1. The library as a virtual research environment Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager University of Nottingham

2. A virtual research environment what is in this environment ? what do academics want ? what role does the library play ?

3. Users wanted... access to financial information access to funding and research opportunities support in working practices access to library services on-line

4. Portal first page

5. Portal finance

6. Research news

7. Virtual community and support

8. Weblog support

9. Virtual working environment research project management research development support for collaborative working access to library services and research papers

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11. Resources - inc Metalib

12. Institutional repositories improve scholarly communication facilitate the research process easy and cheap to establish fit in with current working practices can be built incrementally

13. Establishing a repository technically straight forward free software - EPrints.org, DSpace and others standard server needs integration into institutional systems & services collections policy –different disciplines –different research cultures

14. Benefits for the researcher wide dissemination –papers more visible –cited more rapid dissemination ease of access cross-searchable value added services –hit counts on papers –personalised publications lists –citation analyses

15. Why institutional ? institutions have centralised resources: –to subsidise repository start up –to support repositories with technical / organisational infrastructures –to deal effectively with preservation issues over the long term institutions get benefits: –raises profile and prestige of institution –tool for managing institutional information assets –permanent record of research activities –encourages an institutional identity in intellectual output

16. Nottingham ePrints

17. Nottingham eprints - record

18. SHERPA repositories Birkbeck Birmingham Bristol British Library Cambridge Durham Edinburgh Glasgow Imperial Leeds LSE Kings College Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Royal Holloway Sheffield SOAS UCL York AHDS

19. Institutional repositories worldwide –United States (57) –United Kingdom (29) –Canada (17) –Sweden (13) –France (12) –Netherlands (12) –Italy (11) –Germany (9) –Australia (8) –Hungary (4) –China (4) –Brazil (3) –Denmark (3) –Portugal (2) –South Africa (2) –Austria (2) –India (2) –Japan (2) –Mexico (2) –Ireland (2) –Belgium (2) –Finland (1) –Slovenia (1) –Israel (1) –Norway (1) –Switzerland (1) –Croatia (1) –Peru (1) –Spain (1)

20. repositories set up in each partner institution papers being added negotiations with publishers discussions on preservation of eprints work on IPR and deposit licences advocacy campaigns SHERPA - progress

21. A virtual research environment offers personalised services syntheses access to information and services provides a supported working environment used for finding information used for disseminating information facilitates collaboration in new ways and across old boundaries

22. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk

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