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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Based on the findings of a year-long study funded by a 2004 Institute of Museum and Library Service, National Leadership grant, the University of Rochester is building two new pages for its DSpace </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">implementation: a Researcher Page and Research Tools.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Researcher Page is a showcase for a faculty member's DSpace </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">content with links to non-DSpace items, such as additional writings.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Research Tools is the page the faculty member uses to launch and edit </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">the Researcher Page. It also allows the faculty member to search DSpace </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">and other repositories and databases, as well as our library catalog.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Our vision is to build a system that manages working documents as well </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">as allowing for self-archiving and self-publishing; these pages are our </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">first step in that direction. Information from a research project along </FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>with more information about what we want to do is available at</FONT></P>
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<DIV>Susan Gibbons<BR>Assistant Dean for Public Services <BR>& Collection Development<BR>River Campus Libraries<BR>University of Rochester<BR>585-275-6320<BR><A href="mailto:sgibbons@library.rochester.edu">sgibbons@library.rochester.edu</A><A href="mailto:dspace-general@mit.edu"></A></DIV></BODY></HTML>