01 March 2007
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Customer Feature – Open Access Datafeeds
Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (Helmholtz Centre of Infection Research) launched their repository in December 2006 and have become the first of Open Repository customer to use the open access datafeeds feature that is available to Silver customers.
This feature enables a datafeed of metadata to be fed from PubMed Central to a repository for all open access articles that have been published by an institution and therefore helping to populate the repository.
The Helmholtz Centre of Infection Research, which is a member of the HelmHoltz Association, Germany’s largest scientific organization fed articles into its repository using Open Repository’s datafeeds feature. To date approximately 100 items, from 2 years worth of PubMed Central data, have been uploaded into their repository and the harvesting is ongoing.
Populating your repository
Populating your repository can be one of the major challenges facing institutions and as such Open Repository has developed its features and services with this in mind.
Open Repository offers a range of promotional materials to all its customers to assist with the promotion of the repository around the institutions but it also has number of additional tools above the regular submission form that are specifically aimed to making populating the repository as easy as possible for both administrators and users.
PubMed ID / DOI pre-fill
On the submission form there is the option to enter either a PubMed Identifier or a publisher's DOI (Direct Object Identifier) of the item being submitted. Using this information the repository will auto-populate the submission form's metadata fields, making the process much quicker for the user.
Batch Item Imports (Silver customers only)
Open Repository is able to batch upload complete items (metadata and files) on a collection by collection basis. To do this we will create a repository specific ftp site for you to upload your items to. Items need to be placed into a simple import directory with a small contents text file, the qualified Dublin Core metadata in an XML file and the files themselves. We will assist you with further instructions as to how to create the batch imports on request.
Open Access Datafeeds (Silver customers only)
We are also able to create a datafeed of open access articles from PubMed Central that feeds the metadata from items that have been published by an institution into their repository. The items then enter a slightly modified workflow that allows the administrator to edit the metadata, upload files and choose which collection to add the item to. Only administrators specifically added to the datafeed workflow group will be able to see and process the items from the open access datafeeds. The feeds are run on a daily basis and back data can be uploaded in yearly or monthly batches.
Conference Attendance and Sponsorship
Open Repository is pleased to be sponsoring several conferences this year and over the coming months will also be featured and demonstrated at conferences where BioMed Central is exhibiting. Please contact us at institutions@biomedcentral.com for an appointment or just drop by our booth if you are planning to attend any of these events. We look forward to meeting you!
UKSG
Open Repository is sponsoring the UKSG annual meeting, which takes place in Warwick, UK 16th – 18th April, 2007. Dominic Tate will be giving a presentation at the event and you can also visit us at the BioMed Central booth # 28.
OAI5
The 5th Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication will be held at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and Open Repository will be a sponsor of the event. Please let us know if you are planning on attending.
Search your repository from an external website
It is now possible to run a simple search on your repository site from an external location such as your institutional site or a researcher's personal site.
You can test this feature for yourself by using the examples below, which belong to existing Open Repository customers. If you would like any further information about setting up a search box, please contact us at info@openrepository.com .
We will provide a short section of HTML to paste into your web page to run these searches. Try one of our examples below:
Search Manchester Metropolitan University's e-space repository:
Search the University of Zurich's ZORA repository:Please note: the search feature may not work in some email clients
New live repositories
We are delighted to announce that the following repositories have been launched in the last few months.
ChesterRep from the University of Chester, UK
http://chesterrep.openrepository.com/cdr/
Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Germany
http://hzi.openrepository.com/hzi/
Open Repository has continued to provide free pilot repositories so users can try, without obligation, the service for themselves. Recent pilot repositories have included the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Natural History Museum, UK.
Sales Representatives
If you have any questions, or if you would like to organise a free 3-month pilot repository, please contact your sales representative who will be happy to assist you:
Marianne Josserand - Haska
France, Benelux, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland, Australasia and Canada
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 9990
E-mail: marianne@biomedcentral.com
Maria Romano
Eastern and Southern United States, Greece, Italy and Eastern Europe
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 9971
E-mail: maria@biomedcentral.com
Dominic Tate
Midwestern United States, Germany, Austria, UK, Ireland, Middle-East and Africa
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 9947
E-mail: dominic.tate@biomedcentral.com
Natalia Timiraos
North Western United States, Southern and Central America, Spain, Portugal, Norway and Denmark
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7631 9952
E-mail: natalia.t@biomedcentral.com
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