Enlighten: The evolving (and key) research management roles of the Institutional Repository

This proposal provides an overview of research management roles provided by the University of Glasgow’s open source institutional repository, Enlighten (http://eprints.gla.ac.uk) - and how these have evolved. As an embedded repository Enlighten now supports a range of activities beyond our original Open Access aims to provide freely available access to as many our research outputs as possible. It’s also our publications database, provides support the university’s submission to the UK’s national assessment exercise, REF2014 and ensures our compliance with research funder polices. Underpinning all of these roles are the twin principles of re-use and additional value.