SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is a project team, originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project.
This was an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open access institutional repositories based in UK universities. 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 the Un...
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SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is a project team, originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project.
This was an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open access institutional repositories based in UK universities. 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 the University of Nottingham, 33 research institutions and organisations comprise the SHERPA Partnership. The makeup of this partnership includes many if not all of the most research active and significant institutions in the UK and provide practitioner led experience to the project team.
SHERPA’s work in supporting open access and repositories on a nationals and international level was recognised in 2007 with the award of the SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communication
SHERPA is involved as a full or advisory partner...
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