the OARiNZ Project

The project aims to develop capability and confidence by providing Tertiary Education Institutes with a range of repository implementation options from which to select.

The project aims to develop capability and confidence by providing Tertiary Education Institutes with a range of repository implementation options from which to select.

the OARiNZ Project
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Introduction to the OARiNZ Project

The CPIT-led Open Access Repositories in New Zealand (OARiNZ) project, funded under the Government's eLearning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF) will design and build the infrastructure necessary to connect all of New Zealand’s digital research repositories that meet standards for interoperability and access.

The project targets the three key recommendations from the National Library of New Zealand’s Institutional Repositories for the Research Sector report (Rankin, 2005). Drawing on a team of people with a wide range of perspectives and expertise, the project also aims to develop capability and confidence by providing Tertiary Education Institutes with a range of repository implementation options from which to select. Principles underpinning the project include openness of systems/standards, flexibility, sustainability and inclusiveness.

Progress Reports

OARiNZ Summary and Progress Report 1 – August, 2006 (PDF: 29Kb)
OARiNZ Progress Report 2 – October, 2006 (PDF: 30Kb)
OARiNZ Mid-point Cumulative Summary of Progress (PDF: 53Kb)
OARINZ Project: Cumulative Summary of Progress - March 2007(PDF: 125Kb)

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Participants of the OARiNZ Project

The participants of the project steering group represent a range of institution types, and bring with them a number of valuable perspectives. Collectively the group offers an extensive array of experience and expertise such as:

  • web technologies in the education environment (including experience with the integration of proprietary and open source systems),
  • database development and management,
  • eLearning,
  • research, and
  • information management (including sophisticated metadata knowledge from both the library and web perspectives).

Contact Information

If you would like to find out more information about the OARiNZ project you can contact us via:

oarinz@cpit.ac.nz