as a data provider via OAI-PMH? Yes, via the OAI-PMH Publisher I can't see my repository in DRIVER Search Service, why? Processing - harvesting, aggregating, indexing - takes some time before it can be activated. The automatic validation process done during the registration cannot check all inter-operability aspects defined in the DRIVER Guidelines Is there any way to export displayed records in other formats? Currently not. We endeavour for this to be the case in the future. Could our repository be re-harvested after it has gone through some changes? Yes. I am wondering if we can freely use the articles DRIVER is listing? Yes. The papers that you found through DRIVER are Open Access, derived from institutional repositories. Open Access material, such as the articles that you found, is material that can be viewed and used by anyone, free of charge. What does this message in the registration process mean: "Warning! The repository manager's email address does not match the administrator e-mail you entered in form" ? When one fills in the registration form, at the bottom, where you provide the OAI interface information of your repository you have to give the OAI interface url in the address field, not the homepage url. It is this address that the system uses to connect to your repository and retrieve the administrator's e-mail address. Is it allowed to integrate links to the DRIVER application in our local portal? Yes Which time period does the DRIVER information space cover? It covers the last