Nordbib, Copenhagen12th June, 2012

Andrew Dorward

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What is RepNet ?•a socio-technical infrastructure supporting deposit, curation & exposure of Open Access research literature.

What’s its aim ?•The aim is to increase the cost effectiveness of repositories of such literature. 

How will it do this?•offering a sustained and well-used suite of services for repositorieshttp://www.repositorynet.ac.uk/

UK RepositoryNet+ (RepNet)

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Web Site/Production Environment

www.repositorynet.ac.uk

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•Wave One Service components selected•Contracts drawn up with service providers•Wave 2 components identified for selection•Launch of service at OR12 – July 10th •Functional areas covered by platform include:

• Aggregation, search• Benchmarking, statistics, reporting• Registry of Repositories• Deposit tools• Enhancing metadata• Curation and preservation

Where we’re at (June 2012)

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Roadmap with functional areas

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Timelines

Date Milestone Description

31st March 2012 Initial Production Environment operational

31st May 2012 Subset of Wave 1 components in the Initial Production Environment (IRUS, SHERPA ROMEO, JULIET, RepUK).

9th July 2012 RepNet launch at OR2012 Conference

30th September 2012 Wave 2 components chosen

31st October 2012 Phase 2 Production Environment ready

31st January 2013 Wave 2 components in Phase 2 Production Environment(includes hosting of SHERPA ROMEO and JULIET

31st March 2013 Project finishes.