Programme 2009

Digital Commons

Jenny Byrne — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:00 PST

The Manager of Epublications@RCSI discusses the pros and cons of Digital Commons as a repository platform.

Dspace

Breeda Herlihy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:15:00 PST

The manager of CORA. the institutional repository for University College Cork discusses the pros and cons of DSPACE as a repository plaform.

Open Repository

Aoife Lawton — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:45:00 PST

The Manager of Lenus, the repository for the Health Services Executive discusses the pros and cons of Open Repository as a repository platform.

Open Journals

Kieran Rankin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:00:00 PST

Kieran Rankin discusses the pros and cons of the Open Journals System as a means of publishing and preserving journals online.

Dominance of impact factors

Ellen Breen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:45:00 PST

Ellen Breen is Head of Information and Public Services at DCU Library. Much of her work is concerned with supporting research and she will discuss the nature and influence of impact factors.

Researchscope: a federated harvesting and discovery tool

David Kane — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:15:00 PST

David Kane will demonstrate a new discovery tool developed by the Library at Waterford Institute of Technology. Researchscope searches a number of institutional repositories simultaneously thus greatly facilitating the retrieval of information.

Signposts to the future

Niamh Brennan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:30:00 PST

Niamh Brennan has been a constant champion of the Open Access movement in Ireland and was one of the early adopters of the Institutional Repository. Niamh will provide some signposts to what the future will bring in this area.

Eprints

Rachel Hill — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:00 PST

The repository manager of DORAS: the institutional archive of Dublin City University discusses the pros and cons of EPRINTS as a repository platform.

Risk management

Yvonne Desmond — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:45:00 PST

Copyright is often seen as a problem for repositories where in fact the real issue is compliance with publishers' policies. Yvonne will provide a brief outline of some of the risk involves and suggest ways they can be managed.

Promoting the Institutional Repository

Suzanne Redmond-Maloco — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:15:00 PST

National University of Ireland, Maynooth was one of the first universities to develop their repository. Suzanne has been a key figure in the devopment and marketing of the repository and will share her experiences in this area.