It is important to take account of user's workflows when defining a repository so it is not considered a system that is removed from the users daily routine.
Repository does not mean much to a researcher but it has a very specific meaning to a librarian. Therefore we need to make sure that there are definitions that can be tailored to specific audiences to ensure that messages are understood.
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I agree with this but the term Web 2.0 covers a lot of ground. Is it worth being a bit more specific about what parts of web 2.0 are the most important?
e.g. The network effect - concentrating users in one place and using that concentration of users to provide useful services.
Social networks around research outputs or learning objects - providing services that help academics manage the various social interactions around their content?
I agree that trying to get a manageable number of HE wide workflows would be an impossible task. However there might be common points in a large number of workflows that repositories could hook into. Say for example, use of a CRIS, use of word, use of a windows file management system, use of reference management tools. Perhaps couching repositories in terms of these familiar processes would help with selling deposit to researchers?
Maybe this is not a definiton issue but a communication issue. Rather than having separate definitions, maybe more advice on communicating to different audiences is required.
What is the reason that CRIS are not common in the UK? I believe that they are far more common in other European countries.
I agree that deposit into repositories needs to be embedded into other systems where the users do their day to day work but I think that repositories should be flexible enough to hook into whatever systems exist locally rather than focusing on one system like a CRIS.
Andy McGregor
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