Scoping of an Open Access Repository Registry (OARR) : JISC

Use the link to access complete information about the JISC proposal introduces as follows: “Work undertaken last year explored the divergences and convergences between OpenDOAR and ROAR, two open access repository registries that are hosted respectively at the University of Nottingham and University of Southampton. The findings were that whilst there were areas of common working and development that could be pursued, these were best carried out in a loosely coupled way. This poses potential problems for users looking to gain authoritative data on open access repositories in the UK and elsewhere, so JISC, in consultation with a panel of community experts, concluded that the most cost effective way forward was to establish from scratch what the best way of supporting the open access community through a repository registry is. This piece of work will build on existing OARRs in a variety of ways to support the broader remit of a repository and curation shared infrastructure.”