creators_name: Sale, AHJ
creators_id: Arthur.Sale@utas.edu.au
type: monograph
datestamp: 2006-03-07
lastmod: 2008-07-18 09:40:40
metadata_visibility: show
title: Generic Risk Analysis - Open Access for your institution
ispublished: unpub
subjects: 280100
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: technical_report
keywords: Risk analysis, open access, open archives, OAR, policies
abstract: This is a generic risk analysis for any institution (university, research organization, etc) contemplating the installation of an Open Access Repository. It covers the major risks identified by experienced repository operators. The key risks are 2.1b, 2.3 and 2.8, and actions are recommended to reduce these risks to 'low' (scoring 6 or below out of a possible 25). If these actions are taken, establishing an Open Access Repository is truly a low risk operation.

This analysis does not specifically address benefits of an Open Access Repository, which can be found elsewhere. It is assumed that your institution has made an in-principle decision, at least.

Thanks to all the members of the international community of Open Access who contributed to this document.
date: 2006-03
date_type: published
publisher: Unpublished
institution: University of Tasmania
department: School of Computing
thesis_type: UNSPECIFIED
refereed: FALSE
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citation: Sale, AHJ (2006) Generic Risk Analysis - Open Access for your institution. Technical Report. Unpublished. (Unpublished)
document_url: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/266/1/Risk_Analysis-v1.0.pdf