1. UCF Libraries - Scholarly Communication Lily Flick & Sarah Norris June 9, 2016 Using SHERPA RoMEO: Finding policies for self-archiving articles

2. How does it apply to you? ▫ You want to investigate copyright policies and Open Access options for journals before submitting your article to the publisher. ▫ You also want to put your published articles on your own website or in STARS (the UCF Libraries Institutional Repository) and SelectedWorks. ▫ Others ask you about journal policies, or they’re curious if they can upload copies of their published articles to their personal websites, repositories, or course websites (i.e., Canvas). If the article is yours, can’t you do what you want with it? ▫ Not necessarily. ▫ Copyright can be transferred with the publisher agreement. ▫ Complex situations: conditions. SHERPA RoMEO – importance

3. Self-archiving ▫ Not self-publishing ▫ Depositing your digital publications online  Institutional repositories (STARS)  Personal websites ▫ Makes full text available  Visible & searchable  Usage & impact Stages of publications ▫ Pre-print: first draft you submitted to the publisher ▫ Post-print: final draft after being peer reviewed and making your revisions ▫ Publisher’s version/PDF: scanned or digital file of the article from publication SHERPA RoMEO – self-archiving

4. SHERPA RoMEO – sneak peek

5. United Kingdom ▫ University of Nottingham  Centre for Research Communications  SHERPA Services Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access  RoMEO (Originally RoMEO Project from the University of Loughborough) Rights MEtadata for Open archiving SHERPA RoMEO – origins Funded by www.jisc.ac.uk

6. SHERPA Services ▫ RoMEO  Database contains:  Publisher policies for self-archiving journal articles  Peer-reviewed journals and serials (22,000+)  Some conference series  Database does not contain:  Books  Theses  Conference Papers (some series titles are exceptions) ▫ JULIET ▫ FACT ▫ OpenDOAR SHERPA RoMEO – services www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

7. SHERPA Services ▫ RoMEO ▫ JULIET  Database of Open Access policies from funders  Researchers check this to see grant requirements  RoMEO pulls data to summarize journals’ compliance with funder policies ▫ FACT ▫ OpenDOAR SHERPA RoMEO – services www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet Note: All information on RoMEO and JULIET is updated regularly and should be correct, but do not rely upon the information for legal advice.

8. SHERPA Services ▫ RoMEO ▫ JULIET ▫ FACT  Funders & Authors Compliance Tool  See if journals comply with funder OA requirements  Pulls data from RoMEO and JULIET ▫ OpenDOAR SHERPA RoMEO – services www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact

9. SHERPA Services ▫ RoMEO ▫ JULIET ▫ FACT ▫ OpenDOAR  Directory of Open Access Repositories  Repository list  Search for repositories  Search repository contents  Sister project to DOAJ SHERPA RoMEO – services www.opendoar.org

10. SHERPA RoMEO – demo

12. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php Library and Information Science Research College & Research Libraries Library Resources and Technical Services Journal of Library Administration New Review of Academic Librarianship http://www.scimagojr.com/index.php