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Canadian Research Libraries:The Public Knowledge Project,
Institutional Repositories, Electronic Theses
Lynn CopelandSimon Fraser University Library
CARL Study TourEngland, November 2007
Canadian Research Libraries
Impact on scholarly communication through
software development IRs etheses
seeks to improve the scholarly and public quality of academic research through the development of innovative online environments.
OJS – Open Journals system
OCS – Open Conference system
PKP Metadata harvester
Lemon8 – Word, etc XML
Canadian Institutional Repositories
30 identified on CARL site Many use Dspace, others include Papyrus, U
Sask ETD 16 in the CARL harvester U of T (Tspace) is partner in Dspace consortium CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs SPARC Canadian author addendum
Pravin Pillay: Samsara Unlimited: Towards an Ecology of Compassion – U Sask
NDLTD Outstanding e-thesis (Innovative ETD)
synergies & Synergies
PKP development part of SynergiesPartner developers UT, UNB, AU etc.Will allow expansion to include:
Scholarly monograph process managementThesis process management
IR harvester is a PKP development, used for CARL harvester