On October 30, 2015 the conference summarizing the activities set out in WP2 - e-Repositories entitled "Creating institutional repositories - an opportunity for increased visibility of Moldovan Universities in the global information space" was held.
The meeting was opened by Ms Ecaterina Zasmenco, director of the Central University Library, Moldova State University who welcomed the audience. Opening remarks were given by Ms Angela Niculiţă, vice-rector for International Relations assoc. prof. MSU and Mrs Virginia Revenco, Erasmus Coordinator in Republic of Moldova.
The start of communication session was given by members of WP2 e-repositories creation, Viorica Lupu and Ana Gudima.
Towards the end of the conference moderators Viorica Gudima and Ana Lupu have read the recommendations on the further development of institutional repositories, created within the MISISQ project as follows:
1. Registration of institutional repositories in international registers ROAR, DOAR etc .;
2. Approval of Institutional Policy on Open Access and Rules of organization and functioning of IR within the Senates of universities participating in the project.
3. Registration of Institutional Policy on Open Access in ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandatory Archiving Policies).
4. Developing of technologically and content aspects of repositories;
5. Completion of user Guide for IR;
6. Inclusion in the Regulation on the organization and functioning of institutional repository of a section dedicated to relations with users;
7. Registration on the website handle.net.
At the end of the conference the word was given to Mrs Liubov Karnaeva, national coordinator of Tempus Project - "Modern Information Services for Improvement Study Quality", who highlighted the importance of this project for universities in the country and thanked the project partners, members of working group WP2 for their work, dedication and good results.
The conference materials are attached:
