Jisc’s OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) has launched a self-assessment feature for repository staff that allows them to check whether their repository meets the six Plan S requirements for repositories. Repository staff will each have their own account for their repository (or repositories) where they can make unlimited self-assessments to see how their repository fares against the Plan S requirements.
The new feature offers clear explanations for each of the six requirements and guidance on how to fulfil them, as well as good practice tips.
Led by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations, Plan S is an initiative for open access publishing which aims to speed up the transition toward open access.
With effect from 2021, Plan S requires that all scholarly publications resulting from research that was funded by public or private grants provided by national, regional, and international research councils and funding bodies, must be published in open access journals, on open access platforms, or made immediately available through open access repositories without embargo.
Repositories are a key facilitator for open research, and the requirements put forward in Plan S serve to ensure repositories work towards excellent standards to positively represent the research they hold.
OpenDOAR is the world’s largest, quality-assured global directory of open access repositories, which provide free, open access to academic outputs and resources. OpenDOAR provides a single point of entry to the repository community, be it through its public-facing listings or its facilitation of open access research output harvesting by global open access aggregators (such as CORE).
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