Repositories enable institutions capture, index, preserve, and distribute documents and digital research material. There are many reasons for using a repository:

• Storage and indexing of digital assets
• Archiving and preservation of digitised documents
• Online distribution of research material
• Automated workflow control of document & asset submission.

As a University, library, research department or a corporation, management of digital assets is a key step in leveraging this content. The choice of solution requires an understanding of the reasons behind the decision for deploying a repository in addition to the capabilities and processes of the institution. Enovation deploy, integrate and support three open source institutional repositories - DSpace, Fedora & ePrints.

Archiving & Preservation - The storage and organisation of digital records that have been accumulated over time, is crucial to all types of institutions. Government bodies, corporations, churches, educational and research institutions and historical or special interest groups all have the need to maintain and preserve their historical materials in an orderly and secure manner. This is no different for digital records and digitised or scanned documents / data. Deploying a digital archive with procedures to ensure the data integrity is maintained is one avenue open to institutions.

Open Access for research - Publication and promotion of a researcher’s articles, theses, and scholarly works through an institutional repository makes the work available to all potential users without barriers. Preserving and disseminating the intellectual output of an institution helps build greater visibility for the researcher and the institution. Through innovative use of DSpace, EPrints and Fedora, both of these goals can be met.

Online access to documents and published articles - Corporations and institutions often have documents, videos, images and data sets which they wish to make available online, either as a "digital museum" or an institution specific portal. These online archives help maintain control over their brand and image by retaining control of the memories of the company's or institution's past.

Automated workflow control of document & asset submission - Using a customised workflow with staged audit control for quality control, licensing and standardisation is easy with an institutional repository. Once set up, workflows provide that peace of mind that content will only be available live once it has been approved at every stage.

Repository Services

With a proven background in open source solutions and IT Services, Enovation Solutions is the best Technology Partner to understand your institutional repository needs and help you ensure your installation is effective. Services include:

Hosting / Managed Server

Face-to-face Training

Design & Development

Integration

Support