1. Welsh Repository Network: Exploration and experimentation Hannah Payne Repository Support Officer, WRN

2. Centralised models catch-up Mediated Deposit Bureau Welsh e-theses Harvesting service

3. Mediated Deposit Bureau 12 WRN institutions 2 with Rep. Mngrs.= highest item counts Deposit of items outsourced to WRN team Answering the Qs: How long does it take to deposit an item? Does outsourcing deposit increase/ encourage further deposit?

4. Swansea Metropolitan University RAE data (131 items) UoW Newport Publication lists (179 items) UWIC Art & Design research outputs (10 items) Ceramics Archive database (1505 items) 3 Pilot institutions

5. Total time taken= 155 hours 31 minutes 18 seconds Total cost (£14.03 ph)= £2182.01 Averages per item: Results 1

6. SMU record enhancement Results 2

7. Not possible to identify extra time taken for deposit checks Bulk upload deposit took longer than direct deposit Evaluation: +ve affect @ UWIC increase in the number of staff from the School of Art and Design who had a) registered to use the repository, or b) asked to deposit material Conclusions

8. Current collection policy: All PhDs; MPhils; Master’s dissertations attaining distinction, and those in a Celtic language or relating to Celtic studies or interests Looking to extend role of NLW to central store of digital items Welsh e-theses Harvesting traed mawr. ‘Llyfrygell Genedlaethol Cymru. National Library of Wales.’http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/484190815_9b7f683b8b.jpg?v=0

9. Welsh e-theses Harvesting WRN repositories NLW EThOS Use of ‘crosswalks’ convert qualified DC to UKETD-DC using METS & MODS Attached files also harvested Metadata converted to MARC

10. Theses Collection Wales

11. Hurdles 10 Participating institutions Deposit license Takedown procedure Metadata validation Metadata only records