Lirias, K.U. Leuven’s DSpace based repository, has been developed by @mire in collaboration with the research coordination office, the library and the institute’s IT department. Aside from the installed @mire products, specific customizations were necessary in order to make the repository fully fit the institute’s workflow and IT infrastructure. Examples of such modifications are the integration with the institution's SAP ERP system and Shibboleth infrastructure. @mire also imported data from legacy systems (Access Databases, Reference Manager, Endnote, spreadsheet) and provided a web interface, allowing faculty to easily validate these data.

In this project, the human factor played an important role. In order to facilitate adoption of the repository by all departments, more than 60 introduction meetings were organized to clearly communicate the functionality and benefits of the repository. @mire developed specific training materials, such as manuals, presentations and tool tips within the repository. LIRIAS, now in it's second year of operation, is the second largest DSpace installation worldwide, according to OpenDOAR.


Featured Products:

• Information Conversion Suite: Users are able to export information in a variety of formats.
• Reporting Suite: Lirias has an elaborated statistics module and the ability to generate publication lists for groups, individuals or organisational units.

Featured Custom Developments:

• Lirias interacts with K.U. Leuven's SAP Shibboleth services for user authorization and authentication.
• Lirias features a live integration with PubMed and ISI Web of knowledge, in order to optimise the submission process.
• Lirias makes use of templates enabling different submission forms per publication type.
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• Lirias makes use of a journal database to ensure correct and consistent journals titles.
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• Lirias makes use of an advanced double checking algorithm which enables the administrator to ensure correct data.
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In operation since November 2006
Location Leuven, Belgium
Provided services Installation, Custom Development, Import, Roll-out, Training
Installed @mire products Reporting Suite, Information Conversion Suite, Metadata Quality Assurance Suite, Template Engine, Pubmed & ISI Interfaces
Number of items 130.000
Number of daily unique visitors 1000
Number of registered users 3713
Based on DSpace
URL http://lirias.kuleuven.be