Jisc Monitor – The Final Episode – From ideas to prototypes (by David Kay) | Jisc Monitor

Completing at the end of May 2015, and with inputs from over 60 UK institutions, the 12 month Jisc Monitor project is tasked with developing designs and prototype software that indicate how institutions (and the broader supply chain) might go about supporting and tracking Open Access publication processes, especially with reference to compliance and costs. Since December’s mid-point review of potential developments arising, the project has been focused on two related applications that commend themselves for consideration as key components in the Jisc OA offer – currently referenced under the working titles of ‘Monitor Local’ and ‘Monitor UK Aggregator’.  As an enabler to these types of services, and OA management more generally, Monitor also is experimenting with a service to enable institutions to identify publications where their academics do not have a lead role as the corresponding author (GUIDE – Getting Useful IDs Early). You can read more about the intent of the prototypes in The Jisc Monitor Local UK GUIDE. The underlying requirements (over 200 in total!) for the broader OA management space collected in the earlier phases of the project are also available in navigable form at http://demonstrators.ostephens.com/monitor-reqs/.