DUGiDocs is the institutional repository of the Universitat de Girona. Its aim is to preserve, spread and make visible the intellectual production issued from research and teaching lead at the UdG, such as degree final reports, master reports and doctorate research reports by university students as well as articles in scientific periodicals. Moreover it includes indexing and content description tools, makes visualization from many other internet sites easier (interoperability) and it also includes open access.
Library Service is reponsible fot DUGiDocs, which uses a free software (DSpace, Postgres, SOLR, etc.) and it is based on a free operating system (Linux).
DUGiDocs fits in UdG information systems, as GREC (research manager) and TDX (online PhD thesis), RACO (Open access Catalan periodicals) among other.
Repository functions are:
- To guarantee interoperability: documents deposited in the repository can be located by means of other repositories and searchers using the same standars, as well as through Google and other internet search engines;
- To maximize visibility and impact of the UdG scientific production. It applies search engine optimization techniques (SEO) to position items on the net and maximize its visibility;
- To index contents and make them retrievable;
- To collect a variety of documents, refering to supports, subjects and types;
- To allow transversality, access and use to materials to other professors and students from UdG and worldwide;
- To accomplish EU guidelines on European projects and national regulations on research data and publications in open access;
- To provide and authority control that guarantees there are not any duplicate entries;
- To guarantee UdG quality mark.