The CAIRSS website has information for CAIRSS institutions on ERA-SEER repository testing 2010. Please see: http://cairss.caul.edu.au/www/era_seer/configuring_repositories_era.htm

The Repository Testing Strategy (open from 12 March to 7 May 2010) aims at facilitating a more comprehensive, systematic, uniform and independent approach to the depositing of and access to research outputs for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative for 2010.

To achieve the desired outcome for this testing institutions need to:

Register all repositories that will be used for ERA 2010

Populate these repositories with at least 10 research outputs that will subsequently be submitted for ERA 2010

Test all aspects of and record results for each research output in SEER Manage Repository Testing.

Login details and URL required for testing was emailed to each institutions ERA Liaison Officer from the ARC on 12 March 2010. The subject of the email was ‘ERA SEER login details and notification’. The ERA Liaison Officer at each institution was advised they need to use this to create a Repository Manage role within SEER and assign that role to the relevant person at the institution (i.e. the repository manager).

If repository managers have not received this login they will need to chase it up at their institution with the main ERA contact officer who would be receiving these emails/details to enable them to commence testing.

Key ARC documents are linked to from CAIRSS website also including:

ERA-SEER Repository Testing Strategy for 2010.pdf

2009 ERA HCA Trial Repository Testing.pdf

Please contact Tim at CAIRSS for further information.