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.

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• 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.