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HostingArticlesinInstitutionalRepositoriesMakingarticlesharingaseamlessprocessforresearchersElseviersupportstheneedforresearcherstosharetheirresearchandcollaborateeffectively.
WeaimtoworkwithInstitutionalRepositoriestosupportthisobjectiveandtocreateanenvironmentwheresharingiseasyandseamlessinascholarlycommunicationsystemthatcontinuestovalidateandrecognizevitalwork.
Newtechnologiesmakeitpossibletoachievetheseoutcomeswhilecomplyingwithaccessentitlements.
HelpinginstitutionalrepositoriesElsevierhasanumberofpilotswithinstitutionalrepositoriestotrackresearchoutputincluding:Sharingmetadata:Inordertoshowcaseyourinstitutions'work,aninstitutionalrepositorymustidentifyyourinstitution'sresearchoutput.
ByintegratingtheScienceDirectmetadataAPIintoyourrepository,thistaskbecomessimple.
EvenIftherepositorydoesn'tholdthefulltext,thearticleinformationandabstractmaybedisplayedaspartofyourinstitution'soutput.
Sharinguseraccessinformation:ElsevierispilotinganAPIthatenablesyourrepositorytorecognizethesubscriptionaccessrightsofavieweranddisplaythebestavailableversionofthearticle.
Workingwithpilotpartners:Weaimtounderstandyourneedsandbuildtoolsandserviceswhichwillmakesharingeasier.
Wehaveanumberofpilotpartnersandwearealwayslookingforcollaboratorsandpeoplewithfeedback.
Contactuniversalaccess@elsevier.
comHowwecanworktogetherSharingresearchisacommongoalforbothElsevierandinstitutions,buttherearesomechallengesthatwehavetoface:Fragmentedmetrics:havingmultipleversionsofarticlesavailableondifferentplatformsdilutesthearticleimpactmetrics.
Standardarticleusagereporting:Ourindustrymustworktowardsacommonmethodologytoreportonusagecurrentlyfragmentedacrossplatforms.
Contactuniversalaccess@elsevier.
comHostingarticlesinInstitutionalRepositoriesMakingarticlesharingaseamlessprocessforresearchersUsercase:ElsevierandtheUniversityofFloridaElsevierandtheUniversityofFloridaexpandaccesstopublicationsbyUniversityofFloridaauthorsthroughtheuniversity'sinstitutionalrepository.
Wearepilotingnewoptions:StructuredMetadata:ThroughtheScienceDirectAPI,theUniversityofFloridawillretrievemetadataforElsevierpublishedarticleswrittenbyitsauthorsfromalltitleswhetheropenaccess,subscribed,non-subscribed.
Wearefurtherenhancingtheexistingmetadatatoincludeembargoperiodenddatesandlinkstothefull-textonScienceDirect.
ThisfeedincludestheabstractwhichhelpsindexingoftheSobekrepositoryinsearchengineresultsandhelpingtherepositorytohaveanimpact.
TherepositorywillbeabletousethedownloadedmetadatatoretrievetheuseraccessinformationandembedthearticlePDF'sdescribedbelow.
Sharinguseraccessinformationandembeddingfinalarticles:TheUniversityofFloridawillbetestingtheworkflowinwhichauser'saccessleveltothefulltextischeckedonthefly,andiffulltextaccessisavailable,theuserwillbeservedthefinalpublishedversion,insteadofthepreprintormanuscripthostedbytherepository.
Userswhoarenotentitledtoviewthefulltextofthefinalarticlewillbeledtotheversionavailableintherepository,or-incasethisisnotavailable-toapagewheretheycanviewthefirstpageofthearticle.
Thisensuresthatuserswillalwaysbeservedthebestavailableversion.
Thisalsoenablestherepositorytodisplaythebestavailableversiontotheirusersevenifnoself-archivedmanuscriptisavailable.