Transition from repositories to an Institutional Repository

 

Bibliotheek Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap

Library of Theology and Religious Studies

The objective of this project is to enhance the visibility of the research publications of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (GGW) via Repository and MePa.

The following apply to all publications:

  1. As quickly as possible
  2. Error-free
  3. Bibliographical metadata
  4. Full text: mandatory ‘depositing’, in accordance with Erasmus University Rotterdam model, which the Board of the University of Groningen intends to look into.

‘Efficiency’: efficient, integrated workflow for the research registration system Metis and the Repository.

  1. Researcher enters metadata and full text
  2. Library provides data-entry support
  3. Checking by the Library
  4. Presentation via Repository and MePa
  5. GGW policy officer carries out final checks

To this end, we wish to conduct a pilot study at GGW using Personal METIS. The product needs to be improved for this purpose. Improvements are expected to be completed in January 2012. Arjen van der Knijff has carried out a study of the future of our repository software. His advice is that we should stop using customized software (Wildfire), and that the two most suitable alternatives are Dspace and Eprints, both Open Source products that are used by other institutions. Johannes Nicolai will lead the follow-up project, in which the final decision will be taken and a migration plan drawn up.

Jan Feringa