Latest developments in Hydra-land

Repository Fringe 2014, Edinburgh, 30th July 2014

Chris AwreHead of Information

ManagementLibrary and Learning Innovation

University of Hull

Hydra-land

Hydra-land• 24 Partners – 2 more in progress• Wide range of uses• Institutional repository• Workflow management• Archives and special collections• Research data• Image management• Media management

• Careful timezone management for Partner calls ;-)

What is Hydra?

• Hydra is…• An open source workflow and user interface toolkit for use over a Fedora repository

• Hydra is also…• A community that develops repository solutions together

How do you use Hydra?

• Download Hydra gem and build local solution• Hydra gem at version 7• Hydra gem is a package of all core gems required for a Hydra implementation• Available via github• https://github.com/projecthydra

• Implement some of the Hydra gems as part of a wider solution• Take existing Hydra solution (Hydra head) and adapt this• Implement Hydra solution bundle

Hydra@Hull

LSE Digital Library

ScholarSphere / sufia (Penn State)

Sufia -> CurateND (University of Notre Dame)

Avalon

Current community activity

• Mailing list development• New hydra-community Google Group• Open to anyone wishing to follow Hydra activity• NB. Distinct from hydra-tech

• Hydra Connect conference• First conference held January 2014• Workshops, talks, unconference discussion

• Connect #2 – October 2014• And then annually

• Face-to-face way of finding out about Hydra

Hydra Europe

• First Hydra Europe Symposium held• Dublin, April 2014

• Situated alongside second European Hydra Camp• Four-day in depth training course

• Attendance from UK, Ireland, Denmark, Austria,• Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands

• Web events being arranged• Second Symposium being planned• Spring 2014

Hydra UK

• Interest in Hydra from York, Lancaster, Durham• Primary desire is to consolidate repository activity• Nascent Hydra UK group formed• To support each other• Technically and managerially

• To mutually develop solutions• E.g., around open access• Jisc PathFinder projects

• To feed UK needs into Hydra development• Next meeting – October 2014

Working groups

• Structuring of development discussions within Working Groups• Hydra Archivists Working Group• Hydra Digital Preservation Working Group• Hydra RDF Working Group

• Highlights current areas of interest

• Work is also ongoing to ensure Hydra works with Fedora 4 seamlessly• Fedora 4.1 release in 2015 intended to deliver this

Hydra-labs

• https://github.com/projecthydra-labs/• Where developments mature before general release• Some highlights• browse-everything• Cloud storage connector

• ORCID plugin / IRUS UK gem• hydra-derivatives• File format transformations

• questioning _authority• Controlled vocabulary plugin

Hydra in use

Archives and special collections

• Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame• Separation of content management and access• Hydra head• Workflow stages, from ingest to complete record

• Blacklight• Content exported to Blacklight for indexing and searching

• Good example of managing multiple metadata• MARC for catalogue records• EAD for archival records

Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame

Tufts Digital Library

Theatre Institute of Barcelona

Spotlight

• Blacklight plugin for exhibition presentation• Include items from within the repository• And elsewhere on the web

• Videos released showing progress• Get feedback from community• Transparent software development• https://github.com/sul-dlss/spotlight

• Similar to Omeka• Exhibition collection can be saved back into the repository as an archive of the curation

ArchiveSphere

• Off-shoot from ScholarSphere• Exploring management of born-digital archives• Started with ingest• Hydra community conversation about needs• Hydra Archivists Working Group (HAWG)

• Interest in Hydra integration with ArchivesSpace

• Royal Library of Denmark designing a preservation infrastructure using Hydra

Royal Library - Infrastructure overview

Archiving & Data

Management”Valhal”

Long-termPreservatio

n”Yggdrasil”

Dissemination, Data Delivery

”Bifrost”

RLBit

Repository

RepositoryRepository

Discovery

Discovery

Data in• Ingest workflows• Metadata enrichment• Digital curation

Data out• Apps for web/mobile etc.• Raw data (REST API)• OAI-PMH provider

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

Research data

• Like many, Hydra is feeling its way in RDM• Many already hold (small) data• Hull, Virginia, Stanford, etc.

• Virginia Tech starting to store big data from this autumn• Interest in going beyond this• Data visualisation, geodata…

• UC San Diego• Hydra over DAMS, not Fedora

• Holds large numbers of datasets

UC San Diego

Image management

• Many current Hydra heads hold images• Tufts and UC San Diego are good examples

• Northwestern has developed detailed image management workflow• Digital Image Library (DIL)• Build custom collections• Create details/crops• Zoom, rotate• Controlled access

• Wider interest in embedding IIIF

DIL, Northwestern

Media management

• Increased need to manage audio and video• Hydra community has taken different approaches• RockHall• Embedding within collection, local viewing

• Avalon – IMLS-funded project• Indiana/Northwestern collaboration• Solution bundle for media management

• WGBH• Digital Asset Management System development• Large-scale management• OpenVault catalogue – Blacklight/Hydra

WGBH OpenVault

Workflow management

• Stanford has broken down the stages of repository management• Hydrus – IR Hydra head• Deposit focus• Access is through SearchWorks discovery tool

• Argo• Workflow administration• Internal Hydra head for monitoring the management of content as it is processed

• Separate heads for ETDs and EEMs (everyday electronic materials)

Where next?

• Hydra Connect / Hydra Europe Symposium / Hydra UK• Establish as regular events

• Foster mailing list interaction• Support those coming new to Hydra

• Develop more packaged solutions• Add to Avalon

• Involve more vendors for development and ongoing support• Watch the community continue to be creative!

Web: http://projecthydra.org

Wiki: http://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra

Lists: hydra-community@googlegroups.com & hydra-tech@googlegroups.com

Code: http://github.com/projecthydra/

Connect: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Hydra+Connect+Meetings

Further information

Thank you