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    BIODOC - the transition from research project to fully fledged service
    (UKSG, 1998-07) Bevan, Simon J.; Evans, Janet; Harrington, John; Turner, Emma
    This is the third in a series of papers describing BIODOC, a service now in its fourth year that addresses the access versus holdings debate in a University library. The main aims of the study were to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a wholly access based information service, to analyse user perception/receptivity and the impact of such a service, as well as to improve upon the existing service to the staff and students involved. As part of the project the Library also wished to compare document supplier performance and disseminate all findings among the academic and research communities.
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    Caught in the Crossfire
    (2004-05-24T13:02:09Z) Harrington, John
    The new ‘Open Access’ model of scholarly communication exploits both the internet and new publishing technologies to free up research literature to the benefit of authors, readers, students, libraries, funding bodies, and society as a whole. Two OA strategies could be used to move towards a fairer and more efficient communications system; self-archiving, by which scholars deposit their publications in free electronic repositories, and open access journals, which do not charge for access to the papers, but make them available to all electronically and look to other financial models to cover the costs of peer-review and publishing. The article which looks at the origins of Open Access, traces its development, and highlights the growing dilemma faced by academic authors on whether to support these new models of publication and dissemination in preference to their traditionally favoured high profile, but expensive to buy, subscription-based journals.
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    The Embed Project: Final Report
    (Cranfield University, 2009-03-31) Harrington, John; Betts-Gray, Mary
    The project set out to explore cultural barriers which constrain the engagement of research communities at two different institutions with their respective Institutional Repositories (IRs). Broadly the goals of the project were to identify solutions to these barriers in order to encourage increased content submission, repository enhancement, and the sustainability of the services.
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    The MAGiC Final Report
    (British Library Cooperation and Partnership Programme, 2002-12) Needham, Paul A. S.; Sidwell, Katy; Bevan, Simon J.; Harrington, John