Maybe there's a way to use Wikipedia's model of volunteerism-for-the-benefit-of-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge, to recruit local helpers (including librarians) to the tasks of scholar-deposits on a particular campus. ???
-john
On Sep 21, 2017, at 4:48 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
John G. Dove, 10/09/2017 09:14:
Many (most?) authors will have scholarly communication librariansand I.R. managers at their institution. Have you considered providing links in your e-mails to their institutional support for sharing their articles? I know that adds an additional layer of processing, but it does create a virtuous cycle.
Very good point. I have this line in my latest version of the invitation:
If you have already deposited your works elsewhere, please contact your librarians or the administrators of your repository so that they can investigate why BASE/oaDOI fail to direct users to your archived version. They may also be able to help you archive your works if you are not able to do it yourself.
In a previous version I also linked or mentioned OpenDOAR, but that was too technical for most people. Do note that many researchers don't even know that a librarian (or other roles) exists for such things in their organisation, and it's sometimes hard even for me to find out who's the best contact (particularly in certain government agencies).
Federico