Persuading Authors to Deposit: Precious Pointers from the Antipodes

I was moved to produce this by Hugh Glaser’s remarks that no-one was prepared to offer advice to beginners or people transitioning to a properly mandated repository. This advice is not new. It has been said by many others in part, and I have been preaching it in Australia and New Zealand for at least five years. It is however firmly based on experience, and knowledge of what works and what doesn’t in many universities, right around the world.