DSpace en la Universidad de Alicante

Institutional repositories have become the means used by universities for the preservation and dissemination of scientific and technical literature and teaching generated by the academia. This communication presents the Institutional Repository of the University of Alicante (RUA), the context in which emerged the project, the choice of a repositories management system based on free software, its technical characteristics and its adaptation to the needs of the University of Alicante. In conclusion, we present the results of the project and the work to be developed on the short and medium term