SHERPA/RoMEO for Publishers
20th July 2011
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 5 Southampton Street London
The movement for open access to academic publications is gathering momentum, driven by various issues, including mandates from research funders and authors’ concerns regarding loss of rights. SHERPA/RoMEO is a database of publishers’ policies regarding self-archiving by authors in open access repositories, and related copyright issues. It is used worldwide by repository administrators and academics to check what publishers do and do not allow to be archived. Some publishers also use their RoMEO grade as part of their marketing.
RoMEO endeavours to be as accurate as possible, but some publishers appear to be unclear in their understanding about open access. Also some may present conflicting policy information on their websites, in copyright transfer agreements, and in author guidelines.
This workshop will provide an overview of open access, and summarise the issues for publishers and learned societies. It will also outline the problems faced by RoMEO in gathering policy information, and introduce ways in which RoMEO can help publishers optimise their policies for their chosen business model.
We anticipate lively discussions.
Programme
| Time | Description | More info. |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Tea and Coffee on Arrival | |
| 10:00 | Introduction – Bill Hubbard, Centre for Research Communication | |
| 10:15 | Open Access - Threat or Opportunity for Publishers? – Bill Hubbard, Centre for Research Communication | Download |
| 10:45 | Introduction to SHERPA/RoMEO and its Significance for Publishers – Azhar Hussain, SHERPA Services | Download |
| 11:15 | Tea and Coffee | |
| 11:30 | RoMEO from a Publisher's Perspective – Mark Simon, Publishing Director, Maney Publishing | Download |
| 12:00 | RoMEO and Interpreting Publishers' Policies - the Repository administrator's Perspective – Marie Cairney, University of Glasgow | Download |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Unmuddying the waters for RoMEO = Unmuddying the waters for publishers – Jane Smith, SHERPA Services | Download |
| 14:00 | RoMEO from a Publisher's Perspective – Emily Hall, Emerald Group Publishing Limited | Download |
| 14:30 | A RoMEO Policy Generation Tool for Publishers Services – Peter Millington, SHERPA Services | Download |
| 15:00 | Tea and Coffee | |
| 15:30 | Breakout session - Is RoMEO helping you? Could it help better? Working with RoMEO | |
| 16:00 | Reports from the breakout session | Download |
| 16:15 | Panel Question and Answer – All Speakers | |
| 16:30 | Close |
Contact
For further information contact Azhar Hussain, telephone: 01158467235.
Alternatively, email RSP Support or phone 0845 257 6860.
