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DRIVER is the EC-funded project leading the way as the largest initiative of its kind in helping to enhance repository development worldwide. Its main objective is to build a virtual, European scale network of existing institutional repositories using technology that will manage the physically distributed repositories as one large scale virtual content source. DRIVER II, a project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission, is the continuation of the DRIVER project. Whereas DRIVER concentrated its efforts on infrastructure building for scholarly content repositories, DRIVER-II will extend the geographical coverage step-by-step and will move from a test-bed to a production-quality infrastructure. This infrastructure will produce further innovative services meeting special demands that will be built on top. The infrastructure is complemented with several user services including search, data collection, profiling, and recommendations by the end user. For further information please visit www.driver-community.eu
On 16 and 17 January 2008, DRIVER II successfully carried out its first Summit in Göttingen, Germany. It is considered a successful milestone on the way to building a professional, active repository community.
The first day focused on the current repository community in Europe and globally, the results of the DRIVER studies and a discussion of Open Access and repository infrastructures.
The morning of the second day focused on disciplinary repositories and their relationship to institutional repositories. The latter part of the day focussed on national and international repository networks with representatives from a number of networks speaking.
The presentations are now available on line for those interested in learning more about DRIVER and the topics discussed at the Summit and can be found on the DRIVER Support website at http://www.driver-support.eu/multi/DRIVERSummit.php.
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