members and students under the leadership of Elsabe Olivier upgraded the research data by [linking article citations to their full text in the institutional repository,] adding the URLs of available articles, correcting metadata and adding additional records.
56% of the articles in the 2007 Research Report now link directly to the full text adding to the visibility of this very important component of the University's research output. The project clearly indicates that collaboration with the faculties and the Department of Research Support can lead to more effective and less cumbersome research reporting. In this way the repository becomes a valuable part of the research infrastructure.
This project was the main goal of the Library's Open Scholarship programme for 2008. Read more about the Open Scholarship programme and share your views on the openUP wiki....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/18/2008 03:45:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
