The Repositories Support Project (RSP) ran from November 2006 – 31 July 2013. During that time the RSP ran 50 face-to-face events; 7 residential schools and 43 one-day events. Over 1,506 delegates attended events, from 257 different organizations. The RSP hosted 16 webinars for 1,017 delegates, 270 of which were international. A large proportion of the international delegates were from the USA, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Delegates also attended online webinars from Argentina, South Africa, Canada, Nigeria, Italy, Germany and other locations. The RSP conducted 94 consultancy visits. You can see a list of the past events below, and you can access where available the accompanying PowerPoint presentations, videos, and photo galleries.
Delegate Map
RSP has been active in supporting the development of the national infrastructure. This map shows the insitutions who have had a representative at an RSP event. We are very pleased that it reflects the national spread of HE institutions.
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28th March 2011, 13:00, London
This half day event will focus on the findings of two recent and complementary research projects funded by the JISC: “Influencing the deposit of E-Theses in Higher Education” undertaken by University College London and a study by the British Library: “Gathering evidence of the benefits of increased visibility and impact of open access theses”; which evaluated the impact of the ‘Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS).
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24th March 2011, 10:00, Birmingham
This workshop aims to provide Repository staff with a greater insight into RoMEO. Focusing on how to use RoMEO and what RoMEO can offer to Repository Administration. In addition information on other copyright issues, e.g. E-theses, Images, Books, will be covered. This workshop has been influenced by the RSP Workshop for Repository Administrators, however, there will be more focus on RoMEO and Copyright related issues.
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9th February 2011, 09:00, Bassenthwaite, Lake District
This year's Winter School will take place at Armathwaite Hall in the Lake District. It aims to explore issues and new developments in depth, provide practical advice for day to day work and inspire delegates to take a fresh approach to their role. Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of Salford University, will provide the keynote speech descibing the ground breaking work at Salford in promoting open access.
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19th January 2011, 09:30, London
This training day will cover aspects of technical management of an EPrints repository. Aimed at technicians working with established repositories it will focus on aspects of maintaining and customising the software rather than installation.
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10th December 2010, 09:30, RIBA, London
Many librarians are aware of open access but do not have time to keep up date with developments. This free one day conference brings together speakers who will address a range of issues and demonstrate how librarians can respond to them. This event is aimed at those working in higher education and research libraries. Booking for this event has now closed, but to be added to a waiting list please contact the RSP helpdesk.
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27th October 2010, 09:30, Sheffield
This one day conference includes a rich variety of speakers, each of whom will present an insight into 'doing it differently'. It provides a unique opportunity to hear about alterntative approaches to repository-like functions, open access and the general field of improving research communications. There is no one uniform approach and each of the speakers will cover very different projects, ideas and services; including Mendeley, Xpert, Kultur and SNEEP as well as reflections on using blogs for scholarly communications and iTunesU for learning resources.
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1st September 2010, 10:00, Edinburgh
The RoMEO API is a machine-to-machine interface that lets programs query the RoMEO database of publishers' open access archiving policies and to incorporate the results in applications. In this workshop, you will learn how the API works, and how people have been exploiting it to improve their local services. You will also hear how RoMEO is being re-engineered and how this may affect the API. You will be encouraged to let the RoMEO team know how you would like the next major upgrade API to look.
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11th August 2010, 09:30, Oxford
This was an opportunity for repository administrators to meet and discuss the issues they face on a day to day basis. In addition there were presentations by experts in the field who are experienced in the management of institutional repositories.
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2nd June 2010, 12:00, Madingley, Cambridge
We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2010 RSP Summer School for managers of HE institutional repositories. This popular annual event aims to address topical issues relevant to the work of participants.
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27th May 2010, 09:30, Aston Triangle, Birmingham
This was one of two workshops jointly organised by the Repositories Support Project (RSP), the Welsh Repositories Network (WRN) and the Enhancing Repository Infrastructure in Scotland project (ERIS). It provided an overview of preservation issues and discussion on how repository managers could raise awareness of the need for preservation in their institutions.
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| Supporting and Influencing the deposit of E-Theses in Higher Education |
28th March 2011, 13:00,
London |
| SHERPA/RoMEO for Repository Administrators |
24th March 2011, 10:00,
Birmingham |
| Winter School 2011 |
9th February 2011, 09:00,
Bassenthwaite, Lake District |
| EPrints training day |
19th January 2011, 09:30,
London |
| Open Access: the impact for libraries and librarians |
10th December 2010, 09:30,
RIBA, London |
| Doing it differently |
27th October 2010, 09:30,
Sheffield |
| SHERPA/RoMEO API Workshop |
1st September 2010, 10:00,
Edinburgh |
| Workshop for Repository Administrators |
11th August 2010, 09:30,
Oxford |
| RSP Summer School 2010 |
2nd June 2010, 12:00,
Madingley, Cambridge |
| Preservation for Repository Practitioners - Birmingham |
27th May 2010, 09:30,
Aston Triangle, Birmingham |
