Transcript Your Repository Team Mary Robinson European Development Officer University of Nottingham, UK [email protected] RSP Goes Back to School September 2009 http://www.sherpa.ac.uk.

Your Repository Team
Mary Robinson
European Development Officer
University of Nottingham, UK
[email protected]
RSP Goes Back to School
September 2009
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk
Your Repository - under the influence:
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Historical origins
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Existing services e.g. publication databases
Initial push from library/IT/Research Office/Departments
Project/pilot funding
Motivation
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Belief in Open Access & showcasing institution’s research
Specific e.g. RAE, REF
‘Keeping up’ with other institutions
Institutional needs & facilities
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Specific or ongoing needs e.g. RAE, internal performance reviews
Interoperability with existing systems
Research output types
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1 x FTE repository manager based in library: advocacy, development, copyright
checking, some archiving. Occasional archiving by some departmental support staff.
Occasional support from programmers. (DSpace, ROAR registered 2006, repository
population approx. 500)
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1 x FTE project manager/repository manager (to reduce to 0.5 after project
completed) based in library. 1 x 0.25 technical support officer. 5 x?0.5 faculty
administrators. Occasional support from library rights officer and library web database
administrator. (DSpace, launching soon, repository population approx 60.)
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1 x repository manager (combined with day job) based in library. 2 x part time
administrators - one was a cataloguer - (totalling 22 hours per week) line managed in
document supply. Senior LIS manager has ultimate responsibility. (DSpace, ROAR
registered 2006, population approx. 3.5K)
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Managed by 'very small part' of one librarian - does some archiving. Occasionally
employ postgrad. to contact academics and process deposits. Planning to employ
part time clerical support to work on buffer. (EPrints, ROAR registered 2006,
population approx 1100)
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0.5 x FTE repository librarian. Support from line manager, project manager (senior
with LIS), copyright specialist and ad hoc from other LIS staff. Mediated deposit
system. (Hosted, ROAR registered 2006, population over 500)
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Hosted repositories
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Hosted repositories
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Your Repository Team
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Influences
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Examples
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Hosted solutions
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Identify skill gaps / areas for training or outsourcing
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Recruitment & Job descriptions
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http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/documents/Staff_and_Skills_Set_2009.pdf
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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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Skills needed within the team
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Management
Software
Metadata
Storage & Preservation
Content
Liaison (Internal & External)
Advocacy, Training & Support
Current Awareness & Professional
Development
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Your Repository Team
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Influences
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Examples
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Hosted solutions
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Identify skill gaps / areas for training or outsourcing
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Recruitment & Job descriptions
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/informationenvironment/recruitment.aspx
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Thank you!
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Questions
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How do your repository teams work (or not)?
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Do you think others within the library/institution realise
the specialist knowledge and skills you need?
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Training opportunities, are there enough and of the
right kind?
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