Date
Participants
Agenda
Overview - where do we currently stand with Elements and the IR?
Tested ways of using Elements to identify open access articles and deposit them into DSpace
Reached out to Symplectic Support for ways to identify OA articles (OA Monitor?)
Our current options:
1 - We work with ITS to implement the method we have already tested for finding OA articles (very labor intensive) and receive admin permissions to the Elements production server to carry out this workflow. We do not get the OA Monitor, but keep the DSpace connector.
2 - We get the OA Monitor and continue to pay for the DSpace connector (involves more money), and work more closely with ITS on additional initiatives like the IR.
3 - If there is no campus participation in the Elements project, then it is not worthwhile for us to get the OA Monitor or continue to use the DSpace connector. We explore alternative OA tools that function like the OA Monitor, but are cheaper (e.g. CHORUS).
Notes
What is the Libraries' current role in the Elements project? And that of ITS?
What is our relationship with them? What do they expect of us, if anything at all?
What will the Libraries and IR’s roles look like if we are to continue using the Elements connector?
What features does our Elements subscription allow, in addition to the DSpace connector?
Can we test the OA Monitor tool and receive access to a “sandbox environment”?
How do we go about receiving permission from ITS to retrieve this access?