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Mir@bel

Mir@bel refers to both the collaborative database designed to gather and make the most of the information available online about trade magazines and the network of professionals (documentalists, librarians, editors) who contribute to it. Created in 2009, the knowledge base initially focused on SHS journals but has since been extended to other STM disciplines (Science, Technology, and Medicine) in line with the needs and investments of network members. Interconnections with various journal portals, library tools and information systems such as Sherpa Romeo have multiplied since its creation.

Mir@bel
Type of site
Collaborative database to increase the access to online journal content
Available inFrench
Founded2009
HeadquartersLyon
URLreseau-mirabel.info

History

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Mir@bel - for "Mutualisation d'Informations sur les Revues et leurs Accès dans les Bases En Ligne" - was founded in 2009 on the initiative of three establishments:[1] Sciences Po Lyon, Sciences Po Grenoble and ENS de Lyon, the project having emerged within their libraries. In 2016, the Dijon School of Humanities (MSH Dijon, CNRS / uB) and the École nationale des travaux publics de l'État (ENTPE) joined the network's pilot institutions, replacing the Diderot Library of ENS Lyon.

The Mir@bel prototype was presented at a "Workshop on sharing systems for reporting journal content in the humanities and social sciences" on 27 November 2008 in Lyon.[1]

A second version (with a new interface and new functions) was introduced in 2012. In March 2017, the network announced the release of its content under an open licence, and then, in April 2020, the application's source code was released under the Affero GPL licence and placed on GitLab.

In 2020, under the guidance of the Committee for Open Science, Mir@bel formed a partnership with the Jisc team that developed the Sherpa Romeo database.[2] A working group has been set up for this purpose,[3] led by Bernard Teissier.[4][5] In February 2022, a service for declaring publication policies was launched,[6][7] for French scientific journals, led by a moderation group within the Mir@bel network.

In 2020[8] and 2023,[9] the Mir@bel network has twice won the call for projects from the French National Open Science Fund (FNSO), under the coordination of Sophie Fotiadi.[10]

Content

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The Mir@bel database, dedicated to scientific journals in the humanities and social sciences (SHS) for a long time, has gradually been enriched with publications from other disciplines in the sciences, technology and medicine (STM), as well as professional journals, magazines and newspapers.[11]

This database's thematic coverage is intrinsically linked to the needs and investments of the network members who contribute to it. For example, the libraries of political science establishments[12] have used it to provide online access to journals in this discipline, as have the librarians of the architecture school network[13] and the members of the Frantiq network for journals in archaeology and the ancient sciences.[14]

The journals listed here are mainly English- or French-language, but also Spanish- or German-language, and two-thirds are bilingual. And they are both active publications and those that have ceased publication.

The database created in 2009 began by indicating where to find the full text of articles, issue summaries, article abstracts and bibliographic references online for each journal.[15] It has evolved to include a number of additional bounce-backs providing access to a journal's entire online environment.[16]

Thanks to automated updates from several distribution platforms[17] (referred to as resources in Mir@bel) such as Cairn. info, Érudit, OpenEdition, Persée, and publishers' platforms or journal incubators[18] federated within the Repères network, as well as individual monitoring work by network members and strengthened partnerships[19][20][21] with the Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur (ABES) and the Centre ISSN France,[22][23] the Mir@bel network plays a role in the quality of journal metadata at the source.[21][24]

Since 2022, more than a hundred publishers (publishing houses, learned societies,[25] laboratories with publishing activities, etc.) have benefited from the Mir@bel publication policy declaration service.[3]

In 2024, more than 20,000 journals were reported, including 6,000 updated daily.[26]

Organisation and operation

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The Mir@bel network does not have its own legal structure.[27] In 2024, it will be steered by 4 institutions: Sciences Po Lyon, Sciences Po Grenoble, MSH Dijon and ENTPE, which will be responsible for setting the direction and an annual roadmap, in conjunction with an "operational steering committee" open to partner members who wish to get involved.

Two types of partnerships can be entered into to participate in the network:

  • A partnership agreement is signed between the member institutions, with Sciences Po Lyon acting on behalf of the other pilot institutions;
  • A more flexible partnership for publishers in the form of a letter of commitment.[28]

The database is fed in 3 ways by:

  • monitoring partners within institutions that have signed an agreement, mainly represented by university libraries or other documentation services;[29]
  • publishing partners representing public and private publishing houses, as well as a number of laboratories that have developed a publishing activity;
  • resource partners, essentially distribution platforms with which updates have been automated.

The network's operations and database are based on the sharing and pooling of information from journals.[30][31]Several dozen French-language libraries and institutions use it and check its content.[27]

The interface has been developed by SILECS, an IT services company specialising in open source solutions. The knowledge base was funded from the outset by the Rhône-Alpes Region, and over the last few years has received new funding from prize-winning projects[32] and institutional financial support.[33]

Examples of applications and interconnections

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Presentation diagram of the data production at Mirabel (March 2023)

In order to enhance library catalogues, a webservice enables Mir@bel data to be automatically retrieved from integrated library management systems (SIGB) such as Koha, Syracuse,[34] C3RB or PMB.[35]

Among its features, Mir@bel integrates the identifiers of numerous external authority databases and provides rebound links to them. These include: JSTOR, Cairn, Érudit, Persée, OpenEdition Journals, Sherpa/Romeo, DOAJ and Wikidata.

Mir@bel has deployed a publication policy declaration service for French scientific journals, intended to feed the Sherpa Romeo database and, by extension, the HAL open archive.[36]

The Mir@bel2022 project, supported by the FNSO,[8] brings together 14 partners committed to "cooperating to facilitate the referencing of open access journals in the DOAJ and to contribute to improving the sharing of metadata on scientific journals and their editorial structures".[2]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b André, Christine (2009). "Mutualisation du signalement des contenus de périodiques en sciences humaines et sociales". Bulletin des bibliothèques de France (in French) (2): 116-117. ISSN 0006-2006. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Fotiadi, Sophie (2023). "Le réseau Mir@bel, acteur du référencement des revues". Arabesques (in French) (108): 21. doi:10.35562/arabesques.3158. ISSN 2108-7016.
  3. ^ a b "Politiques de publication et auto-archivage". Ouvrir la Science (in French). 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ "L'équipe du groupe de travail "Politiques de publication et auto-archivage"". Ouvrir la Science. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ Teissier, Bernard (2023). "Bernard Teissier, responsable du Centre de ressources documentaires et numérique de l'ENTPE, copilote du réseau Mir@bel". Arabesques (in French) (108): 28. doi:10.35562/arabesques.3171. ISSN 2108-7016.
  6. ^ "Lancement du service Mir@bel de déclaration des politiques de diffusion d'articles en accès ouvert". Ouvrir la Science (in French). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ Teissier, Bernard; Thomas, Armelle (2021). "Déclaration des politiques des revues scientifiques françaises : un nouveau service via Mir@bel et Sherpa Romeo". HAL (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Mir@bel2022". Ouvrir la Science (in French). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Mir@AO". Ouvrir la Science (in French). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ "CV de Sophie Fotiadi". HAL (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ^ Fichot, Aurélie (15 December 2017). "Mir@bel : tout l'univers des revues à portée de clic". Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde (in French) (22–04). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  12. ^ Fichot, Aurélie (2023). "Politique éditoriale des revues. Des outils pour mieux appréhender cet écosystème complexe". MagAFSP (in French) (5): 32-33. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via calameo.com.
  13. ^ Avisse, Cyrielle; Bernardie, Yannick (2023). "ArchiRès/Mir@bel : un partenariat qui valorise la science ouverte en architecture". Culture et Recherche (in French) (144): 124–125. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via HAL.
  14. ^ Descollonges, Amélie; Chebance, Marie (2023). "Rev@ntiq, un service pour les chercheurs : Outil de veille sur les revues de références en sciences de l'Antiquité et archéologie". HAL (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  15. ^ Dépouillement : Le dépouillement des périodiques : sa valeur ajoutée et sa mutualisation. L'expérience en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (PDF) (in French). 2014. pp. 15–17..
  16. ^ Fotiadi, Sophie (23 February 2015). "Mir@bel : une porte d'entrée sur l'univers en ligne des revues!". Information Skills Forum. Initiated by the working group for the Promotion of the Development of Information Skills (PDCI) of the Université du Québec network. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Un partenariat avec Mir@bel pour référencer les épi-revues". CCSD (in French). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  18. ^ "108 | 2023 - Pépinières de revues en bibliothèques". Arabesques (in French). 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Retour sur un an de partenariat entre Mir@bel et l'Abes". Puntokomo, ABES technical blog. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  20. ^ "IdRef : chantier qualité autour des notices d'autorité Collectivités pour les besoins de Mir@bel". Puntokomo, ABES technical blog. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  21. ^ a b Bleesz, Delphine; Parra, Morgane (1 January 2023). "BACON, facilitateur du signalement des périodiques en libre accès dans les outils de découverte et dans le Sudoc". Arabesques (in French) (108): 22. doi:10.35562/arabesques.3160. ISSN 2108-7016.
  22. ^ "Le saviez-vous ? Le signalement des revues françaises en ligne est désormais enrichi et valorisé par l'import d'un lien vers Mir@bel". Actualités du catalogue, BNF (53). 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  23. ^ Mistral, Julie; Parra, Morgane (4 March 2024). "Promoting ISSN assignment on a national and global scale. Thanks to a unique partnership between the Abes networks and ISSN International Center (CIEPS)". pp. 15–17. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10776447. Retrieved 9 July 2024. The Mir@bel network's contribution
  24. ^ Stephen, Dimity; Stahlschmidt, Stephan (2022). Landscape study of small journal publishers for the Knowledge Exchange Task & Finish Group for « Small Publishers and the Transition to Open Access ». Berlin: German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW). p. 40. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7258049. [...] As such, we recommend that future studies aiming to expand the coverage of small publishers examine alternate data sources [...] such as DataCite. Nationally-oriented data sources, e.g. Mir@bel for France ...
  25. ^ "Assemblée générale ordinaire 2021 du 24 mars 2022 et renouvellement du conseil d'administration". Journal de la Société des Océanistes (in French). 154 (154): 221–230. 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024. Nous mettrons aussi nos données à jour dans Mir@bel (base de connaissance de revues scientifiques) qui offrira, d'ici peu, une chaîne de traitement permettant aux revues de déclarer leur politique en matière de science ouverte via un compte ; Mir@bel vérifiera ensuite le dossier et le transmettra à sherpa romeo ainsi qu'à d'autres bases de données bibliographiques. Il sera possible de mettre à jour les données dans Mir@bel en fonction de l'évolution de la politique d'accès de la revue.
  26. ^ Fichot, Aurélie (15 December 2017). "Mir@bel : tout l'univers des revues à portée de clic". Le français à l'université. Bulletin des départements de français dans le monde (in French) (22–04). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  27. ^ a b Vazquez, Anabel; Fotiadi, Sophie (15 April 2020). "Une veille collaborative au service des revues : l'exemple du réseau Mir@bel" (PDF). Documentation et bibliothèques (in French). 65 (4): 34–45. doi:10.7202/1068660ar. ISSN 2291-8949.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  28. ^ "Améliorer sa veille dans Mir@bel pour les partenaires éditeurs". 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via Vimeo.
  29. ^ Uhlrich, Claire; Simoncelli, Claire (2023). "Réseau Mir@bel : utiliser Mir@bel comme un résolveur de liens, pour gérer l'accès aux revues en ligne" (in French). doi:10.5281/zenodo.8031605. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via Zenodo.
  30. ^ "Retour sur la Biennale du numérique 2015 | Métiers du livre (4/4) : Métadonnées et signalement | Enssib" (PDF). www.enssib.fr. Retrieved 24 March 2016..
  31. ^ "Mir@bel, un portail sur les revues" (PDF). La lettre Resacoop (in French) (84): 4. 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Le Fonds national pour la science ouverte". Ouvrir la Science. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Campagne 2024 de soutien aux initiatives en faveur de la science ouverte". Couperin. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  34. ^ "L'INSP va plus loin dans la mutualisation des revues scientifiques grâce à Syracuse et Mir@bel". Archimag.com (in French). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  35. ^ "Connecteur Mir@bel". PMB Services (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  36. ^ "Des nouveautés pour l'affichage des politiques des éditeurs". CCSD (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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