From: Natalia N <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 18:58:05 -0600

Dear all,

The Open Access Button <https://openaccessbutton.org/about> creates
library-aligned tools and resources that make it easier to do research
without subscriptions. During our day to day work, we have noticed that
authors struggle with finding the right copy of their research to archive,
and we know from collaborations with the repository community that we are
not alone. We decided to create guides that are specifically designed to
help researchers understand how to properly self-archive. The guides are a
resource for the community, and we encourage all to share and reuse them.

The first guide contains visual examples to help authors identify how
preprint, postprints and versions of record look, how to find each version
and check if that version can be legally shared online.  You can view it
and contribute online at openaccessbutton.org/versions-explained . The
second set of guides, available for most major journals, provide simple to
follow instructions for authors to obtain an Author Accepted Manuscript
from their Journal Submission System, where the AAM is stored during the
publishing process. These guides are soon to be launched, if you are
interested in giving feedback, let me know to share the final release copy
of the document with you.

Our current next steps for the guides include refining their content,
moving it to stand-alone pages, adding images, supporting data on which
journals use which submission systems and A/B testing success with the
guides. We’ll also be integrating them into our deposit pages, which
already provide a route for authors to deposit and archive content legally
without meta-data entry or policy checking.

The guides are possible thanks to the feedback and contributions from
librarians and members of the community who have taken the time to chat
with us and share their experiences. If you are a institutional repository
librarian, if you work closely with authors, or if you have ever asked for
content in behalf of authors we'd love to hear and learn from you. If you
are interested in learning more about our efforts and find ways to
collaborate, reply to this email or email me at [log in to unmask]


Let me know if you have any questions, We'd be happy to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Natalia Norori

Open Access Button Request Manager


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Natalia Norori
Request Manager - Open Access Button <http://openaccessbutton.org/>