Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (GALA) is the institutional repository of research outputs for the University of Greenwich, managed by the Scholarly Communications Team in Greenwich Research and Innovation (GRI). 

The focus of GALA is preserving, collecting, and disseminating research outputs of academics at the University of Greenwich. The open access repository aims to: 

• increase the visibility and potential impact of research outputs 

• open networks of collaboration and facilitate interdisciplinary research 

• ensure compliance with funding agencies and institutional policies 

• evaluate and assess the impact of research outputs by using responsible metrics. 

In scope outputs include both traditional and non-traditional. Typically, the type of outputs that are deposited into GALA include: 

• Academic journal articles 

• Books and book chapters 

• Conference papers 

• Creative outputs 

• Working papers 

All staff and postgraduate students involved in research are required to record their research outputs in GALA in accordance with the University of Greenwich’s Statement on Scholarly Communications. 

GALA can be accessed by University of Greenwich staff and students using their single sign-on credentials at gala.gre.ac.uk. All other users can browse, search and access any available full text in GALA from anywhere online without the need to login. 

When accepted for publication, deposit your research output into GALA as soon as possible with the author’s accepted manuscript (AAM) attached.

For journal articles and conference proceedings to comply with the REF2029 open access policy, they must have been deposited and processed within three months of acceptance by the publisher. By acting on acceptance you ensure compliance for your outputs. 

If journal articles or conference proceedings are deposited without an AAM, they may be returned to the user and not made live on the repository.  

Depositing into GALA can be done via three processes: manual, DOI or ORCID. Below are three presentations on how to deposit into GALA using these processes. Currently, these are based on a journal article but can be adapted for other output types. 

Multicomponent outputs use a very different process. Please contact the Scholarly Communications Team (gala@gre.ac.uk) for more details. 

For advice on using GALA, issues in depositing your outputs, guidance on copyright or any other queries contact repository staff at gala@gre.ac.uk and one of the team will get back to you. 

Team members 

Hannah Wilson, Scholarly Communications Manager, GRI 
Alex Carter, Scholarly Communications Administrator, GRI 
Rosannagh Maddock, Scholarly Communications Assistant, GRI 
Michelangelo Paganopoulos, Scholarly Communications Assistant, GRI 
Nadine Edwards, Thesis Support, Library and Academic Enhancement)