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Item Open Access BIODOC - the transition from research project to fully fledged service(UKSG, 1998-07) Bevan, Simon J.; Evans, Janet; Harrington, John; Turner, EmmaThis is the third in a series of papers describing BIODOC, a service now in its fourth year that addresses the access versus holdings debate in a University library. The main aims of the study were to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a wholly access based information service, to analyse user perception/receptivity and the impact of such a service, as well as to improve upon the existing service to the staff and students involved. As part of the project the Library also wished to compare document supplier performance and disseminate all findings among the academic and research communities.Item Open Access Caught in the Crossfire(2004-05-24T13:02:09Z) Harrington, JohnThe new ‘Open Access’ model of scholarly communication exploits both the internet and new publishing technologies to free up research literature to the benefit of authors, readers, students, libraries, funding bodies, and society as a whole. Two OA strategies could be used to move towards a fairer and more efficient communications system; self-archiving, by which scholars deposit their publications in free electronic repositories, and open access journals, which do not charge for access to the papers, but make them available to all electronically and look to other financial models to cover the costs of peer-review and publishing. The article which looks at the origins of Open Access, traces its development, and highlights the growing dilemma faced by academic authors on whether to support these new models of publication and dissemination in preference to their traditionally favoured high profile, but expensive to buy, subscription-based journals.Item Open Access The Embed Project: Final Report(Cranfield University, 2009-03-31) Harrington, John; Betts-Gray, MaryThe project set out to explore cultural barriers which constrain the engagement of research communities at two different institutions with their respective Institutional Repositories (IRs). Broadly the goals of the project were to identify solutions to these barriers in order to encourage increased content submission, repository enhancement, and the sustainability of the services.Item Open Access Eurilia (European Initiative in Library & Information in Aerospace) :(1994-01-01T00:00:00Z) Harrington, JohnThis report is part of the Eurilia (European Initiative in Library and Information in Aerospace) project, the aim of which is to enhance the Libraries’ R&D and education process which underpins the aerospace sector by establishing a new service based on a standardised pan- European system for information access, retrieval, image browsing and document delivery. This will in turn extend the access and availability of major aerospace collections. The partners in this project are: University of Limerick, Delft University of Technology, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sup’Aero, ENSAE - Ecole National Superieure de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace, Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial, Cranfield University. This report was originally presented at the international seminar on Eurilia held at Cranfield University in July 1994. The report was subsequently submitted to the EC as Eurilia (European Initiative in Library and Information in Aerospace), Pre-project Audit, Project LIB-EURILIA/3-2083 funded by the European Action Programme for LItem Open Access The MAGiC Final Report(British Library Cooperation and Partnership Programme, 2002-12) Needham, Paul A. S.; Sidwell, Katy; Bevan, Simon J.; Harrington, John