ABOUT INREP SCHOLAR
The research repository built for African universities.
Inrep Scholar gives institutions one governed place to receive submissions, run review workflows, protect files, enforce access policy, and publish research to a searchable public repository.
Published thesis
Evaluating AI Adoption in Nigerian University Libraries: Access, Ethics and Repository Governance
Published
Library Science
University of Lagos
88+
Published records
1+
Universities
6
Access types
NDPR
Privacy standard
WHY IT EXISTS
Most universities already have research. The problem is access, structure, and control.
Theses, dissertations, projects, and journal papers are scattered across offices, drives, and laptops. Inrep Scholar gives institutions one place to preserve records, run structured review, publish metadata, protect files, and report on repository health.
Preservation first
Academic records should not disappear inside folders, drives, or physical archives.
Governed access
Institutions decide what is open, view-only, restricted, embargoed, or internal — per record.
Discovery by default
Good metadata makes research easier to find, cite, and reuse across the continent.
Operational clarity
Every upload, review, access request, and publication action should be traceable and reportable.
PLATFORM
Everything a university repository needs
From first submission to public discovery — without email chains, spreadsheets, or manual reporting.
Submissions
Structured submission intake
Students and researchers submit through guided forms. Metadata, file type, and access policy validated before review begins.
Review
Supervisor and librarian review queue
Supervisors approve content. Librarians verify metadata. Corrections flow back to students — all tracked with deadlines and audit logs.
Access control
Governed access for every record
Open, view-only, restricted, institution-only, embargoed, and metadata-only access types enforced automatically per record.
Discovery
Public repository with smart search
Published records are searchable by title, author, keyword, department, and document type across all participating institutions.
Reporting
Leadership-ready repository reports
Generate submission activity, access pattern, metadata quality, and repository readiness reports for academic leadership.
Inrep AI
AI copilot for repository operations
Ask about record status, surface metadata gaps, draft dean-ready summaries, and review queue visibility — all in plain language.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Control access without hiding knowledge.
Protect sensitive academic documents while keeping metadata, citations, and discovery available to the right audience.
Private file storage
Original documents stored outside public folders and served through controlled application routes. No direct URL access.
Signed PDF viewer
View-only sessions use expiring tokens to reduce uncontrolled access to protected files.
Watermarking
Protected document pages can show session-specific watermarks to discourage misuse and trace leaks.
Role-based access
Admins, supervisors, librarians, and institutional users each operate with role-aware access boundaries.
Audit logs
Every submission decision, access request, approval, and sensitive action is logged and traceable.
Access approval workflow
Restricted records require a formal request and authorised institution decision before any access is granted.
Download control
Downloads limited to open-access records or approved temporary access windows for restricted content.
NDPR-aware workflows
Privacy-conscious data handling aligned with Nigerian data protection requirements and institutional privacy policies.
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
Less administrative drag. More repository impact.
Repository teams spend less time chasing missing metadata, unclear access rights, and stalled reviews — and more time on work that matters.
Submission queue
Access governance
Metadata review
Which records need policy attention this week?
Prepare a dean-ready repository summary
Ask Inrep AI about repository operations
IMPLEMENTATION
Guided setup for your institution
Most institutions go from onboarding to live repository in under a week. No technical team required.
01
Institution setup
Configure your institution profile, departments, and repository branding in a single guided onboarding session.
02
User roles
Assign admins, supervisors, librarians, and department coordinators with the appropriate access levels.
03
Submission configuration
Set up document types, metadata requirements, and access policy defaults for your institution.
04
Go live
Publish your first records. Your repository is publicly discoverable and searchable from day one.
WHO IT SERVES
For every team involved in academic output management.
University Libraries
Bulk upload, metadata standards, access governance, OAI-PMH harvesting, and repository reporting.
Research Offices
Track institutional research outputs, submission activity, compliance readiness, and publication metrics.
Graduate Schools
Preserve theses and dissertations with structured approval, embargo controls, and supervisor sign-off.
Departments
Organise discipline-specific records, manage department review queues, and browse published outputs by subject.
Supervisors
Review and approve student submissions directly in the platform. Corrections flow back automatically.
Students
Submit work into a structured institutional process with guided forms, validation, and status tracking.
Aligned with repository, metadata, and privacy standards
OAI-PMH
Dublin Core
DataCite
ORCID
NDPR
Controlled Access
Ready to launch a proper university repository?
Get your institution set up with guided onboarding, metadata configuration, and access control built in from day one.
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