The transformation of the ktisis repository into a current research information system (CRIS)
Date Issued
January 1, 2017
Author(s)
DOI
10.3233/978-1-61499-769-6-227
Abstract
Institutional repositories have played a major role in universities
worldwide during the last decade. Such systems are developed with the aim to
collect and disseminate the research activities of universities. They provide access
to and showcase research outputs, and therefore they have become an essential
infrastructure for universities. A repository provides the means to properly
preserve research outputs and can also be used for research monitoring and
assessment. In this case study, we concentrate on the transformation of Ktisis, the
institutional repository of the Cyprus University of Technology, into a Current
Research Information System (CRIS). A CRIS system records, processes, and
presents metrics and figures related with research activity throughout its life cycle.
Particular emphasis is given to the results of research activities (publications,
patents, research data) and their connection with the environment within which
they were created (researchers, organizations, funded programs and projects,
research infrastructures, services). In this case study we will describe the
procedures followed in order to transform Ktisis into a CRIS system together with
the implementation of the integration of ORCID identifiers within the system.
Particular attention will be paid to the challenges we came across throughout the
process and how we overcame these difficulties and problems. Ktisis is the
institutional repository developed and maintained by the Library and Information
Services at the Cyprus University of Technology. Ktisis was created in 2008 using
the open source software DSpace after the University’s Interim Governing Board
made the decision that all the research products of academic members must be
deposited in the Library. In subsequent years, the mandatory deposit of
undergraduate, MSc and PhD theses was also imposed. In early 2015 it was
decided that the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) must become a member
of ORCID and the Library undertook the project to integrate ORCID in its systems.
At the same time the Library decided that the best way to move forward was to
transform Ktisis into a CRIS system using DSpace-CRIS, an extension to DSpace,
in order to integrate ORCID with the repository and to take advantage of all the
functionalities provided by a CRIS system.
worldwide during the last decade. Such systems are developed with the aim to
collect and disseminate the research activities of universities. They provide access
to and showcase research outputs, and therefore they have become an essential
infrastructure for universities. A repository provides the means to properly
preserve research outputs and can also be used for research monitoring and
assessment. In this case study, we concentrate on the transformation of Ktisis, the
institutional repository of the Cyprus University of Technology, into a Current
Research Information System (CRIS). A CRIS system records, processes, and
presents metrics and figures related with research activity throughout its life cycle.
Particular emphasis is given to the results of research activities (publications,
patents, research data) and their connection with the environment within which
they were created (researchers, organizations, funded programs and projects,
research infrastructures, services). In this case study we will describe the
procedures followed in order to transform Ktisis into a CRIS system together with
the implementation of the integration of ORCID identifiers within the system.
Particular attention will be paid to the challenges we came across throughout the
process and how we overcame these difficulties and problems. Ktisis is the
institutional repository developed and maintained by the Library and Information
Services at the Cyprus University of Technology. Ktisis was created in 2008 using
the open source software DSpace after the University’s Interim Governing Board
made the decision that all the research products of academic members must be
deposited in the Library. In subsequent years, the mandatory deposit of
undergraduate, MSc and PhD theses was also imposed. In early 2015 it was
decided that the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) must become a member
of ORCID and the Library undertook the project to integrate ORCID in its systems.
At the same time the Library decided that the best way to move forward was to
transform Ktisis into a CRIS system using DSpace-CRIS, an extension to DSpace,
in order to integrate ORCID with the repository and to take advantage of all the
functionalities provided by a CRIS system.
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