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| − | In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service . | + | In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service. The repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well. With this in mind as a selection criteria, DSpace on top of the Ubuntu server was used the following reasons: |
| + | *We cannot predict what technology will exist the future but we can be almost certain that open systems based on open standards will have a better chance of surviving to the future. | ||
Revision as of 20:00, 4 August 2012
In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service. The repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well. With this in mind as a selection criteria, DSpace on top of the Ubuntu server was used the following reasons:
- We cannot predict what technology will exist the future but we can be almost certain that open systems based on open standards will have a better chance of surviving to the future.
