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Open Source Repository presentation by David Gewirtz, Yale UniversityTRANSCRIPT
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open SourceRepository
David GewirtzDigital Preservation Architect
Yale University LibraryYale University AM&T
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open SourceRepository an Overview
A Best Practice for a SuccessfulRespository Implementation Organizational Preparedness Technical Assessment - Requirements
The Library as a service provider The End-User as a consumer of services A Framework for implementation
Promotion of the benefits (added value) toend-users or your local community
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open SourceRepository an Overview
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open SourceRepository
Organizational Preparedness for an IR Garner Organizational Support for Project
University Provost and Librarian in higher education Board of a public Library or local politician Bottom up approach sometimes works best!
Define the vision, mission and goals of the IR Service provider goals and objectives must align with
goals and objectives of consumers i.e. campus academiccommunities or the community library.
Integration with the emerging cyber-infrastructure thatsupports e-learning and research in high education
Make public library collections more accessible to supportdistance learning for a community college.
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Organizational Preparedness for an IR Develop Rules Guidelines and Policies for the IR
For submissions of scholarly communications or publiccontributions - Ingest
Types of Collections, formats and metadata Copyright IP Rights Access management Archive/Preservation capabilities
Secure Funding for IR Demonstrate added value to the mission and core values
of the institution or community. Secure grants from private and public foundations such
as IMLS
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Technical Assessment – Service Provider View Common Services possible with an IR
Integrate Analog and e-resource for enhanceddiscovery and access to collections
Interoperability and data exchange between librarysystems, collaboration and e-learning systems includingpublic libraries.
Expose to broaden access and impact of collectionsdata and metadata to external Information providers likeGoogle and social networking communities like Facebook
Preserve digital data that now encapsulates the humanrecord be the resources from publishers or communitymembers.
Digital curation services
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Technical Assessment – Consumer View Tools for Cyber-scholarships
Serendipitous discovery of valuable resources acrossacademic domains/resources.
Ability to exchange import/export library andnetwork resources into distance learning andcollaboration systems
Ability to re-use, re-purpose and expressrelationships between digital resources
A protected space for University outputs from facultystudents, staff and administration
Access and Preservation of the cultural record of acommunity
Linking Services and metadata creation tools
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Implementing an Open SourceRepository
Technical Assessment: Framework for Implementation
Express users requirements through use cases Distill end-user functional requirements from
use case analysis and discussions with endusers
Match end-user functional requirements torepository functionality
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open Source Repository
Mid-Winter ALA January 2008
Implementing an Open SourceRepository
Technical Assessment: Framework for Implementation
Align Interface requirements to functionalrequirements of the repository (add standardsand protocols)
Graph the gaps select an open source product that best fills in
the gaps i.e. Dspace or Fedora
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Implementing an Open Source Repository
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Dspace and Fedora as Different Options Monolithic Application with connections to
external services An application based open a Service
Oriented Architecture of loosely couplednetwork services/modules
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Dspace Functional Description Library Centric
Reflects structure of the organization thatimplements that application
Instantiated through communities that havecollections and items that can be aggregatedinto bundles
Ingest workflow collection centric
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Dspace Architectural View
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Fedora Service Framework
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Implementing an Open Source RepositoryDSpace- Fedora Architectures
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Promotion of the IR: An IR can enhance the exposure of an Institution’s
intellectual treasury or brand An IR complements Cyber-Scholarship and promotes
changes in the scholarly communication process An IR contributes to the preservation of our cultural
memory that is now recorded in diverse digital formats. An IR contributes to the integration of analog, digital and
network resources offered by your library.
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Important Repository References Dspace: http://www.dspace.org/ Fedora: http://www.fedora.info/ Digital Commons http://www.bepress.com/ir/ E-Prints http://www.eprints.org/ Mailing List: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-
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