Oxford chooses Monash co-developed research software
July 4, 2006
The library services of one of the world's most prestigious educational
institutions, Oxford University, has chosen software co-developed by Monash
University along with a consortium to manage a variety of research publications.
The software, called VITAL, is a flexible, scalable software solution that links together all
kinds of digital research publications - articles, conference papers, theses and
other digital material - and makes them available to the world.
The software was developed through the ARROW* project (Australian Research
Repositories Online to the World). ARROW is led by Monash University;
other consortium members are the National Library of Australia, The University
of New South Wales and Swinburne University of Technology.
In addition to Oxford, other Australian universities have chosen VITAL
through ARROW, including Central Queensland University, Queensland University
of Technology, University of Western Sydney, University of South Australia
and Southern Queensland University, bringing the total number of Australian
academic institutions running the VITAL solution to nine.
The consortium members worked with VTLS Inc, an American company, to
develop a solution that builds on Fedora, which is open source digital
object software.
To find out more, visit the following websites:
*ARROW is a national project funded by the Commonwealth Department
of Education, Science and Training under the Backing Australia's Ability
initiative.
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