1. Repositories Support Project

2. Aim... to progress the vision of a deployed network of inter-working repositories for academic papers, learning materials and research data across the UK...

3. Objectives more repositories more content more use of content more re-use of content support repositories to be fit for purpose, standardised and sustainable

4. Partners SHERPA, University of Nottingham University of Wales, Aberystwyth UKOLN, University of Bath Digital Curation Centre University of Southampton

5. Operation - activities Proactive development Information provision Reactive support

6. Operation - principles Concept Agenda... Open Access Repository establishment Use by researchers Re-use by service providers Research management Open standards

7. Content & Drivers Research eprints Conference papers Data Learning objects Etheses Grey literature and more...

8. Links and liaison Stakeholders –administrators, authors, teachers, managers, researchers –publishers, service providers, learned societies, funders Projects and initiatives –PROSPERO, Intute Search –EThOS, OpenDOAR, IESR, RoMEO, JULIET, PRESERV, SHERPA DP, SHERPA Plus –Digital Repositories, Repositories & Preservation, RRT –DARE, ARROW, DRIVER –and many more...

9. First Steps... Stakeholder requirements Needs and gap analysis Gather support information –technical, organisational, managerial, advocacy Events programme Welsh requirements

10. Planning New repositories More content More use More re-use

11. Bill Hubbard RSP Manager University of Nottingham bill.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk