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JISC has funded a Digital Repositories Roadmap document to present a
vision for 2010. This has been undertaken by Rachel Heery
from UKOLN and Andy Powell from the Eduserve
Foundation. This is a discussion document
that provides context for project and programme work.
It is available from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/rep-roadmap-v15.doc
The vision is one where there is a rich scholarly communications and
learning environment that is supported by an extensive network of repositories,
where content is widely available and re-used. The repositories will allow
sharing, collaboration, a record of activity and so on
and will be enhanced by value added services that support manipulation,
interlinking and personalisation among other things.
The Digital Repositories Roadmap concludes that it is cultural and policy
issues that lie at the heart of achieving success for a digital repository
network for learning and research.