SHERPA-LEAP

It’s been a whirl of different projects over the last six months, with the working groups starting up, MERLIN moving forward and other new collaborations on the horizon. One of the research projects I have undertaken explored overlay journals, specifically in the context of the Repository Interface for Overlaid Journal Archives (RIOJA ) project. Based on my original research findings, I wrote a briefing paper which gave a simple definition of the overlay journal, examined the history and evolution of overlay journals, and laid out some thoughts about their potential to contribute to scholarly communication.

The RSP have accepted the final version as one of their guides, and it gained a citation in Alma Swan’s report for the JISC, Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities. I will also be presenting a poster based on the paper at OR10 in Madrid in June (which will be the 4th distinct version of my original paper, excluding edits and amendations!).