Using Symplectic Elements in combination with the Jisc Publication Router

The Jisc Publications Router offers institutions the ability to integrate the Router with their DSpace or EPrints based repository. Institutions also using Symplectic Element’s Repository Tools 2 integration for DSpace or Eprints, are able to harvest the Router records into Elements (via the repository) for use in their open access monitoring. This allows Router records to be harvested into Elements via the repository, where they can be matched to users and/or existing records already within Elements.

During the first half of 2019, Jisc and Symplectic conducted a pilot with the support of the University of Cambridge and Sheffield Hallam University. The pilot tested the use of the Publications Router to provide notifications to DSpace and EPrints Repositories that were then harvested into Elements via a Repository Tools 2 connection. This pilot demonstrated that the Router and Elements are technically compatible when used in this way. 

As the volumes of data involved vary by institution, we recommend that any institutions considering the Router in combination with Elements first implement this in a test environment before taking the decision to implement in a live environment.