(options)
From the website:
“The APSR Project aims to establish a centre of excellence for the management of of scholarly assets in digital format.
It has an overall focus on the critical issues of the access continuity and the sustainability of digital collections. It will build on a base of demonstrators for digital continuity and sustainability, embedded in developmental repository facilities within partner institutions. It will contribute to national strength in this area by encouraging the development of skills and expertise and providing coordination throughout the sector. It will actively provide international linkages and national services.
The project has four interlinked programs:
Digital Continuity and Sustainability
Centre of excellence to share software tools, expertise and planning strategies.
International Linkages Program
Participate in international standards and maintain a technology watching brief.
National Services Program
Support national teaching and research with technical advisory services; knowledge transfer; consultation and collaboration services.
Practices & Testbed
Build expertise in sustainable digital resource management through partner relationships.
- The Australian National University: Develop and populate a broad-spectrum repository.
- The University of Sydney: Sustainability of resources in a complex distributed environment.
- The University of Queensland: Develop an integrated gateway to a range of repositories of research output.”
Funding for the APSR project has now ceased, but the website still exists at http://www.apsr.edu.au/.