Services to support repository managers

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.


 * 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.


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


 * Building a Digital Repository Program with Limited Resources. A TA book by Abby Clobridge, Chandos Publishing, 2010.


 * 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.


 * DINI Working Group Electronic Publishing brings together experts for repository-related issues and maintains an array of services such as the DINI Certificate for Document and Publication Services or OA Network which supports repositories in the certification process


 * German Information Platform Open Access.net The platforms collects information, news and support material for several stakeholder groups of OA, including repository operators.


 * Digital Repository Federation in Japan (partly in English) (DRF).


 * 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 Communication Platform (IRCP). From the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the Association of African Universities (AAU).


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


 * International Repositories Infrastructure wiki.


 * From JISC:
 * Repositories Support Project.
 * Also see RSP's repository manager buddying scheme.
 * Also see the RSP wiki, for example, its list of "objections or issues that are commonly raised with respect to depositing publications in institutional repositories [along with] some possible arguments for overcoming these objections."
 * Digital Repositories InfoKit. Launched February 2010.
 * JISCrte project. "The JISC Repositories: take-up and embedding projects (#JISCrte) aim to improve institutional services that rely on the repository by enabling take-up of the lessons and benefits from the most successful repository applications, tools and good practice."


 * Kultur II Group. "Researchers and repository managers engaging with arts research deposit."  From the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), a Research Centre at the University for the Creative Arts.


 * From SHERPA:
 * Advice
 * Guidance & Advocacy Materials from SHERPA's Partners & Affiliates
 * Repository Staff and Skills Set
 * UKCoRR (UK Council of Research Repositories).


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