EPrints.org

Purpose:

A digital repository software package that may be used to accept, manage and publish digital objects. It is widely used in academia as a system to manage academic research papers, electronic theses and other distinct digital resources. EPrints offers an extensible plug-in architecture, enabling data processing activities to be tailored to the requirements of the institution.

Features:

OAI-PMH support
Deposit interface for mediated or self-deposit
PRONOM integration
PLANETS PLATO integration (forthcoming)
Dublin Core, EP3-XML, METS, MODS metadata format support
Extensible plug-in architecture

A&H use case 1 description:

The Reading Experience Database 1450-1945 (RED) has used EPrints to catalogue information on publications that were read by those living in Britain between 1450-1945.

Creator:

University of Southampton

Publisher:

University of Southampton

Data publishing and dissemination:

Resource sharing

Strategy and project management:

Curation

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Specifications:

Open Access Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)