Overview From the year 2000, digital repositories have developed as the main support for the Open Access Movement. Over the years digital repositories (e-repositories) have matured into a tool not only for open access to research literature, but also the tool to manage and make accessible an institution’s multimedia digital assets whilst at the same time providing the organization with a centralized research information reporting mechanism. Course Objectives This course will travel the pathway from digital repositories in the OA movement, stopping to discuss important repository parameters. Expansion as multimedia repositories and descriptions of their uses in digital asset management will bring participants to the crossroad discussion on using repositories as research information recording systems and how this transformation in digital repository uses has changed the role of libraries. Practical experience of contributing to an ocean publication repository and a demonstration of a coastal atlas document repository will be included. Learning Outcomes Course participants will achieve the following outcomes: • Understand the role of repositories in the Open Access Movement (OA) • Update knowledge of important repository parameters and latest trends in Latin and South America • Know why repositories are an important tool in Digital Asset Management • Ability to discuss repository’s role in digital asset management tool • Recognize the importance of Persistent Identifiers (PID) in web 2 technologies • Know the extent that repositories can support data and research information systems • Be aware of the concepts of the semantic web and linked data • Appreciate the changing and challenging role of libraries/librarians and library agents • Obtain practical experience of contributing to an online publications repository and a coastal atlas document repository Course Topics • Repositories and the Open Access Movement • OA policies and state of art in Latin and South America • Repositories supporting research: documents, data, archives, research information systems • Important aspects of repositories: Copyright; Metadata; Thesauri; Preservation • Overview of Digital Asset Management • The semantic web – linked data – persistent identifiers • Changing role of libraries • Coastal atlases as repositories for Latin America and Caribbean data and information Target Audience • New or intending repository managers (documents and/or data) • Marine information (library) managers and Marine data librarians • Marine researchers and postgraduate students • Research managers • Coastal atlas content providers NOTE. Priority will be given to participants originating from the Caribbean Region. UNESCO is committed to promote gender equality. Therefore applications from women are strongly encouraged. Course Pre-requisites • Interest or new responsibilities in working with marine sciences repositories • Computer IT skills • A good working knowledge of both English and Spanish is required (the lecturers will use indistinctly both languages and translation services will not be provided).

Application process Detailed  information on how to apply available on: http://classroom.oceanteacher.org/mod/page/view.php?id=5771 Period for applications 10 August – 22  September 2017 Please complete the online application form: https://otga.wufoo.eu/forms/otga-application-form-digital-repositories-2017/ In case of questions contact: • OTGA RTC Coordinator: Paula Cristina Sierra, INVEMAR (paula.sierra@invemar.org.co) • OTGA Coordinator: Claudia Delgado, IOC-UNESCO, (c.delgado@unesco.org)