University of the Philippines Manila Institutional Repository

Abstract

With the creation of numerous digital materials every day, there lies an inherent problem on where and how to store them in the context of long-term archiving. This institutional problem for the University of the Philippines Manila is further aggravated with the utilization of multiple repositories – creating information islands of digital institutional assets in the process. This greatly hinders data gathering and dissemination of digital materials within the institution. As a solution to the said problem, an online centralized repository system for the University of the Philippines Manila is proposed. The repository system allows users to be able to view, store, and share digital materials while providing functionalities such as material commenting and annotation. The development of the University of the Philippines Manila Institutional Repository made it possible for users to be able to easily search and contribute digital materials with the use of the Internet. On the administrative side, System Administrators are fully capable of moderating content and can even assign moderators to each community to help in the moderation process.