SHERPA (organisation)

SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is an organisation originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project.

History

SHERPA began as an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open access institutional repositories based in UK universities.[1] SHERPA, the organisation, is sometimes erroneously referred to as the SHERPA Project. SHERPA is managed by Bill Hubbard.

As well as a staff team based at Jisc[2] (formerly the University of Nottingham[3]), 33 research institutions and organisations comprise the SHERPA Partnership.[4] The makeup of this partnership includes many, if not all, of the most research active institutions in the UK and provides practitioner-led experience to the project team.

Awards

SHERPA’s work in supporting open access and repositories on a national and international level was recognised in 2007 with the award of the SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communication.[5]

Current projects and services

SHERPA is involved as a full or advisory partner in a number of projects and services, which include:[6]

Completed projects

References

  1. Hubbard, Bill (2003). "SHERPA and Institutional Repositories". Serials 16 (3). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. "SHERPA Services has joined Jisc". SHERPA Services Blog. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. MacColl, John; Pinfield, Stephen (Oct 2002). "Climbing the scholarly publishing mountain with SHERPA". Ariadne (33). Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. SHERPA Partnership
  5. SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communication
  6. "Portfolio". Centre for Research Communications. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

External links

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