Services to support repository managers

From OAD

• This is a list of online services to help repository managers share experiences, ideas, tips, solutions, and best practices.

• Related lists on OAD: (1) Discussion forums, (2) Free and open-source repository software, (3) Wikis about OA.

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• AuseAccess wiki. Launched by Arthur Sale. For repository managers in the Australasian region.

• CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service (CAIRSS). From the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).

• Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). An international outgrowth of DRIVER.

• Discussion lists
  • DSpace-General. From DSpace. Discussions about non-technical aspects of building and running a DSpace repository.
  • REPOMAN-L. A list for repository managers.

• DRIVER Wiki. From DRIVER (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research). DRIVER also hosts the Mentor program.

• EPrints Community. From EPrints.

• Fedora Wiki. From Fedora Commons.

• Institutional Repository Community - ANZ. Launched by Alison Hunter. Primarily for repository managers in Australia and New Zealand.

• International Repositories Infrastructure wiki.

• Repositories Support Project. From JISC.

• UKCoRR (UK Council of Research Repositories). From SHERPA. Also see SHERPA's Advice page.

• Version Identification Framework. A framework of solutions for repository managers to version identification problems concerning most object types in repositories. From JISC.