Poster proposal for OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008 from St Andrews University LIS: Project to integrate research publications deposit through a centralised deposit workflow: optimising the relationship and functionality of the St Andrews Research Expertise Database and the St Andrews Digital Research Repository.

Abstract

To develop the Research Expertise Database (ResExp) and the Digital Research Repository (DRR) in parallel. To establish good communication and practice in centralised and coordinated development of both databases. To embed the deposit, storage and dissemination of research profile data and publications into centralised workflows and engender academic support for this by demonstrating benefits. To embed the deposit of research profile data and publications into the day to day routines of academic staff and to promote this as part of routine scholarly communication. To reuse data and to avoid duplication of data input at every stage of the process, while still maintaining high metadata standards. To explore the repurposing of data at every stage of the process. To provide efficiency in University processes while still adhering to the principles of Open Access