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BICTEL/e : a multi-institutional repository project in French-speaking Belgium

BICTEL/e : a multi-institutional repository project in French-speaking Belgium. Charles-Henri Nyns Université catholique de Louvain <nyns@sceb.ucl.ac.be>. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique, a.s.b.l. (BICfB)

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BICTEL/e : a multi-institutional repository project in French-speaking Belgium

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  1. BICTEL/e : a multi-institutional repository project in French-speaking Belgium Charles-Henri Nyns Université catholique de Louvain <nyns@sceb.ucl.ac.be>

  2. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique, a.s.b.l. (BICfB) • Created in 2000 on behalf of the Conference of Rectors • Funded by the Communauté française and the universities • Mission : « stimulate the collaboration especially as regarding the common acquisition of electronic resources and the development and adoption of common tools »

  3. BICfB : common acquisitions • Pros • More resources (bibliographies, electronic journals) • Better prices • Enhanced access • Better licenses • Cons • Consolidation of market power • No way back ? • Big players evict smaller ones (inelastic market)

  4. BICTEL/e : a multi institutional repository project Subject based service Belgian Harvester ? Harvester CfB University A University B Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 OAI OAI e-prints e-prints ETD ETD

  5. Pros NDLTD and OAI compatible Respect of specificities sort by Department identification of jury members confidentiality issues Cons 2 systems Lack of subject classification with ETD EPrints vs ETD ? EPrints and ETD !

  6. Specifities Mostly hardly distributed Original subjects Studies that go deep into a subject Time intensive More than peer-reviewed Why hardly distributed ? To specialised Not written to be read Risk for publishers Traditional publication needs rewriting and adaptation Theses : a special kind of publications

  7. How to promote institutional repositories ? • Start with interested people • Show that it works, that it ’s used • Double posting enhances visibility • Better solution for archiving and security issues • Lots of publishers accept archives • Talk to the people

  8. Contact <dardenne@sceb.ucl.ac.be> <nyns@sceb.ucl.ac.be> • BICTEL/e project <http://edoc.bib.ucl.ac.be> (prototype)

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