Comments on: RCAAP – The Portuguese Scientific Open Access Repository http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/ Here's my take on biotechnology Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:51:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: blog.twidox.com » Blog Archive » Open Access Week Announced for 2009 http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-148521 blog.twidox.com » Blog Archive » Open Access Week Announced for 2009 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:52:05 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-148521 [...] RCAAP - The Portuguese Scientific Open Access Repository (my.biotechlife.net) [...] [...] RCAAP – The Portuguese Scientific Open Access Repository (my.biotechlife.net) [...]

]]> By: Sherry Alpert http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147457 Sherry Alpert Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:46:59 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147457 While this government-supported site for hosting multiple repositories sounds terrific, I want you all to take advantage of a free online community to let you share research with other scientists. Epernicus (www.Epernicus.com) already has close to 10,000 member life scientists at more than 1,800 institutions in 67 countries. It is not just in academia, but also in private industry and government institutions. You can save a lot of time and effort tracking down scientists who could share information that you need. Think of it as kind of a Facebook or LinkedIn for life scientists. While this government-supported site for hosting multiple repositories sounds terrific, I want you all to take advantage of a free online community to let you share research with other scientists.
Epernicus (www.Epernicus.com) already has close to 10,000 member life scientists at more than 1,800 institutions in 67 countries. It is not just in academia, but also in private industry and government institutions.

You can save a lot of time and effort tracking down scientists who could share information that you need. Think of it as kind of a Facebook or LinkedIn for life scientists.

]]> By: Ricardo Vidal http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147386 Ricardo Vidal Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:02:17 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147386 Hi Stevan, thanks again for the great input. Much appreciated! Hi Stevan, thanks again for the great input. Much appreciated!

]]> By: Stevan Harnad http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147383 Stevan Harnad Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:37:53 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147383 Eloy Rodrigues of U. Minho, the designer of Europe's first university-wide Open Access Self-Archiving mandate and the creator of Europe's most successful Institutional Repository, has informed me that RCAAP is in fact neither a portal nor a repository, but <i>a government-supported site for hosting multiple repositories</i> (for institutions that do not or cannot host their own repository locally). The fact that most or all the repositories happen to be DSpace is simply the usual reflexive copycat effect: not knowing what institutional repositories [IRs] are for [they are for making institutional refereed research output Open Access, OA], one just copies what others seem to be doing. In reality, the functionality of the other widely used free IR software, EPrints, is far more powerful, and is very specifically adapted for OA functionality and OA policy. But the substantive problem is not what IR software is adopted, but whether an OA mandate is adopted. Without a mandate, the IRs are doomed to remain empty [baseline spontaneous -- i.e. unmandated -- deposit rate worldwide is and remains 15%]. So if you want to copy something, copy something that really works, and that is Minho's OA mandate! (But adopt EPrints for creating your IR... See ROARMAP Eloy Rodrigues of U. Minho, the designer of Europe’s first university-wide Open Access Self-Archiving mandate and the creator of Europe’s most successful Institutional Repository, has informed me that RCAAP is in fact neither a portal nor a repository, but a government-supported site for hosting multiple repositories (for institutions that do not or cannot host their own repository locally).

The fact that most or all the repositories happen to be DSpace is simply the usual reflexive copycat effect: not knowing what institutional repositories [IRs] are for [they are for making institutional refereed research output Open Access, OA], one just copies what others seem to be doing.

In reality, the functionality of the other widely used free IR software, EPrints, is far more powerful, and is very specifically adapted for OA functionality and OA policy.

But the substantive problem is not what IR software is adopted, but whether an OA mandate is adopted. Without a mandate, the IRs are doomed to remain empty [baseline spontaneous -- i.e. unmandated -- deposit rate worldwide is and remains 15%].

So if you want to copy something, copy something that really works, and that is Minho’s OA mandate! (But adopt EPrints for creating your IR…

See ROARMAP

]]> By: José Carvalho http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147333 José Carvalho Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:23:44 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147333 Hi, The RCAAP portal accepts all the repositories that are OAI-PMH compliant, and it's not a Dspace confederation ;-) The name repository is only a conceptual idea of a nacional repository. Hi,
The RCAAP portal accepts all the repositories that are OAI-PMH compliant, and it’s not a Dspace confederation ;-)

The name repository is only a conceptual idea of a nacional repository.

]]> By: Ricardo Vidal http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147300 Ricardo Vidal Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:13:03 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147300 Stevan, thanks for the comment but the site's name says it's a repository. I know that it is technically a portal that aggregates multiple repositories. And yes, from what I can see it's overall DSpace based. Stevan, thanks for the comment but the site’s name says it’s a repository. I know that it is technically a portal that aggregates multiple repositories. And yes, from what I can see it’s overall DSpace based.

]]> By: Stevan Harnad http://my.biotechlife.net/2008/12/16/rcaap-the-portuguese-scientific-open-access-repository/comment-page-1/#comment-147299 Stevan Harnad Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:59:45 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/?p=389#comment-147299 RCAAP is not a repository, but a portal (joint interface) of multiple individual institutional repositories. (But why on earth restrict it to DSpace repositories only??) RCAAP is not a repository, but a portal (joint interface) of multiple individual institutional repositories. (But why on earth restrict it to DSpace repositories only??)

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