JISC

Project Description

The SHERPA Plus project is a major initiative to support repository development in all UK Higher Education institutions. Building on the work of the SHERPA project, SHERPA Plus will produce:

• advocacy strategies and material for the further population of existing repositories
• advocacy, resources, information and advice for institutions wanting to establish repositories
• support for repository-level, institutional and national policy development
• reviews and analysis of extending repository holdings with datasets, multimedia, grey literature, learning objects and other content types

To deliver these outcomes, SHERPA Plus will:

• create a national information point for repository development
• evaluate and produce advocacy strategies and material to promote the population of repositories
• run an active advocacy programme to promote repository establishment in all HE institutions
• report on the issues involved in extension of repository holdings with datasets, multimedia, etc
• launch a national forum for repository administrators