Uganda Scholarly Uganda Scholarly Digital Library (USDL)Digital Library (USDL)

Makerere University’s Institutional RepositoryMakerere University’s Institutional RepositoryBy By

Margaret NakigandaMargaret NakigandaURL: URL: http://dspace.mak.ac.ug

Contact: Contact: usdl@mulib.mak.ac.ug

IntroductionIntroduction

USDL is the official institutional repository of USDL is the official institutional repository of Makerere University that is offering the following Makerere University that is offering the following services to its community: collection, storage, services to its community: collection, storage, preservation (in digital format) and retrieval of preservation (in digital format) and retrieval of items submitted to USDL.items submitted to USDL.

It is used for the management and dissemination It is used for the management and dissemination of digital research output created by the of digital research output created by the institution and its communityinstitution and its community

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USDL uses the DSpace technology, (a USDL uses the DSpace technology, (a software developed at MIT with support software developed at MIT with support from Hewlett Packard) which complies from Hewlett Packard) which complies with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI); with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI); thus allowing articles to be easily thus allowing articles to be easily discovered by web search engines, discovered by web search engines, services and indexing tools.services and indexing tools.

Types of materials archived in Types of materials archived in USDLUSDL

Research articles (preprints and Research articles (preprints and postprints)postprints)

Conference papers and reportsConference papers and reports Workshop reportsWorkshop reports Technical reports and Working papersTechnical reports and Working papers Sound files (for the music collection)Sound files (for the music collection) Final Thesis and DissertationsFinal Thesis and Dissertations

USDL Content SubmissionsUSDL Content Submissions

All researchers can submit content into All researchers can submit content into USDL however, they have to request for USDL however, they have to request for submission rights in the DSpace system submission rights in the DSpace system through the USDL Team in the Library.through the USDL Team in the Library.

Faculty Librarians help in the collection of Faculty Librarians help in the collection of publications from Researchers for publications from Researchers for conversion and inclusion in the systemconversion and inclusion in the system

Copyright Issues in USDLCopyright Issues in USDL

For items already published elsewhere, For items already published elsewhere, publisher policies are used on self-publisher policies are used on self-archiving in institutional repositories. archiving in institutional repositories. These are provided at These are provided at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php

For publishers not yet listed in the above For publishers not yet listed in the above site, the Institution requests for self-site, the Institution requests for self-archiving permissions from the individual archiving permissions from the individual journal publishers.journal publishers.

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All content owners are required to sign All content owners are required to sign consent agreements with the institution, consent agreements with the institution, allowing it to archive their works.allowing it to archive their works.

When an item is submitted to USDL, the When an item is submitted to USDL, the submitter grants a license, thereby submitter grants a license, thereby confirming that the item submitted confirming that the item submitted complies with all copyright requirements.complies with all copyright requirements.

ChallengesChallenges

The Library collection of theses and The Library collection of theses and dissertations is only available in print format. dissertations is only available in print format. Once a researcher consents to depositing a Once a researcher consents to depositing a thesis into the repository, it has to go through thesis into the repository, it has to go through the tedious digital conversion process.the tedious digital conversion process.

Most publishers only allow self-archiving of the Most publishers only allow self-archiving of the author’s version of the article, which is difficult to author’s version of the article, which is difficult to find especially when there is a time lag between find especially when there is a time lag between the publication date and the time a request is the publication date and the time a request is made for self-archiving.made for self-archiving.

These two major challenges make the process These two major challenges make the process of content collection & submission very slow.of content collection & submission very slow.

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