Overview• Repository• Open Access to research• Research management• Symplectic Elements• Open Educational Resources (OER)• Integration

Repository

• 2311 records (research)• 419 full-text• 429 records (OER)• 40,521 unique visitors• 11,622 unique visitors (2012 to date)• Might be more (problems with metrics)• 171 countries/territories

Open Access to research

• Changing landscape• Finch report• Willetts announced move to full OA in 2

years!• Estimated cost to HE is £50 – 60 M• Institutional publishing

Research Management• Automatically retrieve bibliographic data • Web of Knowledge (WoS), Scopus, PubMed• Centralised admin (URO / faculty admin)• Import data from existing records (e.g.

EndNote)• Manage your own research profile• Upload full-text outputs directly to repository• Nominate papers for REF assessment

Symplectic

Elements

Open Educational Resources

• Harvest OER from elsewhere• Jorum• Search OER from across sector• EBSCO Discovery Service• EasyDeposit• Graduate Attributes

EasyDeposit