Welsh Repository Network
The 'Welsh Repository Network' is an ongoing project that has been funded by JISC to create a network of twelve repositories across Wales. In phase one, which ran 2007-2009, each higher education institution within Wales was provided with the resources to purchase repository hardware or a hosted repository system along with support and assistance via the Repositories Support Project enabling them to operate effective institutional repositories. Case studies documenting the hardware choices made by each of the institutions have been published.
Aberystwyth University have recently been awarded funding to undertake the Welsh Repository Network Enhancement Project. This will run 2009-2011 and will build on the earlier work through investigating the potential of a collaborative, centrally managed model to accelerate the development and uptake of repository services by Welsh HEIs. The ongoing project helps to address the Welsh Assembly Government's One Wales objectives in respect of improving institutional efficiency, increasing capacity and encouraging collaboration, but also helps to make a significant contribution to the overall aims and objectives of the JISC Repositories and Preservation Programme.
For further information about the enhancement project please visit the projects website . Latest news on the WRN blog
The twelve repositories involved in the WRN are:
Aberystwyth
University
Bangor University-
Cardiff University
Glyndŵr University
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Swansea University
Swansea Metropolitan University
Trinity College Carmarthen
University of Glamorgan
University of Wales Lampeter
University of Wales Newport
University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)
