The Depot

Mary Robinson

European Development Officer,SHERPA

University of Nottinghammary.robinson@nottingham.ac.uk

http://depot.edina.ac.uk/

RSP Sheffield Hallam Event6th February 2008

Overview

http://depot.edina.ac.uk

Purpose & background

• Short/medium term repository service

• Enables all UK academics to share in benefits of OA

• Enables all UK academics to meet the requirements of funder’s mandates

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Purpose & background

• Short/medium term repository service

• Enables all UK academics to share in benefits of OA

• Enables all UK academics to meet the requirements of funder’s mandates

• Assists existing institutional repositories (IR) to make their existence known to their users

• Assists developing IRs to populate their repository

Services

1. a re-direct service – to ensure that content that comes within the remit of an existing institutional

repository is correctly placed

2. an OAI-compliant repository– for eprints from researchers at institutions that do not currently have an IR.

3. a keep-safe service– ensuring eprints are kept safe in the interim period before all have IRs– supporting transfer of relevant content as new IRs are established

4. m2m access service– supports OA-PMH harvesting by service providers

http://depot.edina.ac.uk

at the front door

http://depot.edina.ac.uk/

“Put it in the Depot”

Depot homepage

Authentication

(Athens)IR Exists?

at the front door

http://depot.edina.ac.uk/

“Put it in the Depot”

Depot homepage

Authentication

(Athens)

YES

NO

Re-direct

to IR

IR Exists?

Register to use Depot

Depotdeposit

http://deposit.depot.edina.ac.uk

http://deposit.depot.edina.ac.uk

Future• Advocacy

– Researchers– Repository managers– Grants offices

• Continued Development– Deposit interface– Automated transfer service

• Contributing to International repository community

“Put it in the Depot”

http://depot.edina.ac.uk