About University of Bolton Institutional Repository (UBIR)
The University is committed to the long term preservation of its research output and to make it freely available over the internet. On this basis it is the University's aim that all research output should be deposited, subject to the submission procedure, with UBIR in an electronic form in order to provide free, permanent open access.
It is the intention of the University that UBIR will hold copies all types of materials, which have been created by staff (academic and non-academic) and/or researchers of the University of Bolton during their relevant tenure, including:
- Pre-prints
- Post prints
- Published versions
- Supplementary data
- Conference papers
- Project descriptions
- Other digital media
- Theses and Dissertations
- Learning objects
- Patents (after 18 months from initial filing)
Why should I put my work in UBIR
There are many benefits to submitting your work into an institutional repository:
- allows academics to disseminate and re-use their own work
- papers are more visible and evidence shows they are cited more
- allows wide and rapid dissemination
- access barriers for researchers are removed
- all repositories are cross-searchable as one virtual repository www.openarchives.org
- structured environment allows targeted searches
- this repository is indexed by Google Scholar
- provide a showcase for an author's, department's or institution's output
- complements - does not replace - existing publishing processes
For more information about submitting content or using UBIR, please see our Policy [PDF], Submission Procedure [PDF], and User Agreement [PDF].
For further information about UBIR, or to contribute your research publications, contact the .
This repository is contributing to JISC RepositoryNet
The aim of JISC RepositoryNet is to help form an interoperable network of repositories. It will do this by providing UK universities and colleges with access to trusted and expert information about repositories and by supporting some key services that form building blocks for a network of repositories.
Where can I learn more about IRs?
The Association of Research Libraries is a good resource for information about Institutional Repositories. The following paper, "The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper" by Raym Crow, defines Institutional Repositories and argues their merits within an academic institution.