?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Delivery%2C+Management+and+Access+Model+for+E-prints+and+Open+Access+Journals+within+Further+and+Higher+Education&rft.creator=Swan%2C+Alma&rft.creator=Needham%2C+Paul&rft.creator=Probets%2C+Steve&rft.creator=Muir%2C+Adrienne&rft.creator=O%E2%80%99Brien%2C+Ann&rft.creator=Oppenheim%2C+Charles&rft.creator=Hardy%2C+Rachel&rft.creator=Rowland%2C+Fytton&rft.subject=Archives&rft.description=This+study+identified+three+models+for+open+access+provision+in+the+UK%3A+(a)+the+centralised+model%2Cwhere+e-prints+of+articles+are+first+deposited+directly+into+a+national+archive+and+then+madeaccessible+to+users+and+service+providers%3B+(b)+the+distributed+model%2C+where+e-prints+are+depositedin+any+one+of+a+distributed+network+of+OAI-compliant+institutional%2C+subject-based+and+open-access%0Ajournal+archives%2C+whose+metadata+are+then+harvested+and+made+accessible+to+users+and+serviceproviders%3B+and+(c)+the+model+we+have+termed+the+%E2%80%98harvesting%E2%80%99+model%2C+a+variant+of+the+distributedmodel+in+which+the+harvested+metadata+are+first+improved%2C+standardised+or+enhanced+before+being+made+accessible+to+users+and+service+providers.+In+considering+the+relative+merits+of+these+models%2C+we+addressed+not+only+technical+concerns+but+also+how+e-print+provision+(by+authors)+can+be+achieved%2C+since+without+this+content+provision+there+can+be+no+effective+e-print+delivery+service%0A(for+users).%0A%0AFor+technical+and+cultural+reasons%2C+this+study+recommends+that+the+centralised+model+should+not+be+adopted+for+the+proposed+UK+service.+This+would+have+been+the+costliest+option+and+it+would+have+omitted+the+growing+body+of+content+in+distributed+institutional%2C+subject-based%2C+and+open-access%0Ajournal+archives.+Moreover%2C+the+central+archiving+approach+is+the+%E2%80%98wrong+way+round%E2%80%99+with+respect+to+e-print+provision+since+for+reasons+of+academic+and+institutional+culture+and+so+long+as+effective+measures+are+implemented%2C+individual+institution-based+e-print+archives+are+far+more+likely+to+fill+(and+fill+quickly)+than+centralised+archives%2C+because+institutions+and+researchers+share+a+vested%0Ainterested+in+the+impact+of+their+research+output%2C+and+because+institutions+are+in+a+position+to+mandate+and+monitor+compliance%2C+a+position+not+enjoyed+by+centralised+archives.+The+study+therefore+recommends+the+%E2%80%98harvesting%E2%80%99+model+%5B(c)+above%5D%2C+constituting+a+UK+national+service%0Afounded+upon+creating+an+interoperable+network+of+OAI-compliant%2C+distributed%2C+institution-based%0Ae-print+archives.+Such+a+service%2C+based+on+harvesting+metadata+(and%2C+later%2C+full-text)+from+distributed%2C+institution-based+e-print+archives+and+open+access+journals+would+be+cheaper+to+implement+and+would+more+effectively+garner+the+nation%E2%80%99s+scholarly+research+output.+The+model%0Aalso+permits+further+enhancement+of+the+metadata+to+provide+improved+features+and+functionality.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Newspaper%2FMagazine+Article&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4122%2F1%2FE-prints_delivery_model.pdf&rft.identifier=++Swan%2C+Alma+and+Needham%2C+Paul+and+Probets%2C+Steve+and+Muir%2C+Adrienne+and+O%E2%80%99Brien%2C+Ann+and+Oppenheim%2C+Charles+and+Hardy%2C+Rachel+and+Rowland%2C+Fytton++(2005)+Delivery%2C+Management+and+Access+Model+for+E-prints+and+Open+Access+Journals+within+Further+and+Higher+Education.++%5BNewspaper%2FMagazine+Article%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4122%2F