2. Hannah Payne Repository Support Officer, WRN

3.  WRN Start- Up project – 2007-2009  Money for hardware  Assistance with installation  Support and guidance

4.  Repository in all 12 Welsh HEIs  100% coverage across country  Case Studies

5.  JISC funding – 2009-2011  Build on current infrastructure  Encourage deposit  Continued support and assistance  Exploration and experimentation  Mediated Deposit Bureau  Welsh Thesis Harvesting Service

6.  Mechanism for storing, managing and accessing digital content ◦ A database with a web front end  Academic tool ◦ Bibliographic database ◦ Full- content items ◦ Web searchable

9.  Web searchable ◦ Available anywhere ◦ Indexing by popular search engines ◦ Specialist OA search engines  Wider readership ◦ No access barriers ◦ No subscription or other costs

10.  Increased visibility ◦ Wider audience for research dissemination ◦ Faster dissemination of work ◦ Up to date CVs & webpages  Increased impact ◦ Earlier citation ◦ Higher citations rates ◦ Sustained citation rates  Increased recognition

11.  E-theses ◦ EThOS ◦ NLW Welsh research portal  Reputation building  Publishing opportunities

12.  Marketing showcase ◦ New students ◦ New staff  Research collaboration ◦ Internal/ external to University ◦ With businesses  Academic Expertise for Business Portal

13.  AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC etc.  SHERPA JULIET SHERPA JULIET ◦ Open Access Archiving ◦ Open Access Publishing ◦ Data Archiving Policies

14.  Management information tool ◦ Research reporting ◦ REF  Collection stewardship ◦ Consistency of data collected ◦ Economies of scale

15. Hannah Payne Repository Support Officer, WRN www.wrn.aber.ac.uk 01970 628490