Can I deposit links instead of files?

Jorum offers the option of depositing both links to external resources, and also the resources themselves, into the Jorum repository.

Depositing a web link to your resources in Jorum can enhance the dissemination and “discoverability” of your resources, and enable you to update your resources without having to edit them in Jorum; you can also point to and highlight others’ resources that you have found on the web, provided their licensing permits this. A point to remember is that a URL may change in the future, meaning that the link may become broken in Jorum.

Depositing actual resources into Jorum itself can provide the security of your resources being hosted and maintained by a national repository service, and remove the need for an individual or institution to host and store the resources themselves. There is also the advantage that putting resources in Jorum - as well as in local repositories - can make resources more visible through aggregation, and the exposure that Jorum provides to search engines such as Google.