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Re: [EP-tech] coversheets

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Hi Tomasz,

 

That change was due to a historical issue – at that time we were trying out all types of measures to get our records into GS, and one assumption was that the coversheet-covered document could be a culprit.

 

At the end it was something different on the GS side.

 

We didn’t roll back this change because it saves some CPU power (not having to trigger the coversheet creation) and network bandwidth.

 

Kind regards,

 

Martin

 

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Dr. Martin Brändle
Zentrale Informatik
Universität Zürich
Pfingstweidstrasse 60B
CH-8005 Zürich

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Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024 at 21:10
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Subject: Re: [EP-tech] coversheets

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Thank you, Will, that's helpful.  This plugin has a condition in the code that sends Google indexer to the "original" PDF that doesn't have a cover page, right?  

Was there a reason for that change?  Did it cause problems with Google indexer to have the PDF with the cover page?

 

Another follow-up question, if we're adding a cover page, wouldn't it also make sense to then add metadata to the PDF file (in the description of it, so that would be the author names, title, etc.)?

 

Tomasz

 

 

 

 

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Digital Projects & Systems Development Librarian / Bibliothécaire des Projets Numériques & Développement de Systèmes
Concordia University / Université Concordia

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Subject: Re: [EP-tech] coversheets

 

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Hi Tomasz,

 

There is an alternative coversheets plugin at https://github.com/eprintsug/coversheets-latex/tree/data_checking which we use at CoSector. This one uses LaTeX for its coverpages (which may be a downside!) and regretfully the documentation isn't super up to date. But if you are familiar with LaTeX it's not too tricky to get up and running hopefully.

 

As to why people are keen to have coverpages, I'm not so sure! I've always been under the impression it's a way for institution's to brand some content as coming from their repository and being affiliated with the institution, but I imagine there are also some Google Scholar indexing benefits too. 

 

Many thanks,

 

Will

 

 

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Subject: [EP-tech] coversheets

 

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A question for the community: would you recommend the coversheets plugin?

The code hasn't been updated since 2014, so is it working well?

What are the main advantages/disadvantages of it?

More specifically, does it make it easier for Google Scholar to index the content?

Is it a practical way to satisfy some publisher requirements that demand a coverpage statement like this?

 

Thank you for any comments on this!

 

Tomasz

 

 

 

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Tomasz Neugebauer
Senior Librarian | Bibliothécaire titulaire
Digital Projects & Systems Development Librarian / Bibliothécaire des Projets Numériques & Développement de Systèmes
Concordia University / Université Concordia

Tel. / Tél. 514-848-2424 ext. / poste 7738
Email / courriel: tomasz.neugebauer@concordia.ca

Mailing address / adresse postale: 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-03, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
Street address / adresse municipale: 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-03, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8

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