RSP EPrints Training Day

Friday 24th April 2009, 10:00 to 16:00, The Wolfson Training Suite, Harold Cohen Library, Ashton Street, Liverpool L69 3DA

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On the 24th of April the Repositories Support Project held an event at the University of Liverpool to help repository managers learn more about EPrints software.

The Repositories Support Project (RSP) is delighted to announce that booking is now open for the next RSP EPrints Training Day, to be held at the University of Liverpool on Friday April 24th, 2009.

Attendee prerequisites: Attendees should be willing to use the Linux command-line, familiar with coding and Object-Oriented principles.

This event is aimed at technical library and repository staff using the open-source EPrints software.

Morning Session: Repository Management and Configuration: This session will introduce some of the API, and show how to use the configuration files to modify the abstract page, set default values on newly created EPrints, change render methods on metadata fields, etc.

Afternoon Session: API Scripting and Plugins: A more in-depth look at the API. We'll cover exercises using scripts to manage the records in your repository and the changing of the behaviour of EPrints through plugin modification and creation.

Programme

Contact

For further information on this event, please contact Dominic Tate (email: dominic.tate@nottingham.ac.uk, phone: 0115 846 7544).

Alternatively, email support@rsp.ac.uk or phone 0845 257 6860.