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Repository Staff & Skills Set
UKCoRR meeting
University of Nottingham, November 2007
Mary Robinson
SHERPA European Development Officer
SHERPA, University of Nottingham, UK
[email protected]
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk
Background
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In response to requests for job descriptions
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Aim: to identify key repository roles and the entire skills
set needed to set up and run a “successful” repository
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Input from UKCoRR members and SHERPA partners
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Released August 2007
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/news/Aug2007-01.htm
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk
Repository Roles
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Repository Manager
“Manages the ‘human’ side of the repository including content
policies, advocacy, user training and a liaison with a wide range of
institutional departments and external contacts.”
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Repository Administrator
“Manages the technical implementation, customisation and
management of repository software, manages metadata fields
and quality, creates usage reports and tracks the preservation
issues.”
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Repository Skills Set
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Management
Software
Metadata
Storage & Preservation
Content
Liaison (Internal & External)
Advocacy, Training & Support
Current Awareness & Professional
Development
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Response
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UK
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Ireland
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Spain
“Very useful!”
“it is going to be of a great help here in Spain;
actually I have distributed the information
through our repositories distribution list“
Alicia López Medina
Head of Innovation Technology Library -UNED
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk
Response
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Australia - RUBRIC Project
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To establish and develop institutional repositories in
participating Australian universities.
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The RUBRIC Toolkit is aimed at new or existing
institutional repository managers and captures the
"best" of available advice, experience and outcomes
available for institutional repository (IR)
development in 2007.
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Future & Feedback
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Update Annually
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Any suggestions?
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Repository roles
Skills set – RAE involvement?
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Evaluation sheets
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If you use it in designing job descriptions, consider any
difficulties you encounter and let us know.
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Thank you!
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