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) <[email protected]> wrote: > > John G. Dove, 10/09/2017 09:14: >> Many (most?) authors will have scholarly communication librarians >> and 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 _______________________________________________ OpenAccess mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess
