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UPSpace An institutional research repository for the University of Pretoria

UPSpace An institutional research repository for the University of Pretoria. Presented by Ina Smith to the School of Public Management and Administration 20 July 2006. Research @ UP highest. “Pandor praises Tuks for its amount of research” – Beeld, 12 May 2006. Research @ SPMA.

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UPSpace An institutional research repository for the University of Pretoria

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  1. UPSpace An institutional research repository for the University of Pretoria Presentedby Ina Smith to the School of Public Management and Administration 20 July 2006

  2. Research @ UP highest “Pandor praises Tuks for its amount of research” –Beeld, 12 May 2006

  3. Research @ SPMA “SPMA is committed to being at the cutting edge of research.” Source: http://www.up.ac.za/up/web/en/academic/spma/

  4. Definition • What is an institutional research repository? • Set of services • Management & dissemination of digital materials • Organisational commitment • Stewardship • Long-term preservation • Organisation, access, distribution

  5. Champions • Gerard Moerdijk Collection • Arnold Theiler Collection • Scholarly Publications (UP) • Jonathan Jansen Collection

  6. Access UPSpace https://www.ais.up.ac.za/dspace/

  7. Jonathan Jansen Collection Curriculum Vitae

  8. Gerard Moerdijk Collection

  9. Items in UPSpace Books Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin

  10. UPePrints (Scholarly Publications)

  11. Items in UPSpace Preprints & Postprints

  12. Items in UPSpace Web pages

  13. Other Collections • Mapungubwe Collection • Housing Collection (Arhitecture) • Bone Cancer Research Group (Chemistry) • Pastures (Veterinary Sciences) • Pearce Collection • Birch Collection • Sir Herbert Baker Collection • Centre for Augmentative & Alternative Communication • SA Music Collections

  14. Other Items • E-mails • Web-pages • Books • Presentations e.g. in MSPowerPoint • Conference papers • Technical reports • Working papers • Interviews • Datasets • Maps • Audio files • Video files • 2D/ 3D - objects

  15. Benefits For Researchers • Central archive of research • Profile – web space • Increased visibility & prestige • Increased usage and impact • Distributed or decentralised input • Persistant URL’s for citations • Statistical reports • Restrict access • Encourages dialogue between researchers • E-mail • Recommend an Item • Subscribe to a Collection

  16. Benefits For UP • Provide coherent view of UP research output with immediate access to fulltext • Link to UP Research Report • Long term archiving & preservation of intellectual output • Making available UP wealth of knowledge internationally

  17. Benefits For scholars • Free, unrestricted easy access – also to full text • Searchable (incl. full text) – not static web page • Access to variety of media on subject e.g. video clips, sound files For information specialists • Convenient, easily retrievable • Develop new skills • Updated with regard to research conducted • Electronic workflow – quality control • Collaboration with faculties For the Community!

  18. Rertievable via Google!

  19. UPSpace Workflow & Roles Submitter Reviewer/s(Accept/ Reject) Collection Administrator UPSpace Administrator Notification to Submitter Notification to Subscribers Metadata EditorDescription Collection Administrator (Commit to Archive) Available on UPSpace

  20. Benefits for SPMA

  21. Benefits for SPMA Books, Chapters in Books & Journal articles Link each research item to full text in UPSpace where it has been archived in a central database

  22. Benefits for SPMA Conferences, seminars, workshops, presentations Link each research item to full text in UPSpace where it has been archived in a central database

  23. Information model in UPSpace • Top-level Community • Faculty e.g. Economics and Management Sciences • Sub-Community • Department e.g. SPMA • Collections • E.g. Intergovernmental relations in Africa • E.g. Sustainable Development

  24. Access a Community

  25. Community Home Page

  26. Access a Collection

  27. An Item in UPSpace Item consists of … Metadata Bitstream(s)/File(s) Also multiple bitstreams

  28. Access full text/ open file Print E-mail Save Read

  29. Searching in UPSpace • Search Options • Full text • Keyword (Basic Search) • Advanced Search • Browse • Communities & Collections • Titles • Authors • Date

  30. Subscribe to a Collection

  31. Subscribe to a Collection

  32. Recommend this Item

  33. Limit access in UPSpace • Collection Level • Item Level • Bitstream Level (File) • PDF password (File)

  34. Statistical Reports Amount of items Items viewed & number of views User logins Words searched

  35. User Support • IT Help 8/5 X: 3051 or help@it.up.ac.za • Online help • E-mail upspace@up.ac.za • UPSpace Listserve dspace@kendy.up.ac.za • UPSpace web http://www.dspace.up.ac.za

  36. Thank you! Questions? ina.smith@up.ac.za

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