Library Intelligencer

 http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/

OAKList is an online database of information about the copyright policies of Australian publishers of scholarly journals:  http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library is pleased to announce a new simplified process for people wishing to contribute new information to the OAKList database.

The database was established by the OAK Law Project in 2007 (under the leadership of Professor Brian Fitzgerald) to supplement the information about the copyright policies of European, American and International publishers available from the indispensible SHERPA-RoMEO database in the UK.
The goal was to create a database that could be populated with content and maintained collaboratively, by institutional repository managers. The Project was funded by the Australian Government (DEEWR)

When the Project concluded in November 2008, QUT Library agreed to take over the management of OAKList for an additional seven months to extend the coverage (i.e. the number of publishers covered by the database) and to streamline the workflow for content contributors.

Now, anyone with information to contribute (about a publisher’s copyright
policy) can submit the information via a simple webform. The form can be accessed via a link on the OAKList website. Current records can also be updated with new information via an ‘Update’ form that can be accessed via a link in each record.

New and updated records will be ‘peer reviewed’ by members of the Australian Institutional Repository community (using guidelines drafted by legally qualified project staff). The peer review process will be facilitated by CAIRSS (CAUL – Australian Institutional Repository Support Service).

OAKList now contains policy information for 268 Australian publishers and
570+ Australian journals. An additional 300+ publishers have been
570+ contacted
and asked to supply information about their policies.

OAKList offers an API for integration into repository workflows and interfaces with the SHERPA-RoMEO database and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access
Journals) making it a potential one stop-shop for Australian repository managers.

For more information about OAKList, please contact Paula Callan ( p.callan at qut.edu.au).