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Institutional repositories. a bluffer’s guide. Academic libraries and archives. Cataloguing Computerised catalogue databases (e.g. OPACS) Networked catalogue query protocols (e.g. Z39.50) Digital object storage Document and records management systems
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Institutional repositories a bluffer’s guide
Academic libraries and archives • Cataloguing • Computerised catalogue databases (e.g. OPACS) • Networked catalogue query protocols (e.g. Z39.50) • Digital object storage • Document and records management systems • Digital object repositories and archives (e.g. JSTOR)
Institutional repositories (IRs) • Capture, manage and preserve institutional output • Scholarly output • Theses • Dissertations • Peer-reviewed articles • Research • Datasets • Study materials • Administrative records • Web access to public content
Open access Research councils policy: The AHRC requires that funded researchers: • ensure deposit of a copy of any resultant articles published in journals or conference proceedings in appropriate repository • wherever possible, ensure deposit of the bibliographical metadata relating to such articles, including a link to the publisher’s website, at or around the time of publication http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/
IRs: discovery and access • Searching: metadata and full-text • Google Scholar • Strategic initiatives, e.g. • OAIster: “An Academic Hotbot” (2003) • OpenDOAR (2005 - JISC) • Custom integration initiatives • By region (e.g. White Rose - Yorkshire) • By subject/discipline • By other class (e.g. Ethos - theses online)
IRs and other web applications Integration with other applications using web platform and standards • Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) • Virtual Research Environments (VREs) and workspaces • Social and academic bookmarking (e.g. Del.icio.us, Cite-U-Like) • Social networking (e.g. Facebook, blogging)
Things you can do with IRs • Browse catalogue by date, subject, author, title, etc. • Search using simple or advanced forms • Get automated notification of new accessions by email or newsfeed (RSS) • Share links/objects among research team or study group • Manage references, bibliographies, citations Produce statistics for RAE
Some references • UniversitiesUK,Publishing research results: the challenges of open access (2007) • Research Councils UK ,http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/ Advice and support • SHERPA (advice and support) :http://www.sherpa.ac.uk • JISC Digital Repositories Programme:http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_digital_repositories.aspx Server software (Free/open source) • Dspace (MIT/HP)http://www.dspace.org • Eprints (Soton)http://www.eprints.org
End Richard Davis University of London Computer Centre r.davis@ulcc.ac.uk