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EPrints -Introducing EPrints 3 Software
William J NixonDigital Library Development Manager, University of Glasgow
With many thanks to Les Carr and the EPrints Team
EPrints
An EPrints repository is a set of services offered to all the members of an institution for open access, preservation, scholarly collections, teaching, e-learning, e-publishing, data sharing, collaboration, administrative reporting, research management, publicity, marketing, digital profile enhancement, research assessment
About EPrints
• EPrints was developed at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK.
• Open source software, freely available• First released in 2001, EPrints 3 launched in 2007
– Current version 3.2.7 (EPrints 3.3 coming soon)
• Perl and Linux (Windows)• OAI and Dublin Core• 400+ known archives are running EPrints worldwide.• Active User Community
– EPrints Wiki
– EPTech-Mailing List
EPrints Core Objectives
• Lower the barrier for depositors while improving metadata quality and ultimate collection value– Imports, Autocompletion, Name Authority
• Enter once, reuse often– RSS Feeds, CV’s, Publication databases,
corporate reporting
• Simple platform for open source contributions– Tightly-managed, quality-controlled code
framework, flexible plug-in architecture
EPrints Website
EPrints Demo Server
Enlighten Home Page
EPRINTS WALKTHROUGH –Search, Browse and Export
Advanced Search
Search Results
Export items
EPrints Record (with document preview)
Range of Browse Views
EPRINTS WALKTHROUGH –Managing depositsand Metadata Assistance
Manage Deposits
Range of Deposit Types (and metadata)
Title duplicate checking
Author look-up
DOI Import
Import results
EPRINTS WALKTHROUGHAdministration (via the web)
Admin options - Tabs
View Configuration
EPRINTS –Notable Sites
Departmental Repository: ECS Southampton
Project Repository (and Multimedia)
Data Repository: eCrystals
Collections Repository: The Linean Society
Notable EPrints Repositories
• http://eprints.lse.ac.uk (institutional)• http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk (departmental)• http://archive.serpentproject.com (project)• http://nora.nerc.ac.uk (funders)• http://ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk (data)• http://www.linnean-online.org (collection)
Source: EPrints Biodiversity
EPRINTS –Plug-ins, Bazaar and 3.3
EPrints Files
EPrints Bazaar
Find Out More
• EPrints Softwarehttp://www.eprints.org/software/
• EPrints Demo Serverhttp://demoprints.eprints.org/
• EPrints Wiki and Downloadshttp://wiki.eprints.org/w/Main_Page
• Register of Open Access Repositorieshttp://roar.eprints.org
• OpenDOARhttp://www.opendoar.org/