Digital Repositories
A digital repository is a managed, persistent way of making research, learning and teaching content with continuing value discoverable and accessible. Repositories can be subject or institutional in their focus. Putting content into an institutional repository enables staff and institutions to manage and preserve it, and therefore derive maximum value from it. A repository can support research, learning, and administrative processes. They are commonly used for open access research outputs. JISC's work in funding development and advisory support in this area is both well established and high-profile. For some years, JISC has stipulated that all project deliverables arising from its funding should be openly accessible in a repository where appropriate.
Key digital repositories activities
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Programmes
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Digital Repositories programme 2005-7
This programme brings together people and practices from across various domains to ensure the maximum degree of coordination in the development of digital repositories, in terms of their technical...
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Repositories and Preservation Programme
The programme is a £14m investment in Higher Education repository and digital content infrastructure. It will fund initiatives to develop the Information Environment supporting digital repositories...
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Users & Innovation: Personalising Technologies
Based on the needs of real end-users, the programme will identify areas where innovative user technologies and practices can increase efficiency.
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Digital preservation & records management programme
Supporting institutions in long-term digital asset management and preservation forms a central theme of JISC's Digital Preservation and Records Management programme.
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e-Infrastructure Programme
Following the initial five year investment in the UK e-Science infrastructure, the vision for the e-Infrastructure programme is to enhance and consolidate the current technologies and establish...
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Projects
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British newspapers 1620-1900
1.1 million pages are being digitised from 18th and 19th century news, building on previous projects to enable access to a virtual library containing some 4 million digitised pages of important...
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Historic boundaries of Britain
This project will create a comprehensive digital library of historic administrative boundaries for Britain through a combination of scanning historical maps and creating vector boundaries for...
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19th century pamphlets online
This project will provide online access to the most significant collections of 19th century pamphlets held in UK research libraries. Digitising around 30,000 paper copy pamphlets, which focus on the...
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Overlay journal infrastructure for Meteorological Sciences (OJIMS)
This project is a partnership between the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, led at the University of Leeds, and including the British Atmospheric...
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The John Johnson collection: An archive of printed ephemera
The John Johnson Collection is widely recognised as one of the most important collections of printed ephemera in the world and generally regarded as the most significant single collection of ephemera...
