Learn about updating repository records on OpenDOAR during this Open Access Week
Jisc and COAR, together with the regional networks LA Referencia (Latin America), LIBSENSE (Africa) and OpenAIRE (Europe), request your update of your repository records on OpenDOAR during this Open Access Week.
Repositories are an important infrastructure for open science, promoting equity and diversity in scholarly communication and responding to the needs of different users. They also exemplify the key role institutions play in preserving, curating, and making accessible content that would otherwise be unavailable to the world.
A complete and accurate repository directory is essential to demonstrate the breadth of the global repository network and to enable the adoption of value-added services.
OpenDOAR is a global directory of open access repositories, with 5,751 registered repositories. It's a gateway to some of the world's most valuable open access resources. Now that OpenDOAR's metadata infrastructure has been simplified to increase the quality and consistency of its records, it's easier for users to update their repository information. And that's not all; more improvements are coming in 2022.
How do I update my registration on OpenDOAR?
We'll guide you through 3 easy steps:
1. Visit the repository record you wish to update in OpenDOAR.
2. Select the "Suggest and update for this record" button at the bottom of the page, which will take you to the online update form
3. Complete the form with your information, listing all necessary updates in the "Description" box. You can update the following values:
Repository name: You can include multilingual versions of the repository name. Simply list the required variations and their respective languages.
Repository URL
OAI-PMH Repository
Repository contact email address: This must be a generic email address and must not include a person's name.
Repository Open Access Policy URLs: The URLs can cover the following types of policies:
• Metadata Policy: Access rights and permissions to information describing repository items and minimum metadata requirements
• Content Policy: Types and versions of stored documents and datasets
• Data Policy: Access rights and (re)use permissions for full text and other full data items
• Submission Policy: Eligible depositors, quality control, and copyright statements
• Preservation Policy: Long-term retention, migration, and retirement protocols
Software name
Content Types
• Newspaper Articles
• Bibliographic References
• Conference and Workshop Papers
• Theses and Dissertations
• Reports and Working Papers
• Books, Chapters, and Sections
• Datasets
• Learning Objects
• Software
• Patents
• Other Special Article Types
Disciplines
• Sciences
• Technology
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Health and Medicine
• Arts and Humanities
• Multidisciplinary (covering all of the above)
Organization name: You can include multilingual versions of the organization name. Simply list the required variations and their respective languages.
Organization URL
Country: Please note that we cannot update the record metadata count, as this information is automatically provided through CORE.
When will your record be updated?
Depending on the volume of update requests we receive, we aim to process your updates by December 31, 2021.
How do I register a repository?
All you need to do is complete this form, which we will review and process for you.