1. RSpace: Building an institutional (IR) repository to support research and knowledge mobilization at Renison University College
Presented by:
Tony Tin, Director, Library and Information Services

2. An Institutional Repository (IR) is –
“A set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members.”
- Clifford Lynch, ARL Bimonthly Report. P.
226

3. RSpace Goal/Objectives
Goal: to preserve and disseminate Renison scholarly materials
Objectives:
institutional self-promotion
encourage open access
service to faculty in making research publications more widely available
opportunity for library staff to connect with research faculty, and staff

4. Rspace (http://beam.to/rspace)
DSpace (for document management)
Open-source software by MIT and Hewlett-Packard
Implemented by 1500 plus academic institutions
DSpace Federation:
U Waterloo, Cambridge, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, ANU, Edinburgh, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington

5. Core Features Community-driven & focused Durable & permanent
Digital content (Restricted, Open) Example: Furscience
Open URI linking (DOI support)
Fully searchable (date, title, authors, subjects)
1. Provide a digital space to preserve your research data and publication - Doug and Tony
niform resource identifier (URI) a string of charactersto identify a name of a resource.  globally unique and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable- SIMILAR TO doi.

6. RSS Feeds More Features Statistics Dynamic content management
Export collection
Unicode
Google will find you
Interoperable with other repositories using OAI-PMH
1. Provide a digital space to preserve your research data and publication - Doug and Tony
niform resource identifier (URI) a string of charactersto identify a name of a resource.  globally unique and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable- SIMILAR TO doi.

7. How to Handle Copyright: Sherpa/RoMEO Publisher Policy
Version 5, doi, goggle analytics, Sherpa/Romeo
Example: Nova Religio

8. How to Submit
Demo

9. Difference between RSpace & UWSpace
UWSpace RSpace
Central Model – all submission approved by UW library.
Distribution Model – each community handles its submission.
Only accepting two types of materials: thesis & peer review articles.
Accommodating different types of materials, including learning objects, book chapters, research data and many others.
Only accepting submission from UW researchers while they are at UW.
Accepting works from faculty/staff regardless their works were created at other institutions.

10. Form RSpace to UC (University College) Portal: Dialogue with SJU Librarian

11. Thank You!
Please visit RSpace Beta