Implementing a CRIS alongside an Intitutional Repository and Capitalising on Academic Engagement

Abstract

Royal Holloway, University of London has been running an Institutional Repository for a number of years now and had enjoyed some small successes, but overall take-up of Open Access has been low across the College until fairly recently. In 2010, the College implemented a new Current Research Information System (CRIS), which is being used to manage information about the institution's research outputs as well as a range of information about its research activities. This presentation will tell the story of the implementation and roll-out of this system alongside the existing institutional repository. It will explore the successes and challenges experienced during the project, paying special attention to the way that research publications have been managed within the system. This talk will look at how the introduction of the CRIS has increased overall engagement with Open Access from academics across the institution, and had boosted the number of full text items available in the Institutional Repository. There will be plenty of opportunity for delegates to ask questions. Key learning points: 1 - How to increase engagement with Open Access 2 - Successes and challenges in implenting at Current Research Information System (CRIS) 3 - Opportunity to ask questions and share experiences