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Introduction

In May 2017, the George A. Smathers Libraries ([Libraries] http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/) at the University of Florida ([UF] http://www.ufl.edu/) and Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) delivered Phase I of a pilot project intended to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of articles by UF researchers who have published in Elsevier journals. Beginning in April 2016, the collaboration provided metadata with article links automatically delivered to UF's Institutional Repository, ([IR@UF] http://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/ir) in the IR@UF-Elsevier Collection (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ielsevier).

The IR@UF-Elsevier Collection is a strategic collaboration between UF and Elsevier. The project addresses shared library and publisher needs for integrated systems to meet common goals including:

* improving compliance with current and future funder policies;

* facilitating efficient, responsible sharing of scholarly journal articles through university institutional repositories;

* broadening awareness of UF scholarship; and,

* improving public access.

Additionally, the Libraries sought to create automated download and ingest workflows that would require no more maintenance than most library databases or digital collections.

To confirm that the Phase I workflows established by the Libraries' technology and digital services teams and Elsevier's project team provided an effective search for users, the Libraries conducted usability testing with research and teaching faculty, librarians, library technology administrators and UF graduate students. This confirmed that the system design provided seamless navigation to the ScienceDirect platform from within the IR@UF. Key findings indicated that users understood the labels, text and images selected to guide them to published versions of articles by UF authors.

However, as noted in the article describing the pilot project, (1) Phase I did not provide access to UF-authored articles for all IR users. Some users in the academic scholarly communications community criticized the IR@UF-Elsevier collection because it did not deliver content to those users not affiliated with a subscribing institution, or to those who may not be searching using an affiliated institution's network. To address this criticism, the Libraries and Elsevier embarked on a second phase of the project that developed an option for users to obtain a UF author's searchable and downloadable accepted manuscript for their personal use.

Phase II, Accepted Manuscripts for the Institutional Repository (AM4IR), implements the features and workflows developed to provide access to full-text manuscript versions of papers published from 2013 forward to all repository users not affiliated with a subscribing library. Full-text, UF-authored accepted manuscripts are now available to the user through a search conducted in the IR@UF. The Libraries conducted user and usability testing of this cross-platform user experience and assessed author and reader preferences for access to the accepted manuscript and final version of the articles.

This article describes the project's current status, the Phase II workflows, the user experience feedback, what the overall project currently delivers, and next steps including expansion to include articles by UF authors from other publishers. It concludes with a strategic discussion on the impact, alternative applications of this type of access, and the priorities negotiated by the library and publisher collaborators.

IR@UF--Elsevier project update

The IR@UF currently contains metadata and links for over 42,000 articles by UF authors that were published in Elsevier journals between 1949 and 2018. This collection provides access to published versions of UF-authored articles on ScienceDirect for UF-affiliated users and other users with access via any subscribing institution. This important feature enables tracking and reporting of article usage while creating a new type of resource by which researchers can more easily access UF-authored articles published by Elsevier with just a search of the IR@UF. …