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