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The University of Newcastle project activity since February 2006 includes:

Project planning, documentation and reporting
Research into institutional repositories including issues and national and international developments
Participation in national project orientation – FOSTER Days
Demonstrator trials and evaluations of potential repository solutions
Software selection
Needs Analysis - survey of academic and research staff and higher degree students
PILOT repository established for University of Newcastle
Migration data testing, including data from Callista and ADT.

During the last quarter of 2006, the next stage of the project will focus on:

2006 Q1

2006 Q2

2006 Q3

2006 Q4

2007 Q1

2007 Q2

Project management

Documentation

Project orientation

Research & Planning

Collecting test data for trials

Software evaluation and trials

Service needs analysis

Software selection

Create awareness of repository

Trial and evaluation Reporting

Hardware Specifications

IR Collection management policy

Initiate PILOT repository for Newcastle

Develop service model

Workflow processes planning

System testing

Content recruitment

Meta data, copyright, access management

Implement service model

Support framework

Roll-out of Institutional Repository

Continue population recruitment

Publicity

Contribute to FOSTER toolkit development

Project review