Strategic direction for the repositories comes from the WRL Repositories Board. An operational team, chaired by the WRL Executive Manager and consisting of key colleagues from across the three sites, manages the development and operation of the repositories service. Technical support and development is provided by John Salter, the dedicated WRL Technical Officer based at the University of Leeds – where the service is hosted. This structure brings efficiencies in terms of costs and adds value in increasing the knowledge and expertise available, while ensuring the collaborative operated service still reflects individual institutional policies and so provides an institutional repository for each University in the truest sense.

Repositories Renewal Project

White Rose Libraries has operated shared repository services since 2004. In 2018-19, WRL began a project to review and replace the repositories platform. Much work was done to set principles and gather requirements but work was halted in early 2020 due to COVID-19. This restarted and the updated project was initially expected to run 2022-2025, and would see WRL start 2026 on the next phase of infrastructure. Following a period of consultancy and market testing, WRL took the decision to remain with EPrints, and have begun the process of upgrading this. WRL will continue to look at upgrading this and moving into the Cloud infrastructure in order to continue delivering the best possible service. See our News feed for the latest updates on this project, or download the Repositories Renewal Project Report.