Maximizing the Impact of
Institutional Knowledge at IITA
Using CGSpace
Alan Orth
Ibadan, Nigeria, 22 October 2015

CGIAR Open Access and Open Data
http://www.cgiar.org/resources/open/, Retrieved October 22, 2015

CGIAR Science
Council in 2008:
Research
benefits must
travel across
borders
Access to Public Goods, Long on CGIAR Agenda
https://r4dconsult.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/international-public-goods-research/,
Retrieved October 22, 2015

BMGF Open Access Policy
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Open-Access-Policy,
Retrieved October 22, 2015
Strict open
access policy as
of January 1,
2015

DSpace Helps Make Information “F.A.I.R”
• Free: no subscriptions, “paywalls”, etc
• Accessible: is publicly available
• Indexed: can be found in search engines
• Reusable: has a permissive license

What is DSpace?
• Open-source software package for creating
digital repositories
• Driven by demands to have all outputs and
products available and accessible
• Stewarded by DuraSpace with input from the
user and developer communities
• Not a “library” management system

The Road to “CGSpace”
• Before: InMagic, physical library
• 2009: ILRI launches Mahider—meaning
“repository” in Amharic
• 2010: Other CGIAR research centers and
programs join our platform and share costs
• 2011: Rebranded as “CGSpace”
• 2015: 8 CGIAR centers, 5 CRPs, ~50,000 items,
~200k visitors per month

“CGSpace” in October, 2015

ORCiD For Author IDs
• Open Researcher and Contributor ID
• Attempt to solve the “name ambiguity”
problem:
● Alan Orth
● Orth, A
● Orth, A.S.
● Orth, Alan
• ORCID uses unique identifiers
• Alan Orth→0000-0002-1735-7458

Alan Orth’s ORCID profile, listing institutional affiliations and works

ORCID IDs linked in CGSpace items

Increasing Visibility With CGSpace
• Primary location for institutional outputs
(No posting PDFs on corporate website!)
• Integrate with external websites like Google
Scholar, Research Gate, Facebook, Twitter,
blogs, etc
(Direct ALL traffic to CGSpace!)

CCAFS publications website, powered by CGSpace

“Latest outputs” on ILRI homepage, fed by CGSpace

“Latest outputs” on project blog, fed by CGSpace

Quantifying visibility via repository statistics

Top authors, their co-authors,
collaborating institutions, and CRPs
they work in

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