UK PubMed CentralImplementation and Support

Rob Rowbotham, British Library

rob.rowbotham@bl.uk

Ross MacIntyre, MIMAS, The University of Manchester

ross.macintyre@manchester.ac.uk

What is UKPMC?

The UK-version of PubMed Central Offers the PubMed Central collection of ~1,000,000

full-text life science articles, freely available online irrespective of library holdings

US and UKPMC mirror each other’s content

Who provides UKPMC?

The British Library together with the University of Manchester and the European Bioinformatics Institute

The service is hosted by MIMAS, the national academic data centre

Who funds UKPMC?

The development of UKPMC is funded by principal funders of biomedical research in the UK

Overview

UKPMC Implementation

UKPMC Manuscript Submission System (UKMSS)

XML Conversion suppliers

Loading and managing grantees data

Setting up the help desk

UKPMC Implementation

UKMSS

OA

Document Ingest

Researchers

Authors

Publishers

XML, XML, HTMLHTML

SGML, SGML, XML, XML, HTMLHTML

Free public access

PDF, MS PDF, MS WordWord

PDFPDF

UKPMC = pPMC + SQL Database1st Production Instance

pPMC Web Application

PMC at NCBI

pPMC Database and Utilities

pPMCCollector

(C++)

SQL Database

NCBI Entrez

XMLArticle and

Table of ContentsXSLT

IIS(C++ CGI

and MSXML 4.0

SP2)

User

pPMC Modules

pPMC Loader

(C++ and Xerces)

Legend

NCBI Hosted Modules

Local Modules

pPMC Module

Database Data Flow

XSLT Transform

pPMC webUtil(C++)

Google and the sitemap hiatus

UKPMC Manuscript Submission System

Two routes to get manuscripts in to UKPMC:

1. Direct via publisher

e.g. publish in an open access journal

costs associated with ‘open access’ publishing met from research funding

2. Author - upload a copy of the final manuscript via the UK Manuscript Submission System

UK Manuscript Submission System

Go Live 8th January 2007

Distribution of usernames and passwords

XML Conversion service suppliers

UKMSS submissions accepted in various formats – mainly PDF and MS Word

Documents are converted to XML using specialist conversion service

Suppliers selected Oct 2006 – contract start 1st Jan 2007

Selection criteria – price, quality, speed, service level

Grantee Data Load

8 Funding bodies lead by Wellcome Trust

Grant data supplied - 9000+ Users, 16000+ Grants in total

Load to the UKMSS Admin system

Distribution of usernames and passwords

Updates

Phase 2 – Implementation of Microsoft CRM

The Help Desk

Core responsibilities:

XML Conversion service QA Help Desk support

Recruitment of staff

Training

Other tasks/Documentation

Contact us

UKPMC helpdesk ukpmc@bl.uk / 01937 546699 further information available @ ukpmc.ac.uk

We welcome feedback, we want to improve our service with your comments