Firstly, thank you to all Sherpa users who have been trying our new site and have provided us with feedback - all your comments are incredibly valuable and help us to improve the service we provide.

We've been busy over the last few months reviewing your comments and refining the design and functionality to help make the new Sherpa clearer. We're pleased to finally be able to release some of these changes to you:

• We've improved record pages across the site, making it easier to reach metadata and policy information.
• We've added a new 'Back to Search' link to our records to let you go straight back to your previous search.
• We've added links to our main menu to help you find key information and tools.
• We've improved messaging and notifications to help make the service clearer.
• We've removed repositories from our search on this new version in preparation for a forthcoming standalone OpenDOAR service. In the meantime, repository data can still be found on the existing Sherpa Services website: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/

We hope that these changes will further improve the new Sherpa Services website and we look forward to hearing your feedback. We are continuing to revise and refine as we move towards the full launch in autumn so please keep sending us your comments.

Thanks again for your continued support and feedback!