[Dspace-general] data sets

[Connie Rinaldo]

A group of librarians in the Harvard University Science Libraries are 
in the process of developing a repository using DSpace.  We are 
currently testing our installation by loading articles and theses. We 
are also planning to load audiovisual materials, learning objects, 
scientific data sets, and possibly use DSpace to publish some local 
publications.

We would like to hear about others' attempts (successful and 
unsuccessful!) at using DSpace to store data sets, particularly large 
scientific ones.  We have not settled on a metadata schema for data 
sets but are looking at the Document Data Initiative ( 
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/) as a possibility. Any advice, warnings 
or other comments would be welcome.

Connie Rinaldo
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Connie Rinaldo, Librarian of the Ernst Mayr Library
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University,
26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA  02138
voice: 617-495-4576; fax: 617-496-6838
email: crinaldo at oeb.harvard.edu
http://library.mcz.harvard.edu
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