RSP past events
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How embedded and integrated is your repository?
10th February 2012, 09:30, Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
This free one day event organised by JISC and the Repositories Support Project (RSP) aims to showcase the work of the following JISC Information Environment Programme Repositories: take -up and embedding projects (JISCrte):
- eNova - Visual Arts Data Service (VADS); University for the Creative Arts; and University of the Arts, London
- MIRAGE - Middlesex University
- NECTAR - University of Northampton
- RADAR - Glasgow School of Art
- Hydra in Hull - University of Hull
- EXPLORER - De Montfort University
These projects all completed successfully in December 2011. This event will also have a session on the 'Embedding Repositories: A Guide and Self-Assessment Tool' which was launched in December 2011.
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Autumn School
7th November 2011, 13:00, Miskin Manor Country Hotel and Health Club
This residential school has the theme of Bringing the Emphasis back to Open Access, and Demonstrating Value to Your Institution.
This event will take place in the stunning Miskin Manor Hotel and Health Club, in Miskin to the north of Cardiff. Miskin Manor, nestled in the heart of the Welsh countryside, yet just a few miles from the coast the Manor is less than a mile from the M4 and very easy to access by car.
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Readiness for REF (R4R) Workshop
5th September 2011, 10:00, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 5 Southampton Street London, WC2E 7HA
Building on the success of the R4R end of project workshop, this event will present the findings of the R4R project including plugins for ePrints, DSpace and Fedora. The event will also look to the evaluation of Impact through the MICE project (Measuring Impact under CERIF).
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SHERPA/RoMEO for Publishers
20th July 2011, 09:00, BCS, London
This workshop will provide an overview of open access, and summarise the issues for publishers and learned societies. It will also outline the problems faced by RoMEO in gathering policy information, and introduce ways in which RoMEO can help publishers optimise their policies for their chosen business model.
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Repositories and CRIS: working smartly together. Conference and Software Exhibition
19th July 2011, 10:00, Nottingham University
Building on the successful event 'Learning how to play nicely: Repositories and CRIS' which was orgainsed by the Welsh Repository Network in 2010, this event will look at the interaction of Repositories and CRIS (Current Research Information Systems). This event will also disseminate the findings of the RePOSIT project.
RSP has also invited leading suppliers of Repository and CRIS software who will be taking part in an exhibition which will be held throughout the day in the refreshments area.
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Communication Skills for Effective Advocacy
15th June 2011, 09:30, Manchester
This workshop revisits the successful and oversubscribed event held last year with the same name. Workshop participants will explore effective influencing skills, sources of power and methods which repository managers can use to influence key people in their institutions.
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DSpace workshop
20th May 2011, 09:00, University of Edinburgh
This training day will cover aspects of technical management of an DSpace repository. Aimed at technicians working with established repositories it will focus on aspects of maintaining and customising the software rather than installation.
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RoMEO and CRIS in Practice
1st April 2011, 09:30, Birmingham
SHERPA/RoMEO data is increasingly being used in CRIS systems to integrate publication lists with institutional open access repositories. This is usually achieved using the RoMEO Application Programmers’ Interface, and CRIS applications increased usage of the API 10-fold during 2010. This has performance implications both for CRIS applications and for RoMEO itself.
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Supporting and Influencing the deposit of E-Theses in Higher Education
28th March 2011, 13:00, London
This half day event will focus on the findings of two recent and complementary research projects funded by the JISC: “Influencing the deposit of E-Theses in Higher Education” undertaken by University College London and a study by the British Library: “Gathering evidence of the benefits of increased visibility and impact of open access theses”; which evaluated the impact of the ‘Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS).
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SHERPA/RoMEO for Repository Administrators
24th March 2011, 10:00, Birmingham
This workshop aims to provide Repository staff with a greater insight into RoMEO. Focusing on how to use RoMEO and what RoMEO can offer to Repository Administration. In addition information on other copyright issues, e.g. E-theses, Images, Books, will be covered. This workshop has been influenced by the RSP Workshop for Repository Administrators, however, there will be more focus on RoMEO and Copyright related issues.
