Projects

White Rose Research Online is openly accessible database (or ‘repository’) of research outputs produced by academics in the White Rose universities. The main aim of the repository is to provide access to research outputs – such as journal papers – which normally require subscription access. Authors retain certain rights over their work even where copyright has been signed away to a publisher; it is often possible to make work freely available via a repository and thus reach a wider audience. The system also holds published conference papers, book chapters and working paper series.

White Rose Research Online in funded by the three White Rose University libraries. It is heavily accessed from across the world and is a good way to improve the visibility of research.

In summer 2007, the White Rose libraries bid successfully to JISC for project funding to expand White Rose Research Online. The IncReASe project (Increasing Repository Content through Automation and Services) aims to:
capture significantly more new content, as it is created
look at ways of handling the substantial amount of legacy publications across the consortium
investigate repository based services which would be valuable to researchers

All Leeds, Sheffield and York researchers may register with the repository and upload (or ‘self-archive’) their own work. For advice and assistance contact repository staff.

White Rose Research Online: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/
IncReASe Project: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/increase/
Contact: eprints@whiterose.ac.uk (Rachel Proudfoot, Repository Officer / IncReASe Manager)