EPrints Training Course

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This page is intended to tie together training videos and other resources into a set of comprehensive training courses for EPrints. It is intended to serve as an introduction to EPrints for users, administrators and systems administrators involved with running an EPrints Repository.

Introduction and System Overview

Course Streams

Using EPrints

...as a User

  • Depositing an EPrints
  • Saved Searches and Notifications
  • Managing Your User Profile

...as an Editor

  • The Editorial Buffer
  • The Staff Search

...as an Administrator

  • Managing Users
  • Basic Troubleshooting


Configuring EPrints

Basic Configuration

Basic configuration can be done at the front-end, and requires no knowledge of perl or the EPrints API.

  • Branding
  • Metadata Configuration
  • The Workflow
  • Browse Views
  • Searches
  • Installing Bazaar Packages

Advanced Configuration

Advanced configuration assumes some knowledge of the command-line and sometimes a little bit of Perl.

  • Default and Automatic Values
  • Custom Rendering of Values

Maintaining and Developing EPrints

Systems Administration

Installing EPrints

Troubleshooting

The EPrints API

API Basics

Advanced Configuration

Developing Plugins and Bazaar Packages