HubRepo Pilot Hosting Project
Service Overview
As part of the scholarly research lifecycle, scholars need web spaces that allow their work to be shared and accessible. However, establishing and administering these digital environments can require significant technical expertise and ongoing maintenance, creating barriers for those without dedicated IT support or technical experience. To address this challenge, OU Libraries has created the HubRepo. HubRepo is a hosted web service brought to OU faculty members via Reclaim Hosting, enabling scholars on campus to build and maintain their digital projects. This service includes one-click installation of WordPress and Omeka, eliminating the complexity of manual setup and configuration. This service is supported by the Digital Scholarship and Data Services (DSDS) team.
What We Offer
HubRepo uses Reclaim Hosting's Domain of One’s Own infrastructure to deploy scholarly digital projects to the web. We assist faculty who are interested in using HubRepo for their scholarship by offering onboarding consultations, 10GB of server space, best-practice guidance, and technical setup.
- Onboarding consultations
- Best-practice guidance
- Assistance with technical setup
- 10GB of server space
Get Started
Who Can Use This Service
OU faculty members who have onboarded with a member of DSDS and undergone review from a faculty advisory board.
What HubRepo is Used For
HubRepo functions as one tool that will be part of a larger ecosystem of the library’s Hub and Studios. HubRepo is used to promote and publish faculty’s digital projects. This includes projects that may have been hosted on OUCreate, or new digital projects that are in development.
Platforms Currently Available
- Wordpress: Best for blogs, digital editions
- Omeka: Best for digital collections, exhibits
- Static Sites: There are many ways to develop static sites (either manually, or through a static site generator like eleventy, or through a framework like CollectionBuilder). If you want to develop a scholarly static site, OULibraries can host it via HubRepo.
How to Get Started
To host your scholarly project on HubRepo, complete the following tasks:
- Schedule a consultation to chat with the DSDS team about your project.
- Accept the terms of service.
- Submit an overview of your project’s scholarly impact and sustainability plan for review and approval by the incoming advisory board.
- Attend an onboarding training on the cPanel.
Contact Information
Digital Scholarship and Data Services Team
FAQ
You can use the DSDS contact form to ask a question or schedule a consultation with a member of the Digital Scholarship and Data Services team.