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Digital Repositories: The Dataset of the Humanities Greg Colati Archives, Special Collections and Digital Curation, UConn Libraries Digital Media/Innovative Collaborations Storrs, CT April 5, 2013

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Page 1: Digital Repositories, the Data Set of the Humanities

Digital Repositories: The Dataset of the Humanities

Greg Colati

Archives, Special Collections and Digital Curation, UConn Libraries

Digital Media/Innovative CollaborationsStorrs, CT

April 5, 2013

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Cyberinfrastructure and the Cultural Record

“Digital cultural heritage resources are a fundamental dataset for the humanities…

… combined with computer networks and software tools, [they] now shape the way that

scholars discover and make sense of the human record…

… [and] the way their findings are communicated to students, colleagues, and the

general public”"The Report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences." American Council of Learned Societies (2006).

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The Dilemma of Modern Scholarship

How do we insure that resources that support scholarship and research that exist in digital form today, will reliably exist and

be discoverable in the future?

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2013 2???

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Digital Repositories store and organize data…

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Digital representations of analog originals

Born digital objects with no “original” analog form Still Images Data Sets Documents Moving Images Complex objects

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The British Library URL: http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/leonardo/leonardo_broadband.htm

.. allow it to be used in one environment…

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The British Library URL: http://www.bl.uk/ebooktreasures/

… re-used in another.

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Four “–ity”s of the Digital Repository Sustainability

The digital object can be maintained and accessed over time

Authenticity Digital object is reliably true to the original

Interoperability The ability of one standards-based object to

be used in any other standards-based system Reusability

Objects can be used in ways not related to original purpose

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http://neatline.org

Reuse

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http://viewshare.org/

Mash up

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http://Omeka.org

Tell a Story

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Non-consumptive analysis

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Everything can be data…

"When it was made simple, counted in bits, information was found to be everywhere"

-James Gleick, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood (2011)

"It is not just about the data, it is about the story"-Arianna Huffington (2012)

… and used to tell a story.4/4/2013

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Five Equations of the Cultural Record (2013)

Content =DataAnalog =Non-existent

Unconnected

=Invisible

Reusable =ValuableStorytellin

g=Visualization

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National/International Aggregators

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A Few Regional or Statewide Aggregators

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The Digital Repository:

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Not just for published works, for YOUR work: Research data Pre- and post- prints Collateral data not included in final products The raw material of scholarship

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The Digital Stacks

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Managed Storage: Data storage accessed by the data owner through a management interface provided by a unit that provides tools for data management including: metadata management (descriptions and keywords) rules-based discovery and use either locally or

externally visualization preservation services (e.g. fixity checking,

migration, redundancy, versioning)

In other words: a Library

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The Digital Attic

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Unmanaged Storage:Provided through a network share or other connection to a space where: the content owner has complete responsibility

for the content. No automated preservation or management

tools Usually supported by some form of backup

and disaster recovery.

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If your data: Has long-term value for scholarship or reuse Will be accessed by people external to your

project/department/UConn

Managed storage services provide: Rules-based access to a variety of audiences A set of basic discovery and presentation tools Custom access and management tools based on

Open APIs Persistent and citable unique identifiers (Handles,

DOIs)

Why Use a Digital Repository?

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UConn Digital Repository Services

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Available Fall 2013 Homer Babbidge Library and Archives and

Special Collections at the Dodd Center Value added digital library services Centrally managed and curated storage for all

disciplines

UConn Repository Services are provided through the Connecticut Digital Archive, a partnership between UConn Archives and Special Collections and the Connecticut State Library, and hosted at the Homer Babbidge Library

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2013-14 Content Concentrations

Special Collections

• University Archives• Manuscript

Collections

Research Data

• Selected Early Adopters

• Library Supported

MAGIC• GIS Data Sets• Map resources

UConn Digital

Humanities

• Any content • Any tools

UConn Repository Services are provided through the Connecticut Digital Archive

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Digital capture and reformatting Metadata creation for new content Legacy content migration Legacy metadata migration Custom presentation interfaces

Additional Service Offerings

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Questions?

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Greg ColatiSenior Director, University Archives, Special Collections, and Digital CurationThomas J. Dodd Research CenterUniversity of Connecticut Libraries

[email protected]