Arthur, it's interesting that you mention the fluid deposit interface of Mendeley as an example for institutional repositories, because I made exactly that argument during my talk at Open Repositories in Austin this summer [1], and I'm not the only one who's been thinking about it. Les Carr [2] and Adam Brownfield [3] have also had the same idea.
So it sounds like an idea whose time has come! Next year we hope to have a pilot going with Cambridge to sync Mendeley with institutional repositories, and you can kepe up to date on the progress of the work here: http://jisc-dura.blogspot.com/
[1] https://conferences.tdl.org/or/OR2011/index/search/presenters/view?firstName=William&middleName=&lastName=Gunn&affiliation=Mendeley%20Research%20Networks&country=US
[2] http://repositoryman.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-on-mendeley-and-repositories.html
[3] http://prezi.com/fbgyiabmtq1w/mendeley-and-institutional-repositories/
[4] My slides from OR are here: http://db.tt/Ydwbgv1I They're a bit impressionistic, but I think you can get the idea.
Best,
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