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Cover sheets considered harmful

Issue title: Mining the Digital Information Networks

Guest editors: Niklas LavessonGuest Editor, Peter LindeGuest Editor and Panayiota PolydoratouGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tonkin, Emma L.a; * | Taylor, Stephaniea | Tourte, Gregory J.L.b

Affiliations: [a] UKOLN, The University of Bath, Bath, UK | [b] School of Geographical Sciences, The University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Institutional repositories, cover sheets, survey, copyright, text analysis

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-130705

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 129-137, 2013

Published: 30 October 2013
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Abstract

The spread of the cover sheet is a divisive phenomenon. Their appearance is geographically bound and their content situated in the local political and financial context. In this article we discuss the arguments for and against the coversheet in its guise as a fixture on institutional repository preprints, exploring the issue through statistical information gathered from survey material. We lay out the reasoning behind the use of cover sheets in the United Kingdom and discuss their prevalence and the underlying trends.

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