Transcript Innovation agenda on professional issues

UPSpace
An institutional repository for the
University of Pretoria
Ina Smith
[email protected]
Institutional Repository
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Set of services
Management & dissemination of digital materials
Organisational commitment
Stewardship
Long-term preservation
Organisation, access, distribution
Advantages
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Preserve intellectual output of UP
Long-term preservation
International exposure
Retrievable via Google
Evolving expert database
Consistent URL for citations
Links between items, collections
Searchable – not static web page
Decentralised or distributed input
“Champions”
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Africana & Special Collections
Architecture
Scholarly Publications
Veterinary Science
DSpace for Digital Archiving (1)
DSpace for Digital Archiving (2)
DSpace for Digital Archiving (3)
Default Look & Feel
UPSpace Look & Feel
Access via
UPPortal
UP IT Requirements
• LDAP/ GAP Authentication via Portal
• Look & Feel for Applications
Information Model
Top-level Community
Africana & Special Collections
Sub-Community
Collections
SA Music Collection
Items in DSpace
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Articles (preprints & postprints)
Technical reports
Working papers
Conference reports
E-theses
E-books
Items in DSpace
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Datasets: statistical, geospatial, etc.
Images: visual, scientific, etc.
Audio files
Video files (up to 500 MB)
Learning objects
Reformatted digital library collections
Workflow
Submit
Reject
Accept
Edit Metadata
Commit
DSpace
Metadata in DSpace
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Qualified DC Metadata
15 Elements + Qualifiers
Edit DC Registry
Add / delete elements/qualifiers (not
recommended)
• Mandatory / Optional fields
Harvesting Metadata
• OAISTER
• Search Engines e.g. Google
Persistent Identifiers
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CNRI Handle System
Valid citations
Unique handle for each item
E.g. http://hdl.handle.net/1849/171
1849 = Naming authority assigned by handle system to e.g. UP
171 = Unique local name assigned to an item in the repository
Managing the Project
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/dspace
Evaluation
Proposal
Needs Analysis
Evaluation
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation
• DSpace on UPDev
• DSpace on UP Q&A
• DSpace on Portal Server
Next …
• Marketing & Communications Plan
• Training Program
Reflection & Communication
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DSpace Listserve [email protected]
DSpace web www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/dspace
Update documents & policies
Meetings
Community of Practice
User Support
• Help landline 8/5
• Online help 24/7
– Viewlets e.g. Macromedia Captivate, PPT, Open
Office
• Tutorial
• User policy
• Pamphlet
• E-mail [email protected]
User Policy
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Submission
Communities and Collections
Responsibilities & rights
Licensing, copyright, privacy, intellectual property
Preservation support
Withdrawals
Workflow
System back-up and availability
Copyright, Rights & Licensing
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License stored with each item
Submitter “Grants License”
Default DSpace License
Community/ Collection License
Copyright note when creating Community
DC Element Rights
DSpace StyleSheet: © University of Pretoria
The way forward …
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Federated Search Engine
Emerging IR software
Long-term budget
Migration of digital objects
Repository size
Bandwidth
Collaboration e.g. DISA
Collaboration between institutions
The way forward …
• Register with
– Open Archives Institute
– DSpace Wiki
– OAISTER
Thank you!
[email protected]
DSpace URL:
www.ais.up.ac.za/edu/dspace
Tel.: +27 12 420 3082