[Dspace-general] Brunel University Research Archive - Launch

[John Murtagh]

*Apologies for Cross-posting*

A new university repository providing free and open access to research
and doctoral theses will be launched on December 4.

The Brunel University Research Archive <http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/>
(BURA) will be officially launched today by the Vice Chancellor
Professor Chris Jenks. Also speaking at the event will be the Pro Vice
Chancellor for Student Experience Professor Rob Macredie who has over
twenty papers deposited and Gareth Johnson
<http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/staff.html#johnson>  of Sherpa Romeo, a service
site that provides a listing of publishers' copyright conditions as they
relate to authors archiving their work on-line. 

BURA will make journal articles conference papers, doctoral theses,
recordings and images freely available via the internet, allowing users
to read, download and copy material for non-commercial private study or
research purposes. 

Presently, there are more than 100 items on BURA and the number is
increasing every day. These include some of the first PhDs accredited by
Brunel University 40 years ago; an archive of contemporary poetry
recordings deposited by Dr Andrea Brady of the School of Arts; and
papers from Professor John Sumpter, one of the most cited scientists in
the world, including his own 1977 thesis from the University of Wales in
Bangor.

 John Murtagh, project manager of BURA said: "If you want the university
to be more research-focused, you have got to get your research out
there." The impetus for BURA has come from an increasing awareness that
most research is publicly funded, and, therefore, should be publicly
accessible. 

He added: "There are obvious advantages for an academic. Self-archiving
can increase the citation rate of a piece of written work by 25 to 250
per cent." 

Brunel's School of Information Systems Computing and Mathematics is
supporting the initiative to make it compulsory for researchers to
deposit their journal articles and theses in BURA. 

"This is not only very good news for the long-term success of BURA but
for academics it will make readily available their research to the
world. If it is successful, it could also lead onto the whole university
adopting mandatory self-archiving." 


http://www.brunel.ac.uk/3/Press%20Releases/BURADec406FINAL.doc
<http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news/pressoffice/cdata/BURA_dec+06> 
 

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John Murtagh 
Project Manager - Brunel University Research Archive 
Brunel Library 
Kingston Road 
Uxbridge 
UB8 3PH

Tel: 0189 526 5417
Fax: 01895 269741 
E-mail: john.murtagh at brunel.ac.uk <mailto:john.murtagh at brunel.ac.uk> 
 
Website: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/ <http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/>  

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