Welcome to CAIRSS

CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service.

The primary function of CAIRSS is to offer support for Repository Managers in the higher education sector in Australia.

Following discussions with the Department of Innovation (DIISR) the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) Executive, and the ARROW Management Committee, CAUL established the CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service (CAIRSS), to provide support for all institutional repositories in Australian universities, regardless of the software being used.

CAUL appointed the University of Southern Queensland, through the Australian Digital Futures Institute (ADFI) within the Division of Academic Information Services (DAIS) to undertake its new institutional repository support service.

The service commenced officially on March 16, 2009.

Announcement: 2010 CAIRSS Community Day will be held in Melbourne on 23rd November 2010. See details for registration.

Announcement: New DSpace information on CAIRSS web site is now available. Topics include DSpace Elists, DSpace Teleconferences, DSpace Tools and Developments, and AusNZ DSpace repositories.

Announcement New version of CAIRSS and copyright good practice guide - July 2010 - additional or revised information included in sections 2.6, 3.9, 3.12 and 3.13.