Digital Repository of the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry

Abstract

The paper presents the principles underlying the functions of the Cherry digital repository at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry, and the Innovation Center, and explains why it was decided to use the DSpace software for the first repository of institution. Researchers' questions were considered during procedures of depositing new items in Cherry, as well as the answers provided by librarians during administrative data control. The research part of this paper deals with the repository visit statistics based on Google Analytics and the conclusions that lead to the main goal – to increase the visibility and potential citations of research outputs.