Access to a treasure trove of University research
4 May 2006
An innovative method of archiving research documents at the University of Sydney means that students and researchers will now have greater and easier access to more material than ever before.
The aim is to bring together, in one secure digital repository, as much of the research and scholarly material which is generated by the wide variety of academic areas of the University of Sydney.
The new digital archive, called the Sydney eScholarship Repository, has been developed by a team at the University of Sydney Library led by Ross Coleman, Manager of Innovation and Development and Sten Christensen, the Coordinator of the Digital Repository.
"This has the potential to revolutionise the way in which researchers manage and communicate their research," said Ross Coleman.
"Not only will it give access to a wide range of significant University publications, documents and other data, it will provide a single place for researchers and academics to safely store their valuable records."
The eScholarship Repository will provide long term preservation for a wide variety of material currently stored in a variety of electronic data bases and on individual computers. It will store numerous different digital formats including, text, audio, video images and data sets. Material in the repository will be discovered through web search engines such as Google.
Examples of the wide range of material already available to researchers in the Repository include conference proceedings, research centre papers and reports, rare image collections and digital theses.
The Repository is the latest initiative from the University of Sydney Library and forms part of Sydney eScholarship, a wider program designed to provide scholars with services that integrate digital resource management with access and publication. Other parts of the Library's eScholarship program include the Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS), Australian Digital Theses, Sydney University Press which publishes digital and print works, and a range of associated advisory services.
Contact: Andrew Potter
Phone: 02 9351 4514, 0414 998 521