Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Concepción

Overview

The Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Concepción is the institutional open-access repository of the Universidad de Concepción (UdeC), one of Chile's major public research universities. The repository provides access to the scientific and academic production generated by members of the university community, including theses, journal articles, and other scholarly materials.

History and Background

The repository was formally registered and launched in October 2015, operated by the Dirección de Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Concepción. The Universidad de Concepción itself was founded in 1919 and is one of Chile's oldest and most distinguished universities, recognized for its strength in science, technology, humanities, and social sciences. The repository runs on the DSpace platform and supports OAI-PMH metadata harvesting for integration with international registries.

Collections and Holdings

The repository's collections encompass the full range of disciplinary output from the university's faculties, including engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences, humanities, education, law, and economics. The primary content types are doctoral and master's dissertations (tesis), journal articles, and research reports. The platform is described on its homepage as increasing and guaranteeing the dissemination, visibility, preservation, and conservation of the university's academic output.

Access and Usage

The repository is freely accessible at repositorio.udec.cl. Users can browse by community, collection, issue date, author, title, and subject. New content is continuously added as the university's academic community generates publications and graduates students.