1. The Institutional Repository Project: Why, What, When Professor Carole Goble Dr Phil Butler www.manchester.ac.uk/institutionalrepositoryproject

2. ===== Act I

3. This Project requires your support and commitment

4. Manchester 2015 Goal Two – World Class Research

5. We – you – need to monitor & manage …

6. Manchester research is under threat - EducationGuardian Oct 07 8 th overall

7. 32 rd for research impact Manchester research is under threat - EducationGuardian Oct 07

8. 8 th overall 32 rd for research impact UCL –4 th overall, 8 th for research impact Glasgow –9 th overall, 13 th for research impact Southampton –11 th overall, 29 th for research impact

9. What is an Institutional Repository? An online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating, in digital form, the intellectual assets of the research institution A place to store scholarly work - preprints, post- prints, theses, dissertations, grey literature, conference presentation slide sets, podcasts, technical reports … A repository of outputs A registry to published works

10. An institutional repository will do the same for scholarly work as email has done for messages

11. Who personally benefits? Academics    –make life easier, not harder –from PhD to Prof Research managers Librarians

12. Who has got one? Most of our rival institutions internationally Presumed to exist by funding councils Who will not have one?

13. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access

14. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access less peer review

15. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access less peer review more plagiarism

16. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access less peer review more plagiarism piracy

17. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access less peer review more plagiarism piracy fewer learned societies

18. There are risks … many are myths An institutional repository DOES NOT mean open access less peer review more plagiarism piracy fewer learned societies more SPAM

19. ===== Act II, Scene 1

20. Five project deliverables Its MORE than a database and a website

21. 1.awareness

22. Five project deliverables Its MORE than a database and a website 1.awareness 2.support network

23. Five project deliverables Its MORE than a database and a website 1.awareness 2.support network 3.technology

24. Five project deliverables Its MORE than a database and a website 1.awareness 2.support network 3.technology 4.sustainability

25. Five project deliverables Its MORE than a database and a website 1.awareness 2.support network 3.technology 4.sustainability 5.content

26. ===== Act II, Scene 2

27. Five phases of work Month 1-2start up 3-8pilot 9-14scale up 15-21review/enhance 22-24handover

28. Five phases of work Month 1-2start up 3-8pilot 9-14scale up 15-21review/enhance 22-24handover

29. Five phases of work Month 1-2start up 3-8pilot 9-14scale up 15-21review/enhance 22-24handover

30. Five phases of work Month 1-2start up 3-8pilot 9-14scale up 15-21review/enhance 22-24handover

31. Five phases of work Month 1-2start up 3-8pilot 9-14scale up 15-21review/enhance 22-24handover

32. ===== Act II, Scene 3

33. The Institutional Repository Project has launched

34. Strong leadership and management team

35. Convened steering group

36. Appointed implementation team

37. Confirmed some early adopters

38. Obstacles are being identified and addressed

39. More financial support will be required

40. Southampton University – ranked 25 th in the World, 3 rd in the UK

41. ===== Act III

42. This Project requires your support and commitment

43. Make sure we improve the visibility and impact of ALL our intellectual assets

44. Manchester 2015 Goal Two – World Class Research

45. Questions www.manchester.ac.uk/institutionalrepositoryproject