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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">SHERPA Services’ is excited to announce the launch of an upgraded version of SHERPA RoMEO (<a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo" target="_blank">www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo</a>) as part of ongoing improvements to the SHERPA RoMEO service. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The new version contains significant additions and improvements to RoMEO, and now provides:<u></u><u></u></p><p style="text-indent:36.0pt"><b>Increased Journal Coverage:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">
SHERPA-RoMEO now has its own Journals database containing over 18000 journals including many titles not covered by the other lists we use - Zetoc, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and ENTREZ<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">
<b>More up to Date:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">The new SHERPA RoMEO Journals database is faster than other lists in responding to new titles and journals that change publishers<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p style="text-indent:36.0pt"><b>More Accurate Journal Level Searching:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">The new journals database means that RoMEO identifies rights holders more accurately, especially where a commercial publisher is publishing on behalf of a society<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="text-indent:36.0pt"><b>More Search Options:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">In addition to searching for journals by title or ISSNs and publisher names, an advanced search option lets users search for publishers’ by RoMEO colour, RoMEO ID and RoMEO update date<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b>Electronic ISSNs:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">RoMEO now holds data on electronic ISSN’s in addition to print ISSN’s and users can search for both using the ISSN search field <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-indent:36.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="text-indent:36.0pt"><b>Faster Performance:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Technical upgrades have made many features work faster than before<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>About SHERPA-RoMEO <u></u><u></u></b></p><p><span>SHERPA-RoMEO uses a simple colour-code classification to </span><span>simplify complex publisher and journal policy information and provides impartial, easy to follow and accurate guidance on permissions and conditions of rights given to authors by journal publishers. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SHERPA-RoMEO offers users the ability to:<u></u><u></u></p><p style="line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span>View summaries of publishers' and journal copyright policies in relation to self-archiving<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span>View if publisher and journal policies comply with research funder </span><span>archiving policies, mandates and guidelines</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span>To search journal and publisher information by Journal Title, Publisher Name, ISSN and eSSN<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, SHERPA-RoMEO provides lists of<u></u><u></u></p><p style="line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span>Publishers that allow the use of their PDFs in Institutional Repositories<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span>Publisher with Paid Options<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SHERPA-RoMEO is seen as an essential resource by many in the Open Access community. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This development work is funded by <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/" target="_blank">JISC</a>. Journal information is kindly provided by the British Library's <a href="http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Zetoc</a> service hosted by MIMAS, the Directory of Open Access Journals (<a href="http://www.doaj.org/" target="_blank">DOAJ</a>) hosted by Lund University Libraries, and the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/citmatch_help.html#JournalLists" target="_blank">Entrez</a> journal list hosted by the NCBI.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About SHERPA Services’</b><u></u><u></u></p><p><span>SHERPA Services’ are based at the <a href="http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Centre for Research Communications</a></span><span>, </span><span>University of Nottingham and maintain on behalf of the open access community a portfolio of services: <a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/" target="_blank">RoMEO</a>, <a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/" target="_blank">JULIET</a> and <a href="http://www.opendoar.org/" target="_blank">OpenDOAR</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/index.php" target="_blank">Centre for Research Communications</a> (CRC) was formed in April 2009, to help to support and inform the changes and new ideas in the way that research is communicated around the world. The CRC houses a portfolio of open access projects and initiatives currently undertaken by the University of Nottingham.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span>OpenDOAR<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span><a href="http://www.opendoar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.opendoar.org/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span>RoMEO<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo" target="_blank">http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span>JULIET</span></p><p><a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/">http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/</a> <br>
<span></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span>JISC<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span><a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.jisc.ac.uk/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p>
<span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>For all enquiries regarding RoMEO please contact: </b><a href="mailto:romeo@sherpa.ac.uk" target="_blank"><b>romeo@sherpa.ac.uk</b></a><b><u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<i>15<sup>th</sup> August 2011<u></u><u></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jane H Smith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">BSc (hons), MSc, MCLIP<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SHERPA Services Development Officer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 01159514341<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Centre for Research Communications<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Greenfield Medical Library<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Queens Medical Centre<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">University of Nottingham<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NG7 2UH<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">CRC <a href="http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">RoMEO <a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo" target="_blank">www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">JULIET <a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet" target="_blank">www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Open</i>DOAR <a href="http://www.opendoar.org" target="_blank">www.opendoar.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><br>