EPrints 3.2 is the latest version of the popular repository platform. This document is a brief guide to some of the most important features that an EPrint repository will offer.
EPrints offers a safe, open and useful place to store, share and manage material in the pursuit of research and educational agendas (administrative reporting, collaboration, data sharing, digital profile enhancement , e-learning, e-publishing, e-research, marketing, open access, preservation, publicity, research assessment, research management and scholarly collections).
An EPrints repository is a valuable part of the researcher’s information environment,
directly integrating with the research desktop
and offering sustainable storage and open access. It is also a competent and mature component of the institution’s information environment, providing management and curation support for core business research data and leveraging information about research outputs to inform management strategy.
2. What is EPrints For?
EPrints offers a safe, open and useful place to
store, share and manage material in the pursuit of
research and educational agendas.
administrative reporting, collaboration, data sharing, digital profile
enhancement , e-learning, e-publishing, e-research, marketing,
open access, preservation, publicity, research
assessment, research management, scholarly collections
4. Extensible
Data
Model
Object-based Data Model
Items stored in an EPrints repository are
objects with their own persistent URLs
e.g. eprints, documents, files, users, projects,
institutions
managerOf
supportingProject
employeeOf
aPreviewOf
Objects have their own
extensible metadata
anEditableVersionOf
workflows, renderers
importers, exporters
and relationships with other objects
5. Flexible APIs Extending Functionality
A variety of convenient programming interfaces
REST API for Web applications
EPrintsToolbox for reporting
EPrints API for repository plugins
REST
EPrints
Repository
EPrints
API
Toolbox
6. Intelligent
Storage Cloud to Desktop
Storage
Data can be stored on
multiple storage services
Local disk, SAN, NAS,
Honeycomb, Cloud
Researchers can mount
repository objects as a
networked filesystem
Service usage and
preservation risks can be
monitored and analysed.
7. Desktop User
Support Microsoft Office
Support
Microsoft Office “Save As…” direct repository deposit
Catalogue of media components stored as related documents
Embedded metadata added to the eprint record
8. Research
Reporting Usage & Impact Framework
Statistics & charts displayed for downloads,
Search results ranked by citation count citation averages, h-index etc
Citation harvesting and analysis using data from ISI
Web of Science
and Google Scholar
9. Research
Information Research Information
Systems
A repository needs to interoperate with
management information systems
Create reports based on research project
activities as well as
research outputs
EPrints will support
CERIF standard for
Current Research
Information Systems
10. An EPrints repository is
a valuable part of the researcher’s information
environment
directly integrating with the research desktop
offering sustainable storage and open access
a competent and mature component of the
institution’s information environment
providing management and curation support for core
business research data
leveraging information about research outputs to inform
management strategy
11. Acknowledgements
Projects contributing v3.2 functionality
JISC Ready for REF
JISC KeepIt!
JISC SWORD
Microsoft Word+SWORD
v3.2 currently in alpha release (May 2009).
Public beta release expected 2009Q4