Service-Kategorie: Scientific information services

OPARU is the open access repository of Ulm University and Ulm University of Applied Sciences and is available to members and affiliates of both institutions. At the same time, OPARU represents the university/university of applied sciences bibliography.

You can use OPARU for:

• First and second publications of publications and research data that are to be made publicly accessible via the Internet and indexed worldwide, e.g. in Google Scholar, library catalogs, BASE.
• Entry of only the metadata of publications that cannot/should not be made available with full text/files.
• Entry of publications produced at other scientific institutions in order to fully map publication lists in OPARU.

OPARU is centrally administered/managed and technically operated by the kiz of the University of Ulm. OPARU is a joint service facility of Ulm University and Ulm University of Applied Sciences.

Go to: OPARU

Performance features

In general

• Publications with/without uploading files
• Collection-specific input masks
• Input fields adapted to the publication type
• Funder compliance: Specification of the project / funder
• Selection lists for publication types, institutions, EU projects, publication series, etc.
• Call and download statistics
• Indexing in Google Scholar and other reference systems
• Simple and advanced search, browsing and filter options, full-text search
• Login with kiz account or after registration with password account
• Notification service or RSS feed for new items
• OAI-PMH interface with various metadata formats
• Further standard interfaces
• Planning and implementation of curation and quality measures

Publication platform

• Assignment of persistent identifiers for citations (DOI, URN)
• Citation templates Selection of various licenses, including Creative Commons
• Display of copyright regulations from publishers and journals during upload (via ISSN query)
• Automatic completion of the mandatory submission to the German National Library
• Provision of metadata for subsequent use by various systems (e.g. WinIBW cataloging software, EU portal OpenAIRE)
• OpenAIRE-compliant: Publications are automatically indexed in OpenAIRE and, if the project is specified in OPARU (FP7, Horizon 2020), assigned to the project in OpenAIRE and listed in CORDIS and the Participant Portal.
• Automated import of secondary publications within the framework of DeepGreen
• Workflow for secondary publications under free/open licenses by the kiz
• Publication contract to regulate formal details

University/college bibliography & external publications

• Structure of the university/college bibliography
• Import of updates
• Individual notification by users (web interface, e-mail)
• Submission of publication lists by users (BibTeX, RIS, DOI list, informal)
• Identification of publications belonging to the university/college bibliography
• Recording of external publications as required

User groups

All members and affiliates of Ulm University, including former members (e.g. retired professors or exmatriculated students who still want to publish their thesis), as well as external doctoral students.

Members and affiliates of Ulm University of Applied Sciences.

Service hours

24 x 7 x 365

Application modalities

An account in OPARU is required to register publications (with/without file upload). Users with a kiz account can log in directly. Users without a kiz account must register in the system with an e-mail address and be activated for collections. For publications with file upload made via OPARU, a publication agreement must be agreed to by the author/rights holder and Ulm University.

Fee / Charge

No fees or charges are levied for the service.