DRAC, the UPC CRIS and its integration with the UPCommons IR
Consol GarciaUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech
EuroCRIS Meeting, Madrid, November 5th 2012
• Some facts about UPC• UPCommons, the Institutional repository • DRAC, CRIS• Library involved in the research evaluation process• Benefits
Summary
29.407 graduate and undergraduate2.476 master’s degree students2.937 doctoral students2.963 lifelong learning 2.634 professors and researchers
23 schools 6 research institutes194 research group42 research centrers
Some facts
Subjects
UPCommons, Institutional Repository
Institutional repository Dspace (2007) Research repository E-Prints 24.000 documents (october 2012)
The ranking web of repositories (july 2012)
Ranked #17 World wide!!!Ranked #6 in Europe !!!Ranked #2 in Spain !!!
DRAC, Research Descriptor
DRAC, el Descriptor de la Recerca i l’Activitat Acadèmica de la UPC: http://drac.upc.edu/info
Manage research and other academic activities CVN, FECYT Integrated with UPCommons Library participates in the workflow, organization and tasks Institutional Open access policy: access, visivilitity, impact
and preservation of the UPC’s academic output online University knows that libraries can add value to the new
research application
Integration Model
Gateway between both plattforms Two phases:
1. Submission:• researchers type basic metadata in DRAC• mandatory to include an URL, DOI or file• If researcher adds a file, item is transferred to UPCommons
2. Review:• Basic metadata in DRAC• Librarians review bibliographic metadata and check full-text
access conditions
Authentification in both applications by CAS
DRAC Submission
DRAC – UPCOMMONS (Submission)
STEP 1: Upload a file STEP 2: Accept license
DRAC Review
DRAC Review
UPCommons Review
Scientific output at UPC
Benefits
For UPC and the research community
• Visibility• Quality of data published• Preservation• Good position in the ranking• One single point where to relate scholarly information• New services
Benefits
For the library
• Get involved in the publication proces• Establish a strong relationship with other units and
departmanets at the university• Increase documents into IR (open access)• Avalibity to create new services and new roles
Evolution E-Prints UPC20
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Drac restringido
Drac abierto
Envío directo
Before DRAC
2262 reg. (4 años)
After DRAC
4214 open access (2 years)
2804 restricted access (2 years)
New services coming together at DRAC