‘The right choice is the software that meets
the mission’
– Karen Schneider (2006)
The Bond mission:
To establish a repository which meets all the
quality requirements with limited demand
for new infrastructure and resources.
History of the initial assessments and choices
are documented in:
‘Open source or off-the-shelf? Establishing an
institutional repository for a small institution’
by Mark Sutherland and Peta Hopkins, 2006.
• Available on e-pubs:
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/library_pub
s/11/
Features that sold us:
• Costs cover the software licence, support,
maintenance, and data back-up
• Low tech requirements at our end – no new
hardware
• Support is provided under a Licence Agreement,
available by email and telephone and we usually
receive a response/solution within 24 hours
• Development is directed with regular upgrades,
with room for input from the customer base
• No hidden costs
Over 90 DC Institutional Repositories
worldwide
Africa, Asia, and Australia
• Australian Council for Educational
Research
• Bond University
• Cape Peninsula University of
Technology
• coda
• Edith Cowan University
• Government of South Australia,
Department of Health
• Institute of Transport Studies,
Monash University
• Okayama University
• Southern Cross University
• The University of Notre Dame
Australia
• University of Wollongong
Europe
• B-Salut
• Dublin Institute of Technology
• Glyndŵr University
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of Bolton
• University of Surrey
North America
• Atlanta University Center
• Babson College
• Boise State University
• Boston College2
• Bryant University
• Butler University
• California Polytechnic State University
Where are we now?
• Repository snapshot:
– Commenced uploading material March 2006
– 8 major communities including image gallery
– 17 research centre/school series (not including
ERA)
– 8 journals (with another two in 2010)
– 165 Personal Researcher Pages and growing
– 2,770 items as of 17 November 2009
– 781,845 full-text downloads to date
• Operational and Functional highlights:
- A variety of formats are supported
- Upgrades include useful customisation options
- Theses harvested by ADT (OAI-PMH compliant)
- Indexed by Google and Google Scholar
- Google analytics
- Monthly usage reports to authors
- Customised usage reports available to
administrators anytime
- eJournals – unedited or with edikit functionality
- Personal Researcher Pages
Full-Text Downloads for 2009-10-01 through 2009-10-31 for ePublications@bond
Title
URL
Humanities & Social Sciences papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs
6649
Bond Law Review
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/blr
4950
Theses
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/theses
3513
Law papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/law_pubs
2814
Revenue Law Journal
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/rlj
2074
School of Business Discussion Papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/discussion_papers
1269
Business papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/business_pubs
1150
Spreadsheets in Education (eJSiE)
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ejsie
1066
Sports Law eJournal
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/slej
1009
Corporate Governance eJournal
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgej
981
ADR Bulletin
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/adr
698
Information Technology papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/infotech_pubs
697
Working Through Communication
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/working_through_communication
644
Health Sciences & Medicine papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hsm_pubs
606
Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural
and Economic Studies
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cm
551
Information Services papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/library_pubs
518
Gregory J. Boyle
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle
441
CEWCES Research Papers
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cewces_papers
331
Globalisation and Development Centre
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/gdc
278
Dispute Resolution Centre Newsletter
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/drcn
246
High Court Review
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hcourt
242
David Robinson
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/david_robinson
193
From Word to Silence, 2. The Way of Negation, Christian and Greek http://epublications.bond.edu.au/word_to_silence_II
172
French Philosophers in Conversation, by Raoul Mortley
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/french_philosophers
124
Bond University Student Law Review
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/buslr
122
Operation details:
• The repository administration staff provide a ‘do it
for you service’. We:
– Digitise material
– Upload material
– Create Personal Researcher Pages
– Clear copyright
– Create links
We accept all work by Bond academics
• Dark archive set up for ERA submissions – IP
subscription access
• Create series via set-up instructions sent to DC
Support
• Image gallery and archival work
Coordinator works with the Liaison Librarians to:
• Promote Personal Researcher Pages (PRPs)
E-pubs team works directly with academics to:
• Acquire introductory information with a research
focus
• Complete sidebar fields with CV, Qualifications
and links
Other features which are useful for promotion:
• RSS feeds from staff profile pages on the Bond
website to e-pubs PRPs
• Faculty pages with thumbnail photos linked to
PRPs
Current awareness within the Bond community:
• HERDC
• ERA
• PRPs
Current activities:
Gathering of items for all ERA clusters
Set up of 2 journals – one fully edited
New research centre publications – ACFB
New HDR series on the way
In summary:
• Establishment of the repository has been
‘relatively painless’
• ASHER funding has supplied adequate staff
• Community uptake good with enthusiasm
generated by some key academics
• Well utilized in HERDC & ERA exercises
• Journals receive good download statistics and
may drive high citation rates
Contentment factor: Moderate  High
DC is a sophisticated vehicle for showcasing Bond
research through open access which is keenly
appreciated by Bond academics.
Communication through Google groups and email is
constant. Specific training avail – Webinars are
offered to explain new features and procedures.
DC is a stable, technologically evolving platform
with a good service support system which
continues to be cost effective.
Thank you
Questions
• References:
• Schneider, K. G. It’s too darn hot: A curmudgeon’s
asides, ALA TchSource Blog (2006, July 26)
• Sutherland, Mark and Hopkins, Peta. Open source or
off-the-shelf? Establishing an institutional respository
for a small institution, 2006.
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/library_pubs/11/
Antoinette Cass, Copyright & Quality Coordinator, 20 November 2009