1. EPrints in DCU http://doras.dcu.ie
DIT 4th December 2009
EPrints in DCU
Rachel Hill
DORAS Institutional Repository Manager, DCU Library

2. DORAS – DCU’s institutional repository
DORAS - DCU Online Research Access Service
Available online at
Contents: journal articles, conference papers, working papers, books, book chapters, theses.
All papers are authored/co-authored by DCU staff and postgraduates
Uses EPrints repository platform

3. EPrints Created in 2000 by University of Southampton
Used for institutional repositories, departmental repositories and subject specific repositories
Open source
Support options available from EPrints team
Mailing list
Installation
Hosting

4. EPrints architecture Easy to install Linux MySQL Perl Apache
Once installed, customisation is straightforward

5. Demonstration repository
Live demo repository

9. EPrints in DCU Using EPrints since 2006 Installed in-house
Latest upgrade was done by external agent
Live server and test server

11. University structure added

12. LDAP authentication

13. Auto-complete – author names

14. Auto-complete – journal details

15. IRStats – full-text download statistics
Full-text download statistics for the whole repository and for individual items

16. General comments
Users find it very easy to deposit material in EPrints, the navigation is intuitive and the import options shorten the length of time spent on self-archiving
Depending on your local policies you may need to switch off some features or create new ones
Like most repository platforms it will take some effort and planning to make EPrints work for you

17. Thank you! Rachel Hill, DORAS Manager email: rachel.hill@dcu.ie
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