Hannah PayneRepository Support Officer, WRN

WRN Start- Up project – 2007-2009 Money for hardware Assistance with installation Support and guidance

Repository in all 12 Welsh HEIs

100% coverage across country Case Studies

JISC funding – 2009-2011 Build on current infrastructure Encourage deposit Continued support and assistance Exploration and experimentation Mediated Deposit Bureau Welsh Thesis Harvesting Service

Mechanism for storing, managing and accessing digital content◦A database with a web front end

Academic tool◦Bibliographic database◦Full- content items ◦Web searchable

Web searchable◦Available anywhere◦Indexing by popular search engines◦Specialist OA search engines

Wider readership◦No access barriers◦No subscription or other costs

Increased visibility◦Wider audience for research dissemination◦Faster dissemination of work◦Up to date CVs & webpages

Increased impact◦Earlier citation◦Higher citations rates◦Sustained citation rates

Increased recognition

E-theses◦EThOS◦NLW Welsh research portal

Reputation building

Publishing opportunities

Marketing showcase◦New students◦New staff

Research collaboration◦Internal/ external to University◦With businesses

Academic Expertise for Business Portal

AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC etc.SHERPA JULIET

◦Open Access Archiving

◦Open Access Publishing

◦Data Archiving Policies

Management information tool◦Research reporting◦ REF

Collection stewardship◦Consistency of data collected◦Economies of scale

Hannah PayneRepository Support Officer, WRN

www.wrn.aber.ac.uk

01970 628490