Introducing the Repositories Support Project RSP

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Introducing theRepositories Support Project(RSP)

• Stuart Lewis

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Aim

• . . . to progress the vision of a deployed
  network of inter-working repositories for
  academic papers, learning materials and research
  data across the UK . . .

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Partners

• SHERPA, University of Nottingham
• University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• UKOLN, University of Bath
• Digital Curation Centre
• University of Southampton

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Objectives

• More

support repositories to be fit for purpose,
standardised and sustainable
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Guiding principles

• Open Access
• Repository establishment
• Use by researchers
• Re-use by service providers
• Research management
• Open standards

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Drivers

• Research eprints
• Conference papers
• Data
• Learning objects
• Etheses
• and more . . .

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Whats on offer?
High level representation Funding councils /
publishers etc
Repository establishment Technical
Support DSpace ePrints
High-level advocacy Presentations /
materialsaimed at senior managers
Encourage use Presentations / materialsfor
researchers / teachers
Grassroots advocacy Presentations /
materialsfor researchers / teachers
Encourage re-use Presentations / materialsfor
service providers
Repository Administrators Support to run
repositories (e.g. preservation)
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Support provision

• Website - http//www.rsp.ac.uk/
• Email / telephone support (ad-hoc)
• Visits (seminars, tech support etc)
• Repository events
• Talks / workshops at conferences
• Summer school for repository administrators

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Repositories Support Project
http//www.rsp.ac.uk/