Paper details
Establishing Digital Repositories at Western Balkan Universities: Implementation of PHAIDRA System, Educational Activity and Regional Cooperation
Author
Dragana Stolić, University of Belgrade - University Library "Svetozar Markovic" - Department for Scientific Information and Education, Serbia
Co-authors
Bogoljub Mazić, University of Belgrade - University Library "Svetozar Markovic", Serbia / Gordana Mazić, Institute of Information Science, Slovenia
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Abstract
The paper presents part of the Tempus project “New Library Services on the Western Balkan Universities” coordinated by University library “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade from 2010. up to now whose one of two main objectives is to establish digital repositories on the 6 universities of the Western Balkans (three countries: Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina). The repositories are based on the same system – PHAIDRA, created, developed and launched in 2006. by University library in Vienna, which is one of the partner in the Project. PHAIDRA is system designed for long term archiving and managing of different types of digital objects; legislation about copyright protection is included in the system and can be easily applied. The repository of the University of Belgrade, with all necessary adjustments (language, university structure, classification system, etc.), became the leading model for all other repositories. Dissemination of information about repositories is started in the University library for several groups of faculty librarians, who participated one day training about the functioning of the system. Training of librarians is also the first step in connecting with teaching staff of those faculties. The Rectorate of the University of Belgrade gave institutional support to this Project: by signing the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Science and Humanities, rector emphasized that PHAIDRA repository is established accordingly to this decision and invited professors, researchers and others to publish their scientific work within this repository and to make it visible worldwide.
Author's professional CV
Dragana Stolić (1969) University of Belgrade – University library in Belgrade – Department for scientific information and education, Belgrade, Serbia
Senior librarian, received BA diploma and MA diploma on the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. Work at the University library “Svetozar Markovic” from 1995, as an information specialist. She published several papers and participated international and national conferences. Within the activities of the Department for scientific information she participated in different kind of educations. She is engaged in establishing of the Digital repository of the University in Belgrade – PHAIDRA.
