The innovative collaboration of the UHI library and research office to deliver a repository for open access to published research and thesis work

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The innovative collaboration of the UHI library and research office to deliver a repository for open access to published research and thesis work

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The innovative collaboration of the UHI library and research office to deliver a repository for open access to published research and thesis work

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UHI Millennium Institute (UHI) is a distinctive and innovative higher education institution which is comprised of a thriving partnership of fifteen colleges and research centres, along with an associated network of outreach learning centres, spread throughout the Highlands and Islands. This partnership is co-ordinated by the executive office. This paper lays out the innovative way the UHI central research office and the UHI central libraries service have worked together in order to provide a UHI repository for published research work and electronic thesis submission and storage. The funds for this were provided on the back of the RAE. This collaboration is working well and may well be to do with the collegial nature of the UHI. A needs analysis was done and it was decided that a partnership with the Scottish digital Library Consortium (SDLC) was the best way forward to provide the technical aspect of the repository. This has significantly cut back the timeframe for implementing this project and has provided an invaluable support system from the other member Universities who are at various stages of implementation. The project is in the final implementation stage and will provide open access to the research, thesis and dissertations within the next year. The impact of this project will be to showcase the research across the partnership to a worldwide audience and to provide a means of establishing a network of researchers who are aware of the research being delivered within the academic community.

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2008