This webinar will provide an overview of the features of the open source EPrints repository software. It will showcase its functionality and demonstrate how it is used by institutions like the the University of Glasgow to support open access and make our research more readily available.

1. An overview of EPrints : The
University of Glasgow's Experience
William J Nixon
Head of Digital Services, University of Glasgow

2. An EPrints repository is a set of services offered to
all the members of an institution for open access,
preservation, scholarly collections, teaching, e-learning,
e-publishing, data sharing, collaboration,
administrative reporting, research management,
publicity, marketing, digital profile enhancement,
research assessment

3. With thanks to Prof Les Carr

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EPrints
• EPrints was developed at the School of Electronics and Computer
Science, University of Southampton, UK.
• Open source software, freely available
• First released in 2001, EPrints 3 launched in 2007
–Current version 3.3.12 (EPrints 4 due in coming year)
• 400+ known archives are running EPrints worldwide.
• Active User Community
–EPrints Wiki
–EPTech-Mailing List
–EPrints User Group at Open Repositories

5. • What are the EPrints Services team doing?
• – Hosting about 70 repositories
• – Supporting Open Access repositories for about 100 institutions
• • UK,France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Australia, South Africa, US,
Canada
• – Maintaining the core software
• – Developing new versions
• Why are they doing it?
• – Not for profit
• – To support the Open Access agenda
• – To build up and support the Repository Community
With thanks to Prof Les Carr

6. EPrints
Core
Objectiv
• Lower the barrier for depositors while improving
metadata quality and ultimate collection value
–Imports, Autocompletion, Name Authority
• Enter once, reuse often
–RSS Feeds, CV’s, Publication databases, corporate
reporting
• Simple platform for open source contributions
–Tightly-managed, quality-controlled code framework,
flexible plug-in architecture

7. EPrints
Website

9. Enlighten Home Page

19. EPRINTS WALKTHROUGH –
Managing deposits
and Metadata Assistance

27. EPRINTS –
Plug-ins and the Bazaar

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34. • Looking Ahead to Other Services and Systems
• – IRUS-UK: released on Bazaar
• – Publications Router: protocol native to EPrints (SWORD) + importers on
Bazaar
• – ORCID: proof of concept released on Bazaar
• – WoK/Scopus imports: in EPrints core
• – Open Access end-to-end project: EPrints Services are partners
With thanks to Prof Les Carr

36. • EPrints Software
http://www.eprints.org/software/
• EPrints Demo Server
http://demoprints.eprints.org/
• EPrints Wiki and Downloads
http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Main_Page
• Register of Open Access Repositories
http://roar.eprints.org
• OpenDOAR
http://www.opendoar.org/

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• E-mail
William.Nixon@glasgow.ac.uk
• Enlighten:
http://eprints.gla.ac.uk
• Twitter:
@williamjnixon