Presentation given at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland Summer Scientific Meeting, May 2012

1. A key resource for Irish
Health Research
Aoife Lawton Systems Librarian
23.05.12 RCPI Summer Scientific Meeting

2. Outline
 Lenus overview
 Open Access
 Future Initiatives

3. Background
 2004 health boards about to be
abolished
 2005 HSE established
 2006 www.hselibrary.ie & IHPA
launched
 2007-2008 replacement sought
 2009 Lenus launched

4. Vision
The aim of Lenus is to become the primary
online resource for information relating to
the Irish health services. Our
commitment is to preserve, maintain and
make freely available for research
purposes, policy & research from authors
and health agencies on the island of
Ireland to the global community.
Lenus’ vision is to support Open Access
research in Irish health by developing a
single access point and repository for Irish
health literature and research.

5. Open Access Movement
 “BBB” defines open access literature as
digital, online, free, and exempted from
most copyright and licensing restrictions.
 “Removing access barriers to this literature will
accelerate research, enrich education, share the
learning of the rich with the poor and the poor
with the rich, and lay the foundation for uniting
humanity in a common intellectual conversation
and quest for knowledge.”
 ArXiv 1991, PubMed 1996

6. What it is What it is not
 Make research  Self-publishing
results freely  A way to bypass
available peer review
 Lawful sharing of
 Napster for Science
research
 Free for producers
 Way for author to
retain copyright
 Free for readers
For more info visit: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

7. How do I make my article Open
Access?
Green route Gold route
Post-print Possible OA
version fee

8. OA journals in Public Health
Title Impact Title Impact
Factor Factor
Irish Medical Journal BMC Public H 2.36
BMC Health Serv 1.72 BMC Infect D 2.83
Res
Pop H Metric 1.46 PLoS MED 15.617
Implemt Sci 2.51 Euro Surveillance TBA
Arthritis R&T 4.36 BMC Surgery 1.40
Biology D 3.74 BMC Cancer 3.15

9. Open
DOAR
(Directory of
Open Access
Repositories)

15. Stats Source:
Google Analytics
22/04-
22/05/2012

16. Putting Irish health research on the map

17. Future initiatives
National Initiatives Local initiatives:
 Health Research  OA Week
Group  Lenus working
 Lenus/Rian
group
 Promotion &
Awareness of OA
 Necobelac EU
project

18. Further Information
 Lenus regionallibrary@hse.ie
 Sherpa Romeo
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
 DOAJ http://www.doaj.org/
 Budapest OAI
http://www.soros.org/openaccess
 Necobelac Network of Collaboration Between Europe and
Latin America-Caribbean Countries
http://www.necobelac.eu/en/index.php