Pakistan Research Repository

Pakistan Research Repository is a project of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to promote the international visibility of research originating out of institutes of higher education in Pakistan. Users are able to download the fulltext PhD theses originated in Pakistani institutions of higher education.

The aim of this service is to maintain a digital archive of all PhD theses produced indigenously to promote the intellectual output of Pakistani institutions. It provides a free, single-entry access point to view the manuscript of research executed, and distribute this information as widely as possible.
The repository which is currently being populated with content has already made the full-text of PhD theses available in high-quality digitized format, whilst a further theses are in process of digitization. Higher Education Commission has introduced a systematic mechanism for the collection and digitization of all the theses produced so far in Pakistan.

The repository offers browsing option by Subjects, Years, Type Institutions.While advance searching is also available.

You may access Pakistan Research Repository at http://eprints.hec.gov.pk/

LIS Study Circle on 'Institutional Repository'

LIS Study Circle’s monthly session took place at Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood’s office on Sept. 10, 2009 . The topic of discussion was “Institutional Repositories’. The participants discussed different aspects of the topic, e.g. Definition, Concept, Characteristics, Software Applications for Institutional Repositories, etc.

The discussion was followed by an Iftar Party by Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, at a local restaurant of Lahore.

The recommendations of the LIS Study Circle are:

Recommendation:

1. It is recommended to arrange training workshops/seminars/lectures to train the LIS professionals of the country to successfully implement institutional repositories.
2. Library Associations/Schools/Professional Groups may propose a formal draft for university and special libraries to formally implement institutional repositories in their respective institutions/organizations.
3. Libraries should use specialised software applications specifically developed for ‘institutional repositories’. The circle recommended DSpace and EPrints software for the development of institutional repositories. However it was felt that further evaluation is necessary to finalise the choice of software applications.