Support
This website was created for the purposes of the WRN Enhancement Project (WRN-EP). The project was successfully completed on 31 March 2011 and this website now serves as an archive of the project's activities. The contact details given and the activities described within the main body of this website should be regarded as no longer current.
The Welsh Repository Network (WRN) continues as a sub-group of the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF). Please direct any queries regarding the WRN to repositories-wales@aber.ac.uk.
Get in Touch
phone: 01970 628490
email: wrnstaff@aber.ac.uk
You can also chat with WRN staff or contact a member of the team directly.
Site visits
The WRN project team are specifically funded to provide a high level of support for the Welsh HEIs and regular site visits are a key way of keeping in touch with our local contacts and delivering repository support face to face.
The purpose and aim of a site visit is driven by the local needs of each institution meaning sessions are often varied and can include elements such as presentations and facilitated discussions through to more specific focussed meetings or technical hands on assistance with installing or configuring repository software.
Training
The WRN project team are able to offer group training on a range of repository topics including:
- Metadata
- Workflows
- Multimedia Deposits
- Copyright
- DSpace customisation
- The UK Repository Scene
- Advocacy and Promotion
- Keeping up to date repository current awareness strategies
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and we are happy to build training materials on any repository topic of interest. Please contact the team by one of the methods given above if you would like to know more.
In addition to on site and group training the team are working on making available a number of learning objects on a variety of repository topics. Information will be made available about these on the activities page as they are released.
e-theses support
Now that Theses Collection Wales is an operational service, harvesting from participating institutional repositories will take place once a month. Metadata validation checks take place before records are ingested by the NLW and any queries will be forwarded to the institutional contact as provided within the Memorandum of Understanding.
As agreed within the Memorandum of Understanding, the institutional contacts will be used in the instance of the agreed Take-down Procedure being initiated.
Communications and queries from partners regarding these matters should be forwarded to Ioan Isaac-Richards, Ingest Processes Manager, NLW (email: iir@llgc.org.uk). All other queries should be made in the first instance via the NLW online enquiries service.