Preparing for changes to IRUS - Research

"IRUS has played an important role in helping institutions understand the usage of their repositories. The move to OpenAIRE PROVIDE will continue to offer the same functionality as IRUS. At Jisc we will work closely with OpenAIRE to continue to support you and provide a smooth transition over to the new service. 

Following the announcement of the changes, the team shares some answers to queries from users, and how you will be supported. If you have any questions about the changes, contact us at help@jisc.ac.uk, using IRUS in the subject line. 

Why is IRUS being retired? 

After an extensive review process, we have decided to retire IRUS as part of our ongoing efforts to innovate and improve our product offerings. This decision was based on several factors including the significant investment that would be required to address the existing technical debt and put the service on a sustainable footing. The decision was taken to concentrate on enhancement of JUSP as this is a business-critical service for Jisc members."