Over the past three years the ARROW project has progressed from being an exercise in understanding the potential of institutional repositories to a project supporting and developing live repository software at a number of Australian institutions. As the project has progressed it has become evident that many new challenges will result from the establishment of repositories....
The ARROW project strongly believes that while the work done to date is sustainable, it would be advantageous to maintain the strong momentum currently in place to move repositories in Australia to the next level, and thus to better support research and regulatory needs. Therefore, the ARROW stage 2 project seeks to build upon work already done to ensure that: [a] The current members of the ARROW project are supported as they build their repositories. [b] Potential new members are advised on how to proceed and what to expect. [c] New ways of using repositories to maximise the potential use of the material stored in them are explored and implemented. [d] The experiences of current trials in using repositories for the RQF can be used to advise DEST on how they can be used to support the process. [e] The experiences of current trials in using repositories for the RQF can be used to advise universities on how they can be used to support the process and meet DEST requirements. [f] Established relationships and partnerships are used to continue to develop repositories to maximize their effectiveness for members. [g] New partnerships are sought out to deal with emerging needs and new challenges. [h] Relevant infrastructure solutions, such as permanent identifiers, are investigated....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/04/2006 08:13:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
