From Kelly.Brace at itec.mail.suny.edu Mon May 3 13:13:25 2004 From: Kelly.Brace at itec.mail.suny.edu (Kelly.Brace@itec.mail.suny.edu) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 13:13:25 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] oracle and certification matrix Message-ID: hello, We are currently testing Dspace and plan on implementing it University wide throughout all of the SUNY campuses and I was wondering when 1.2 would be available. I was also wondering if you had success installing it on Apache 2.0.49 along with Tomcat 5.0.19? I haven't been able to get the connectors to work properly. I also had to revert to Solaris operating system because Redhat Advanced Server 3.0 was giving me problems. Thanks, Kelly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040503/8d5cfb20/attachment.htm From kenzie at MIT.EDU Mon May 3 17:47:47 2004 From: kenzie at MIT.EDU (MacKenzie Smith) Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 17:47:47 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] oracle and certification matrix In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040503174709.01fe4438@hesiod> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040503/72542e62/attachment.htm From leach at eps.harvard.edu Wed May 5 17:25:13 2004 From: leach at eps.harvard.edu (Michael Leach) Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 17:25:13 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Authoring tool development & publisher collaborations Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040505171434.00aafce8@eps.harvard.edu> Folks, The Harvard Science Libraries will be launching a pilot institutional repository using DSpace this summer. We are actively looking at solutions that will gather articles and other digital objects at the creation stage in our communities. One avenue we are examining is the development of author tools that will capture the relevant digital object (e.g. research article) as a given faculty member, grad student, post doc, etc. is preparing to submit the article to any given publisher. Picture one such tool--a web-based form that is customized by the author and contains those publishers/journals he/she regularly submits to. On this form is a radio button (default--checked) that asks if the author wants the preprint deposited into the institutional repository as it is sent off to review. The form could also have options for sending the article off to any given preprint server as well (e.g. ArXiv). The author makes the relevant choices on the form, clicks once, and the article is sent off to the various parties. Are any of you developing such a tool or tools? Similarly, have any of you approached potential publishers to help in the development of such tools? Obviously, I don't wish to reinvent the wheel, and this email archive did not show any previous posting along these lines (unless I missed it). Of course, if anyone is interested in collaborating, please let me know. I have already initiated talks with publishers in the physics and biomedical fields on this topic. Thanks. Michael Michael R. Leach Harvard University, Kummel Library of Geological Sciences & Physics Research Library 617-495-2878 or -2029 (voice); leach at eps.harvard.edu or mrleach at fas.harvard.edu From ajh at cvt.dk Thu May 6 03:54:33 2004 From: ajh at cvt.dk (ajh@cvt.dk) Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:54:33 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Dspace-general] Authoring tool development & publisher collaborations In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040505171434.00aafce8@eps.harvard.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040505171434.00aafce8@eps.harvard.edu> Message-ID: <33647.192.38.67.228.1083830073.squirrel@ns3.cvt.dk> Hi Michael Ihere are a few scenarios for your proposal, as I see it 1) You do not integrate your webpage for submission with DSpace, having to go into DSpace to do the submission and metaentrence 2) You keep your interface seperate from the DSpace, but push your data (metadata and digital objects) with a METSupload/importer. This is the job we are looking for together with MIT. 3) You go for en extention of DSpace Meta-data-interfacing. Here you can get an idea by looking at the work done in "Thesis Alive"... Let us know about your work as it goes on. We certainly would be interested in the possibilities of getting a publication workflow put together. Cooperation depends on detailed considerations on such a workflow. (Al)Fred Techn. Univ. of Denmark, Knowledge Center > Folks, > > The Harvard Science Libraries will be launching a pilot > institutional > repository using DSpace this summer. We are actively looking at > solutions that will gather articles and other digital objects at the > creation stage in our communities. > One avenue we are examining is the development of author tools that > > will capture the relevant digital object (e.g. research article) as a > given faculty member, grad student, post doc, etc. is preparing to > submit the article to any given publisher. Picture one such tool--a > web-based form that is customized by the author and contains those > publishers/journals he/she regularly submits to. On this form is a > radio button > (default--checked) that asks if the author wants the preprint deposited > into the institutional repository as it is sent off to review. The > form could also have options for sending the article off to any given > preprint server as well (e.g. ArXiv). The author makes the relevant > choices on the form, clicks once, and the article is sent off to the > various parties. > Are any of you developing such a tool or tools? Similarly, have > any > of you approached potential publishers to help in the development of > such tools? Obviously, I don't wish to reinvent the wheel, and this > email archive did not show any previous posting along these lines > (unless I missed it). Of course, if anyone is interested in > collaborating, please let me know. I have already initiated talks with > publishers in the physics and biomedical fields on this topic. > Thanks. > > Michael > > Michael R. Leach > Harvard University, Kummel Library of Geological Sciences & Physics > Research Library > 617-495-2878 or -2029 (voice); leach at eps.harvard.edu or > mrleach at fas.harvard.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From margretb at MIT.EDU Thu May 6 10:22:41 2004 From: margretb at MIT.EDU (Margret Branschofsky) Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 10:22:41 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Authoring tool development & publisher collaborations In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040505171434.00aafce8@eps.harvard.edu> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040506101210.019f4e38@po10.mit.edu> Working with the publishers sounds like a great idea. We could each approach the publishers most important for our repositories, i.e. MIT could go after IEEE. And once we have some publishers who are willing to work with us we could list them in a registry on dspace.org. Of course, not all publishers will think this is a great idea :-), but we can start with the cooperative ones and see how far we get. Margret Branschofsky DSpace User Support Manager Digital Library Research Group Bldg. 14S-M24 (617)253-1293 margretb at mit.edu http://dspace.mit.edu At 05:25 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, Michael Leach wrote: >Folks, > > The Harvard Science Libraries will be launching a pilot institutional > repository using DSpace this summer. We are actively looking at > solutions that will gather articles and other digital objects at the > creation stage in our communities. > One avenue we are examining is the development of author tools that > will capture the relevant digital object (e.g. research article) as a > given faculty member, grad student, post doc, etc. is preparing to submit > the article to any given publisher. Picture one such tool--a web-based > form that is customized by the author and contains those > publishers/journals he/she regularly submits to. On this form is a radio > button (default--checked) that asks if the author wants the preprint > deposited into the institutional repository as it is sent off to > review. The form could also have options for sending the article off to > any given preprint server as well (e.g. ArXiv). The author makes the > relevant choices on the form, clicks once, and the article is sent off to > the various parties. > Are any of you developing such a tool or tools? Similarly, have any > of you approached potential publishers to help in the development of such > tools? Obviously, I don't wish to reinvent the wheel, and this email > archive did not show any previous posting along these lines (unless I > missed it). Of course, if anyone is interested in collaborating, please > let me know. I have already initiated talks with publishers in the > physics and biomedical fields on this topic. > Thanks. > >Michael > >Michael R. Leach >Harvard University, Kummel Library of Geological Sciences & Physics >Research Library >617-495-2878 or -2029 (voice); leach at eps.harvard.edu or >mrleach at fas.harvard.edu > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040506/a84144e5/attachment.htm From bwarner at ku.edu Thu May 6 10:53:17 2004 From: bwarner at ku.edu (Warner, Beth Forrest) Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:53:17 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Authoring tool development & publishercollaborations Message-ID: <759618CD64AD564AB3756EF0B33D8533B9D047@meadowlark2.home.ku.edu> Rather than working just with individual publishers, you might want to start with developing links to some of the larger e-manuscript management systems. These systems are used by multiple publishers. E-manuscript management systems / vendors include: AllenTrack, Allen Press, http://www.allentrack.net Bench>Press, HighWire Press, http://benchpress.highwire.org EdiKit, Berkeley Electronic Press, www.bepress.com ESPERE, www.espere.org Manuscript Central, ScholarOne, http://www.scholarone.com/products_manuscriptcentral.html Rapid Review, Cadmus, http://www.cadmusknowledgeworks.com/products/rapidReview.asp Beth ==================================================================== Beth Forrest Warner Phone: (785) 864-4999 Asst. Vice Provost for Information Fax: (785) 864-0360 Services (Strategic Initiatives) Email: bwarner at ku.edu 1450 Jayhawk Blvd; 223 Strong Hall University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-7535 ==================================================================== -----Original Message----- From: Michael Leach [mailto:leach at eps.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:25 PM To: dspace-general at MIT.EDU Cc: mrleach at fas.harvard.edu Subject: [Dspace-general] Authoring tool development & publishercollaborations Folks, The Harvard Science Libraries will be launching a pilot institutional repository using DSpace this summer. We are actively looking at solutions that will gather articles and other digital objects at the creation stage in our communities. One avenue we are examining is the development of author tools that will capture the relevant digital object (e.g. research article) as a given faculty member, grad student, post doc, etc. is preparing to submit the article to any given publisher. Picture one such tool--a web-based form that is customized by the author and contains those publishers/journals he/she regularly submits to. On this form is a radio button (default--checked) that asks if the author wants the preprint deposited into the institutional repository as it is sent off to review. The form could also have options for sending the article off to any given preprint server as well (e.g. ArXiv). The author makes the relevant choices on the form, clicks once, and the article is sent off to the various parties. Are any of you developing such a tool or tools? Similarly, have any of you approached potential publishers to help in the development of such tools? Obviously, I don't wish to reinvent the wheel, and this email archive did not show any previous posting along these lines (unless I missed it). Of course, if anyone is interested in collaborating, please let me know. I have already initiated talks with publishers in the physics and biomedical fields on this topic. Thanks. Michael Michael R. Leach Harvard University, Kummel Library of Geological Sciences & Physics Research Library 617-495-2878 or -2029 (voice); leach at eps.harvard.edu or mrleach at fas.harvard.edu _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general at mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From rrodgers at MIT.EDU Fri May 7 09:48:52 2004 From: rrodgers at MIT.EDU (Richard Rodgers) Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 09:48:52 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace 1.2 Beta 2 Released Message-ID: <1083937729.14907.22.camel@dspace-14.mit.edu> Now available on SourceForge, DSpace 1.2 Beta 2 corrects many deficiencies identified in Beta 1. ** Errors in documentation and code for performing the upgrade from DSpace 1.1.1 have been fixed. As with the previous beta, be sure to download both the code and revised Beta 2 docs. ** Several bugs in DSpace 1.2 discovered by early beta testers have been fixed. ** We are happy to now be able to include the METS export facility, which was held pending licensing harmonization with DSpace. Thanks to all who have already contributed valuable feedback on Beta 1, and to those who will join the testing with Beta2. From maberry at otis.edu Fri May 7 14:50:13 2004 From: maberry at otis.edu (Sue Maberry) Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 11:50:13 -0700 Subject: [Dspace-general] image archives Message-ID: <409BDA65.732595BA@otis.edu> We're looking at Dspace for possible use within our college and we're wondering if there are any examples of using Dspace for student portfolios, primarily of images. I'd really like to look at any other examples of implementations besides the MIT site. Thanks, Sue -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sue Maberry Director of Library Otis College of Art & Design 9045 Lincoln Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 310 665-6925 FAX 310 665-6998 email: maberry at otis.edu http://www.otis.edu/library/ From wsimpson at UDel.Edu Mon May 10 14:57:41 2004 From: wsimpson at UDel.Edu (William Simpson) Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:57:41 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] question about entering keywords Message-ID: <409FD0A5.6050809@udel.edu> Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? When keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the abstract or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the author to supply them? 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Michigan Indianapolis, IN 46202 office: 317-274-8230 fax: 317-278-0368 klpalmer at iupui.edu -----Original Message----- From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of dspace-general-request at mit.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:03 AM To: dspace-general at mit.edu Subject: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 Send Dspace-general mailing list submissions to dspace-general at mit.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dspace-general-request at mit.edu You can reach the person managing the list at dspace-general-owner at mit.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Dspace-general digest..." Today's Topics: 1. question about entering keywords (William Simpson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:57:41 -0400 From: William Simpson To: dspace-general at mit.edu Subject: [Dspace-general] question about entering keywords Message-ID: <409FD0A5.6050809 at udel.edu> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070401040403070409020800" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 1 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070401040403070409020800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? 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This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE.  Standards for entering keywords:  is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace?  When keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the abstract or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the author to supply them?

William Simpson
assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator
University of Delaware
--------------070401040403070409020800-- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general at mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 ********************************************* From margretb at MIT.EDU Tue May 11 15:29:07 2004 From: margretb at MIT.EDU (Margret Branschofsky) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:29:07 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Controlled Vocabulary by Library In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040511152127.02435cb0@po10.mit.edu> MIT Libraries has created a Metadata Unit that provides services for a fee. They will consult with communities about metadata and will also create metadata for them. They have provided the metadata for the SMA community in MIT's DSpace. They are also creating metadata records for MIT's OpenCourseWare using IEEE/LOM. So far there has been no manual input of thesaurus-based subjects into MIT's DSpace repository, but we have batch imported a lot of MARC records for older items and crosswalked the metadata to DC records, preserving the LC Subject Headings. Margret Branschofsky At 12:38 PM 5/11/2004 -0500, Palmer, Kristi L wrote: >MIT has suggested offering premium (for a fee) services in the future, >one of which would entail library staff creating metadata or perhaps >just controlled vocabulary for the communities. Has anyone implemented >these premium services? And of more interest, has anyone offered this >service to communities free of charge? > >Thank you > >Kristi > >Kristi Palmer >Assistant Librarian, Cataloging >Liaison to the Department of History >University Library >755 W. Michigan >Indianapolis, IN 46202 >office: 317-274-8230 >fax: 317-278-0368 >klpalmer at iupui.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu >[mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of >dspace-general-request at mit.edu >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:03 AM >To: dspace-general at mit.edu >Subject: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 > >Send Dspace-general mailing list submissions to > dspace-general at mit.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dspace-general-request at mit.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at > dspace-general-owner at mit.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Dspace-general digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. question about entering keywords (William Simpson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:57:41 -0400 >From: William Simpson >To: dspace-general at mit.edu >Subject: [Dspace-general] question about entering keywords >Message-ID: <409FD0A5.6050809 at udel.edu> >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="------------070401040403070409020800" >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Precedence: list >Message: 1 > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------070401040403070409020800 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: > >This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a > >pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards > >for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, >LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? >When keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the >abstract or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the >author to supply them? > >William Simpson >assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator >University of Delaware > >--------------070401040403070409020800 >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > >Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: > >This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a >pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards >for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, >etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? When >keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the abstract >or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the author to supply >them? > >William Simpson >assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator >University of Delaware > >--------------070401040403070409020800-- > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > >End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 >********************************************* > > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general Margret Branschofsky DSpace User Support Manager Digital Library Research Group Bldg. 14S-M24 (617)253-1293 margretb at mit.edu http://dspace.mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040511/5156c766/attachment.htm From David.Goodman at liu.edu Tue May 11 14:37:10 2004 From: David.Goodman at liu.edu (David Goodman) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:37:10 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Controlled Vocabulary by Library Message-ID: <673030F0EB746B4684294196207763DB19C5F9@cwp-m1.liunet.edu> As open access progresses, and libraries become freed of the burden of paying for the large amount of little-used commercially-produced material, available resources within the library for this should increase. I think that charging fees would inhibit the growth of the amount of available material, unless it is clear that those you are providing service for have funds to pay. David Goodman Assoc. Prof. Palmer School of Librarianship, LIU dgoodman at liu.edu -----Original Message----- From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Palmer, Kristi L Sent: Tue 5/11/2004 1:38 PM To: dspace-general at mit.edu Cc: Subject: [Dspace-general] Controlled Vocabulary by Library MIT has suggested offering premium (for a fee) services in the future, one of which would entail library staff creating metadata or perhaps just controlled vocabulary for the communities. Has anyone implemented these premium services? And of more interest, has anyone offered this service to communities free of charge? Thank you Kristi Kristi Palmer Assistant Librarian, Cataloging Liaison to the Department of History University Library 755 W. Michigan Indianapolis, IN 46202 office: 317-274-8230 fax: 317-278-0368 klpalmer at iupui.edu -----Original Message----- From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of dspace-general-request at mit.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:03 AM To: dspace-general at mit.edu Subject: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 Send Dspace-general mailing list submissions to dspace-general at mit.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dspace-general-request at mit.edu You can reach the person managing the list at dspace-general-owner at mit.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Dspace-general digest..." Today's Topics: 1. question about entering keywords (William Simpson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:57:41 -0400 From: William Simpson To: dspace-general at mit.edu Subject: [Dspace-general] question about entering keywords Message-ID: <409FD0A5.6050809 at udel.edu> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070401040403070409020800" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 1 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070401040403070409020800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? 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This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE.  Standards for entering keywords:  is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace?  When keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the abstract or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the author to supply them?

William Simpson
assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator
University of Delaware
--------------070401040403070409020800-- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general at mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 ********************************************* _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general at mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From jsimms at utk.edu Thu May 13 09:34:59 2004 From: jsimms at utk.edu (Jason Simms) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:34:59 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Message-ID: <54B9F0D2-A4E2-11D8-A899-000A95B3CC56@utk.edu> Hello Everyone, From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I would like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. The process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any time-saving methods. Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not a legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata associated with them, so the XML files would have to be manually created right along with the directory structure for the batch import, which therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than simply entering them individually through the DSpace web interface. On this note, how are people creating compliant XML files for use with the batch importer, if indeed anyone is doing so? By hand? Specialized Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced knowledge of XML, programming, UNIX commands, and related technologies, entering items by this route is largely impossible, meaning that a highly competent "technology" person probably must be in charge of entering the data, or at least of tool creation. Even if a useful script is built that abstracts the data entering process so that anyone can do it, the end result is a Perl or similar script that basically mirrors the functionality of the web interface anyway. Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is an exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of clicking and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one slide every minute or so is a good time, and our collection is somewhere around 8,000 images. Without a full-time worker dedicated to only this one job, the process quickly becomes almost insurmountable in any reasonable timeframe. So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? -- Jason Simms Computer Programming and Design University of Tennessee, Knoxville 865.974.8508 From chixson at darkwing.uoregon.edu Thu May 13 09:58:27 2004 From: chixson at darkwing.uoregon.edu (Carol Hixson) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 06:58:27 -0700 Subject: [Dspace-general] Controlled Vocabulary by Library In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20040513064820.019b4c78@darkwing.uoregon.edu> We're a long way from this being an issue for us. We're doing all of the submission work, including creating the metadata. This is all being done for free in our attempt to generate a critical mass of content for the archive. We wouldn't consider charging a fee until we had people clamoring to get their materials in the archive. Perhaps not even then, as one of the roles of my department is advising members of the UO community on appropriate metadata schemas or subject thesauri. Carol Hixson Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services University of Oregon Libraries At 12:38 PM 5/11/2004 -0500, Palmer, Kristi L wrote: >MIT has suggested offering premium (for a fee) services in the future, >one of which would entail library staff creating metadata or perhaps >just controlled vocabulary for the communities. Has anyone implemented >these premium services? And of more interest, has anyone offered this >service to communities free of charge? > >Thank you > >Kristi > >Kristi Palmer >Assistant Librarian, Cataloging >Liaison to the Department of History >University Library >755 W. Michigan >Indianapolis, IN 46202 >office: 317-274-8230 >fax: 317-278-0368 >klpalmer at iupui.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu >[mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of >dspace-general-request at mit.edu >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:03 AM >To: dspace-general at mit.edu >Subject: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 > >Send Dspace-general mailing list submissions to > dspace-general at mit.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dspace-general-request at mit.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at > dspace-general-owner at mit.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Dspace-general digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. question about entering keywords (William Simpson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:57:41 -0400 >From: William Simpson >To: dspace-general at mit.edu >Subject: [Dspace-general] question about entering keywords >Message-ID: <409FD0A5.6050809 at udel.edu> >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="------------070401040403070409020800" >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Precedence: list >Message: 1 > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------070401040403070409020800 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: > >This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a > >pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards > >for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, >LCSH, etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? >When keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the >abstract or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the >author to supply them? > >William Simpson >assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator >University of Delaware > >--------------070401040403070409020800 >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > >Question about entering keywords in to DSpace: > >This question may be premature for many on the list if you are running a >pilot program as we are about to here at the Unversity of DE. Standards >for entering keywords: is anyone using a standard (e.g., thesaurus, LCSH, >etc.) as a source for chosing keywords to enter in to DSpace? When >keywords are not available, is anyone taking keywords from the abstract >or, taking the time consuming approach and contacting the author to supply >them? > >William Simpson >assistance librarian and DSpace coordinator >University of Delaware > >--------------070401040403070409020800-- > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > >End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 >********************************************* > > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From roy.tennant at ucop.edu Thu May 13 18:31:59 2004 From: roy.tennant at ucop.edu (Roy Tennant) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:31:59 -0700 Subject: [Dspace-general] In-Reply-To: <54B9F0D2-A4E2-11D8-A899-000A95B3CC56@utk.edu> References: <54B9F0D2-A4E2-11D8-A899-000A95B3CC56@utk.edu> Message-ID: <5930A654-A52D-11D8-8306-000A95745D3E@ucop.edu> Although we are not a DSpace site, we have the same issue with batch uploading. If your data isn't already in a database, what do you do? To try to address that, we created a way that someone could fill out an Excel spreadsheet according to certain specifications, then we wrote a Perl program to parse that into the XML format we required. That at least allows someone with no technical background to be able to use batch uploading. They send us the spreadsheet, we parse it, send them back the file, and they upload it. The problem is that this process still impacts our staff, so we haven't pushed it very hard. But this may at least be a method to consider if the alternative is filling in multiple successive web forms, which will almost certainly take longer. Roy Tennant California Digital Library On May 13, 2004, at 6:34 AM, Jason Simms wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I would > like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering > items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of > creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. The > process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to > mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing > the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any > time-saving methods. > > Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of > usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not a > legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata associated > with them, so the XML files would have to be manually created right > along with the directory structure for the batch import, which > therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than simply entering > them individually through the DSpace web interface. On this note, how > are people creating compliant XML files for use with the batch > importer, if indeed anyone is doing so? By hand? Specialized > Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced knowledge of XML, > programming, UNIX commands, and related technologies, entering items > by this route is largely impossible, meaning that a highly competent > "technology" person probably must be in charge of entering the data, > or at least of tool creation. Even if a useful script is built that > abstracts the data entering process so that anyone can do it, the end > result is a Perl or similar script that basically mirrors the > functionality of the web interface anyway. > > Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is an > exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of clicking > and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one slide every > minute or so is a good time, and our collection is somewhere around > 8,000 images. Without a full-time worker dedicated to only this one > job, the process quickly becomes almost insurmountable in any > reasonable timeframe. > > So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? > > -- > Jason Simms > Computer Programming and Design > University of Tennessee, Knoxville > 865.974.8508 > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > From t.a.jones at LARC.NASA.GOV Fri May 14 15:05:18 2004 From: t.a.jones at LARC.NASA.GOV (Tammy Jones) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:05:18 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Re:Entering Items into the Repository In-Reply-To: <200405141602.i4EG2Mos004752@pch.mit.edu> References: <200405141602.i4EG2Mos004752@pch.mit.edu> Message-ID: <40A5186E.2090702@larc.nasa.gov> Hello Everyone, We are using DSpace in a decent capacity. We have over 4,000 documents that have to be uploaded initially into our DSpace. We used a script to put the metadata and document item(s) into the Import Format dictated by DSpace. Then we ran the Import utility. This populated DSpace with the 4,000 documents which took approximately 1 day. This is all described in the DSpace documentation at http://dspace.org/technology/system-docs/application.html#itemimporter. Tammy Jones NASA Technical Library >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Although we are not a DSpace site, we have the same issue with batch >uploading. If your data isn't already in a database, what do you do? To >try to address that, we created a way that someone could fill out an >Excel spreadsheet according to certain specifications, then we wrote a >Perl program to parse that into the XML format we required. That at >least allows someone with no technical background to be able to use >batch uploading. They send us the spreadsheet, we parse it, send them >back the file, and they upload it. The problem is that this process >still impacts our staff, so we haven't pushed it very hard. But this >may at least be a method to consider if the alternative is filling in >multiple successive web forms, which will almost certainly take longer. >Roy Tennant >California Digital Library > >On May 13, 2004, at 6:34 AM, Jason Simms wrote: > > > >>Hello Everyone, >> >>From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I would >>like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering >>items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of >>creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. The >>process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to >>mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing >>the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any >>time-saving methods. >> >>Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of >>usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not a >>legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata associated >>with them, so the XML files would have to be manually created right >>along with the directory structure for the batch import, which >>therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than simply entering >>them individually through the DSpace web interface. On this note, how >>are people creating compliant XML files for use with the batch >>importer, if indeed anyone is doing so? By hand? Specialized >>Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced knowledge of XML, >>programming, UNIX commands, and related technologies, entering items >>by this route is largely impossible, meaning that a highly competent >>"technology" person probably must be in charge of entering the data, >>or at least of tool creation. Even if a useful script is built that >>abstracts the data entering process so that anyone can do it, the end >>result is a Perl or similar script that basically mirrors the >>functionality of the web interface anyway. >> >>Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is an >>exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of clicking >>and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one slide every >>minute or so is a good time, and our collection is somewhere around >>8,000 images. Without a full-time worker dedicated to only this one >>job, the process quickly becomes almost insurmountable in any >>reasonable timeframe. >> >>So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? >> >>-- >>Jason Simms >>Computer Programming and Design >>University of Tennessee, Knoxville >>865.974.8508 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dspace-general mailing list >>Dspace-general at mit.edu >>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >> >> >> > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > >End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8 >********************************************* > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040514/3ae2cc15/attachment.htm From jsimms at utk.edu Fri May 14 15:26:35 2004 From: jsimms at utk.edu (Jason Simms) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:26:35 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Re:Entering Items into the Repository In-Reply-To: <40A5186E.2090702@larc.nasa.gov> References: <200405141602.i4EG2Mos004752@pch.mit.edu> <40A5186E.2090702@larc.nasa.gov> Message-ID: <40A51D6B.3020905@utk.edu> This is a nice solution, except that each of our items requires unique metadata. From the sound of it, your script has some automated method of extracting or otherwise generating the necessary metadata for each item. Jason Simms Tammy Jones wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > We are using DSpace in a decent capacity. We have over 4,000 documents > that have to be uploaded initially into our DSpace. We used a script to > put the metadata and document item(s) into the Import Format dictated by > DSpace. Then we ran the Import utility. This populated DSpace with the > 4,000 documents which took approximately 1 day. This is all described > in the DSpace documentation at > http://dspace.org/technology/system-docs/application.html#itemimporter. > > Tammy Jones > NASA Technical Library > > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Although we are not a DSpace site, we have the same issue with batch >>uploading. If your data isn't already in a database, what do you do? To >>try to address that, we created a way that someone could fill out an >>Excel spreadsheet according to certain specifications, then we wrote a >>Perl program to parse that into the XML format we required. That at >>least allows someone with no technical background to be able to use >>batch uploading. They send us the spreadsheet, we parse it, send them >>back the file, and they upload it. The problem is that this process >>still impacts our staff, so we haven't pushed it very hard. But this >>may at least be a method to consider if the alternative is filling in >>multiple successive web forms, which will almost certainly take longer. >>Roy Tennant >>California Digital Library >> >>On May 13, 2004, at 6:34 AM, Jason Simms wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello Everyone, >>> >>>>From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I would >>>like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering >>>items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of >>>creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. The >>>process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to >>>mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing >>>the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any >>>time-saving methods. >>> >>>Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of >>>usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not a >>>legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata associated >>>with them, so the XML files would have to be manually created right >>>along with the directory structure for the batch import, which >>>therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than simply entering >>>them individually through the DSpace web interface. On this note, how >>>are people creating compliant XML files for use with the batch >>>importer, if indeed anyone is doing so? By hand? Specialized >>>Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced knowledge of XML, >>>programming, UNIX commands, and related technologies, entering items >>>by this route is largely impossible, meaning that a highly competent >>>"technology" person probably must be in charge of entering the data, >>>or at least of tool creation. Even if a useful script is built that >>>abstracts the data entering process so that anyone can do it, the end >>>result is a Perl or similar script that basically mirrors the >>>functionality of the web interface anyway. >>> >>>Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is an >>>exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of clicking >>>and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one slide every >>>minute or so is a good time, and our collection is somewhere around >>>8,000 images. Without a full-time worker dedicated to only this one >>>job, the process quickly becomes almost insurmountable in any >>>reasonable timeframe. >>> >>>So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? >>> >>>-- >>>Jason Simms >>>Computer Programming and Design >>>University of Tennessee, Knoxville >>>865.974.8508 >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Dspace-general mailing list >>>Dspace-general at mit.edu >>>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >>> >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dspace-general mailing list >>Dspace-general at mit.edu >>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >> >> >>End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8 >>********************************************* >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general -- Jason Simms Computer Programming and Design University of Tennessee, Knoxville (865) 974-8508 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3158 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040514/0655e486/attachment.bin From t.a.jones at LARC.NASA.GOV Fri May 14 15:37:42 2004 From: t.a.jones at LARC.NASA.GOV (Tammy Jones) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:37:42 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Re:Entering Items into the Repository In-Reply-To: <40A51D6B.3020905@utk.edu> References: <200405141602.i4EG2Mos004752@pch.mit.edu> <40A5186E.2090702@larc.nasa.gov> <40A51D6B.3020905@utk.edu> Message-ID: <40A52006.5040709@larc.nasa.gov> Our metadata was currently present. We used the script to map our current metadata to Dublin Core and then write it out in the Import format. I hope this helps. Tammy Jones Jason Simms wrote: > This is a nice solution, except that each of our items requires unique > metadata. From the sound of it, your script has some automated method > of extracting or otherwise generating the necessary metadata for each > item. > > Jason Simms > > Tammy Jones wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> We are using DSpace in a decent capacity. We have over 4,000 >> documents that have to be uploaded initially into our DSpace. We >> used a script to put the metadata and document item(s) into the >> Import Format dictated by DSpace. Then we ran the Import utility. >> This populated DSpace with the 4,000 documents which took >> approximately 1 day. This is all described in the DSpace >> documentation at >> http://dspace.org/technology/system-docs/application.html#itemimporter. >> >> Tammy Jones >> NASA Technical Library >> >> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Although we are not a DSpace site, we have the same issue with batch >>> uploading. If your data isn't already in a database, what do you do? >>> To try to address that, we created a way that someone could fill out >>> an Excel spreadsheet according to certain specifications, then we >>> wrote a Perl program to parse that into the XML format we required. >>> That at least allows someone with no technical background to be able >>> to use batch uploading. They send us the spreadsheet, we parse it, >>> send them back the file, and they upload it. The problem is that >>> this process still impacts our staff, so we haven't pushed it very >>> hard. But this may at least be a method to consider if the >>> alternative is filling in multiple successive web forms, which will >>> almost certainly take longer. >>> Roy Tennant >>> California Digital Library >>> >>> On May 13, 2004, at 6:34 AM, Jason Simms wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>>> From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I >>>>> would >>>> >>>> like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering >>>> items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of >>>> creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. >>>> The process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to >>>> mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing >>>> the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any >>>> time-saving methods. >>>> >>>> Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of >>>> usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not >>>> a legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata >>>> associated with them, so the XML files would have to be manually >>>> created right along with the directory structure for the batch >>>> import, which therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than >>>> simply entering them individually through the DSpace web >>>> interface. On this note, how are people creating compliant XML >>>> files for use with the batch importer, if indeed anyone is doing >>>> so? By hand? Specialized Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced >>>> knowledge of XML, programming, UNIX commands, and related >>>> technologies, entering items by this route is largely impossible, >>>> meaning that a highly competent "technology" person probably must >>>> be in charge of entering the data, or at least of tool creation. >>>> Even if a useful script is built that abstracts the data entering >>>> process so that anyone can do it, the end result is a Perl or >>>> similar script that basically mirrors the functionality of the web >>>> interface anyway. >>>> >>>> Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is >>>> an exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of >>>> clicking and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one >>>> slide every minute or so is a good time, and our collection is >>>> somewhere around 8,000 images. Without a full-time worker >>>> dedicated to only this one job, the process quickly becomes almost >>>> insurmountable in any reasonable timeframe. >>>> >>>> So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jason Simms >>>> Computer Programming and Design >>>> University of Tennessee, Knoxville >>>> 865.974.8508 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Dspace-general mailing list >>>> Dspace-general at mit.edu >>>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dspace-general mailing list >>> Dspace-general at mit.edu >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >>> >>> >>> End of Dspace-general Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8 >>> ********************************************* >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dspace-general mailing list >> Dspace-general at mit.edu >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > -- From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Sun May 16 20:34:48 2004 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 10:34:48 +1000 Subject: [Dspace-general] RE: slide collection Message-ID: <200405171034.48685.scott.yeadon@anu.edu.au> Hi Jason, You are correct in all you say, however if you can control the metadata creation process, it actually doesn't take a lot of work to get a quick import process together. We are intending to create a nice batch upload facility via Web interface, but in the meantime have done the minimum possible to allow batch uploads as follows: Have metadata entry done in an Access database or Excel Spreadsheet (or basically anything from which you can export a tab-delimited file). Set up a Perl/Java/whatever script that maps each tab delimited field to one or more DC items. The script creates the directory structure and XML file necessary to then be able run the DSpace upload in accordance with the DSpace doco. We've found this is a quick little solution that has so far been adequate for simple legacy collections. Data quality is the main issue that crops up, but if your starting from scratch you may able to control that at the source. I realise that this doesn't help if you have no developers, but the advantage here is that you don't need a highly skilled programmer to set this up. I can provide example scripts if that is helpful. As an example we loaded around 30,000 images this way over a couple of weeks of part-time uploading, and that time included resolving some data quality issues and other oddities that were thrown up (as there was no metadata we had to obtain it from reasonably consistent data directory structures). If you have a look at the image collections on www.dspace.anu.edu.au all these were uploaded via the same processes as above, and it's what we've used for test collections and some other exercises we've been doing. Scott. Hello Everyone, From those of you who are using DSpace in any decent capacity, I would like to know how you are actually tackling the process of entering items into the repository. For instance, we are in the process of creating a digital collection of slides for a campus department. The process of entering the images into DSpace is laborious (not to mention the workflow involved with simply digitizing and organizing the physical slides in the first place), and I cannot think of any time-saving methods. Everyone knows that the batch import tools have some issues of usability and could be improved. In any event, because this is not a legacy digital collection, none of the images have metadata associated with them, so the XML files would have to be manually created right along with the directory structure for the batch import, which therefore to my mind seems more time-consuming than simply entering them individually through the DSpace web interface. On this note, how are people creating compliant XML files for use with the batch importer, if indeed anyone is doing so? By hand? Specialized Perl/shell tools? Without some advanced knowledge of XML, programming, UNIX commands, and related technologies, entering items by this route is largely impossible, meaning that a highly competent "technology" person probably must be in charge of entering the data, or at least of tool creation. Even if a useful script is built that abstracts the data entering process so that anyone can do it, the end result is a Perl or similar script that basically mirrors the functionality of the web interface anyway. Of course, entering everything by hand through the web interface is an exceptionally lengthy process, requiring several screens of clicking and data entry. Even with a fast worker, perhaps only one slide every minute or so is a good time, and our collection is somewhere around 8,000 images. Without a full-time worker dedicated to only this one job, the process quickly becomes almost insurmountable in any reasonable timeframe. So, how are other institutions managing this troublesome process? -- Jason Simms Computer Programming and Design University of Tennessee, Knoxville 865.974.8508 From pb28 at buffalo.edu Mon May 17 12:53:56 2004 From: pb28 at buffalo.edu (Progyamita Banerjee) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:53:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Dspace-general] Problems in ant fresh_install Message-ID: Hi I am trying to install DSpace and having this error when I am using the ant fresh_install Can someone please help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ setup_database: [java] 2004-05-17 12:25:48,489 INFO org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Initializing Database [java] 2004-05-17 12:25:48,702 FATAL org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Caught exception: [java] org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The connection attempt failed because Exception: java.net.SocketException: Network is unreachable [java] Stack Trace: [java] java.net.SocketException: Network is unreachable [java] at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) [java] at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305) [java] at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171) [java] at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158) [java] at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452) [java] at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402) [java] at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:309) [java] at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:124) [java] at org.postgresql.core.PGStream.(PGStream.java:47) [java] at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:197) [java] at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:139) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverManagerConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverManagerConnectionFactory.java:94) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:300) [java] at org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:816) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDriver.connect(PoolingDriver.java:171) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.getConnection(DatabaseManager.java:373) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.loadSql(DatabaseManager.java:659) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase.main(InitializeDatabase.java:76) [java] End of Stack Trace [java] at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:208) [java] at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:139) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverManagerConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverManagerConnectionFactory.java:94) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:300) [java] at org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:816) [java] at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDriver.connect(PoolingDriver.java:171) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512) [java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.getConnection(DatabaseManager.java:373) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.loadSql(DatabaseManager.java:659) [java] at org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase.main(InitializeDatabase.java:76) ========================================================================= Progyamita Banerjee (REEMA) Graduate Student, MA,Informatics Graduate Assistant, ITS-CIT SUNY at Buffalo 24 Capen Hall Amherst, NY Tel-(716)6452805 Email - pb28 at buffalo.edu ========================================================================== From kleinman at medicine.wustl.edu Thu May 13 12:51:37 2004 From: kleinman at medicine.wustl.edu (Scott Kleinman) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 11:51:37 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Dspace-general] Find version Message-ID: Does any one know how I can find out what version of DSPACE I am running, it has been a while since I have looked at it and want to know what version we are using. Thanks, Scott Kleinman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Kleinman Systems Manager Washington University School of Medicine Ph: (314)-747-0038 Fax: (314)-747-2866 Email: kleinman at medicine.wustl.edu URL: http://medicine.wustl.edu/~kleinman From markotek at hot.ee Thu May 20 07:22:42 2004 From: markotek at hot.ee (marko) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:22:42 +0300 (EEST) Subject: [Dspace-general] about DSpace... Message-ID: <20040520112242.30E0C15848@portal.hot.ee> > Hi! > > I study in Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). I conduct a poll about > DSpace. Can you ask for some questions: > > 1. requirements for hardware? > 2. requirements for software? > 3. maximum amount of data? > 4. licence (GNU,..)? > 5. who develops, prospects, is user support offered? > 6. which file formats are supported? > 7. does it contain any file processing utilities , eg in order to change the > size and resolution of pictures, to convert from one format into another, to > change the text coding, to validate XML, pdf filters etc.? > 8. file management- possibilities of import, is it possible to operate on the > level of catalogs (directory of files), the degree of automation? > 9. flexibility of the structure? > 10. user rights ? privileges of system, user groups? > 11. metadata- is the number of metadata limited or is it possible to create the > new ones, are any standards used (Dublin Core, NISO Z39.87-2002), automated > reading of metadata from files, import and export of metadata, converting in > between different standards(MARC, RDF, METS)? > 12. modification of user interface - the complexity of the creation on menus > in the Estonian language, how easy is it to change logos etc, is it possible to > create a multilingual interface (Estonian, Russian, English), does it support > unicode, what should be done in order to apply Estonian alphabet in the function > of sorting > 13. which programs of data changing does it support (Z39.50 )? > > Thanks in advance, > > Marko Rebane > e-mail: markotek at hot.ee ----------------------------------------- ITV - Sinu lemmiksaated internetis! http://www.itv.ee From kenzie at MIT.EDU Thu May 20 22:55:53 2004 From: kenzie at MIT.EDU (MacKenzie Smith) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:55:53 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] about DSpace... In-Reply-To: <20040520112242.30E0C15848@portal.hot.ee> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040520225312.01ef6120@hesiod> Hi Marko, The answers to all of your questions are available from the DSpace documentation at http://dspace.org, or you can look at the OSI checklist for institutional repository software at http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/. If you find you have specific questions that aren't answered anywhere already, please feel free to ask again on the list. Best wishes for your research, MacKenzie At 02:22 PM 5/20/2004 +0300, marko wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I study in Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). I conduct a poll > about > > DSpace. Can you ask for some questions: > > > > 1. requirements for hardware? > > > 2. requirements for software? > > > 3. maximum amount of data? > > > 4. licence (GNU,..)? > > > 5. who develops, prospects, is user support offered? > > > 6. which file formats are supported? > > > 7. does it contain any file processing utilities , eg in order to > change the > > size and resolution of pictures, to convert from one format into > another, to > > change the text coding, to validate XML, pdf filters etc.? > > > 8. file management- possibilities of import, is it possible to > operate on the > > level of catalogs (directory of files), the degree of automation? > > > 9. flexibility of the structure? > > > 10. user rights ? privileges of system, user groups? > > > 11. metadata- is the number of metadata limited or is it possible to > create the > > new ones, are any standards used (Dublin Core, NISO Z39.87-2002), automated > > reading of metadata from files, import and export of metadata, > converting in > > between different standards(MARC, RDF, METS)? > > > 12. modification of user interface - the complexity of the creation > on menus > > in the Estonian language, how easy is it to change logos etc, is it > possible to > > create a multilingual interface (Estonian, Russian, English), does it > support > > unicode, what should be done in order to apply Estonian alphabet in the > function > > of sorting > > > 13. which programs of data changing does it support (Z39.50 )? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Marko Rebane > > > e-mail: markotek at hot.ee > > >----------------------------------------- >ITV - Sinu lemmiksaated internetis! >http://www.itv.ee > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries Building 14S-308 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)253-8184 kenzie at mit.edu From wallyg at gmu.edu Wed May 19 15:30:02 2004 From: wallyg at gmu.edu (wally grotophorst) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:30:02 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Community "home page" not showing up... Message-ID: <40ABB5BA.10007@gmu.edu> Installed 1.2 beta release 2 yesterday and its working very well (as far as I can tell) with one exception: On the system's homepage (.../dspace/index.jsp) I see my community listed (as a clickable link). When I click it, i get a "page not found" error. Using Tomcat (no apache). the address of the missing doc is: http://myserver.name.edu:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/3 If I go in via the admin interface, I can call up the "record" for that community & edit it (so it's clearly in the database somplace)...has the 1223456789/3 identifier. I have 5 or 6 items in the collections database associated with this community & those all behave as expected. Any suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot and/or fix this? Might there be a corrupt index or something? I'm new to DSpace but the install went very smoothly (SuSE 9 x86_64 and Apple RAID storage). Any help appreciated. -- wally wally grotophorst library systems office george mason university From lbowser at iup.edu Fri May 21 12:28:31 2004 From: lbowser at iup.edu (Lester L Bowser) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:28:31 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Community "home page" not showing up... In-Reply-To: <40ABB5BA.10007@gmu.edu> Message-ID: Did you edit the dspace.cfg file? The link below still has the myserver.name.edu default that needs to be changed to your actual link. see the instalation instructions. Thanks, Lester Bowser On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:30:02 -0400 wally grotophorst wrote: >Installed 1.2 beta release 2 yesterday and its working very well (as >far as I can tell) with one exception: > >On the system's homepage (.../dspace/index.jsp) I see my community >listed (as a clickable link). When I click it, i get a "page not >found" error. Using Tomcat (no apache). > >the address of the missing doc is: >http://myserver.name.edu:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/3 > >If I go in via the admin interface, I can call up the "record" for >that community & edit it (so it's clearly in the database >somplace)...has the 1223456789/3 identifier. I have 5 or 6 items in >the collections database associated with this community & those all >behave as expected. > >Any suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot and/or fix this? > Might there be a corrupt index or something? I'm new to DSpace but >the install went very smoothly (SuSE 9 x86_64 and Apple RAID >storage). > >Any help appreciated. > >-- wally > >wally grotophorst >library systems office >george mason university > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From petbe at ep.liu.se Tue May 25 03:32:57 2004 From: petbe at ep.liu.se (Peter Berkesand) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:32:57 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Built in helpfiles Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20040525083132.01b129b8@pop.liu.se> Hi, Is there any kind of helpfiles built in in DSpace? Greatful for an answer. Best regards Peter Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se Link?ping University Electronic Press S-581 83 Link?ping From kenzie at MIT.EDU Tue May 25 17:34:05 2004 From: kenzie at MIT.EDU (MacKenzie Smith) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 17:34:05 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Built in helpfiles In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040525083132.01b129b8@pop.liu.se> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040525173108.0223a430@hesiod> Hi Peter, The DSpace UI has some help available, which you can see for yourself at the MIT site (https://dspace.mit.edu/index.jsp, look under "help" in the lefthand frame). In the new (1.2) release this help text has updated to remove references to MIT, but further customizations must be made by you, if you need them). If you mean some other kind of help files then try asking again... Best wishes, MacKenzie/ At 08:32 AM 5/25/2004 +0100, Peter Berkesand wrote: >Hi, > >Is there any kind of helpfiles built in in DSpace? > >Greatful for an answer. > >Best regards > >Peter > > >Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 >Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se >Link?ping University Electronic Press >S-581 83 Link?ping > > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries Building 14S-308 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)253-8184 kenzie at mit.edu From petbe at ep.liu.se Wed May 26 08:27:58 2004 From: petbe at ep.liu.se (Peter Berkesand) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:27:58 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Sort order in hitlist Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526132406.01b2eaa0@pop.liu.se> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040526/0808d5d0/attachment.htm From petbe at ep.liu.se Wed May 26 08:49:59 2004 From: petbe at ep.liu.se (Peter Berkesand) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:49:59 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Metadataformat Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526134735.01b4fd10@pop.liu.se> Hi again, I know that DSpace use Dublin core for metadata but in the text I found this: "Some communities or collections may also have tailored metadata available (such as MARC records for book collections, or FGDC records for geographic datasets)". Does this mean that DSpace handle metadta in MARC 21-format or...? Best regards Peter Berkesand Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se Link?ping University Electronic Press S-581 83 Link?ping From margretb at MIT.EDU Wed May 26 09:31:57 2004 From: margretb at MIT.EDU (Margret Branschofsky) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:31:57 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Metadataformat In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526134735.01b4fd10@pop.liu.se> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040526092828.029ddaf0@po10.mit.edu> DSpace can only handle FGDC metadata, but we (at MIT) have created a crosswalk from MARC 21 to the DSpace use of the qualified Dublin Core which allows us to batch load MARC metadata with items. Margret Branschofsky At 01:49 PM 5/26/2004 +0100, Peter Berkesand wrote: >Hi again, > >I know that DSpace use Dublin core for metadata but in the text I found >this: "Some communities or collections may also have tailored metadata >available (such as MARC records for book collections, or FGDC records for >geographic datasets)". Does this mean that DSpace handle metadta in MARC >21-format or...? > >Best regards > >Peter Berkesand > > >Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 >Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se >Link?ping University Electronic Press >S-581 83 Link?ping > > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040526/5736dc38/attachment.htm From wallyg at zoombox.gmu.edu Wed May 26 10:31:11 2004 From: wallyg at zoombox.gmu.edu (wally grotophorst) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:31:11 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Administrator rights per community Message-ID: <40B4AA2F.8060807@zoombox.gmu.edu> Have set up a new installation of 1.2 Beta 2, have the handle-plugin working correctly. I'm now building some test communities & collections and have a question about "administrator" rights. Is it possible to grant administrator powers to an e-person but limit the exercise of those rights to a particular community? In other words, such a user could do all admin functions that relate to that community but no special powers in any other area of the system? Based on my limited experience thus far, it seems that administrator is system-wide...so even something like being able to change the logo for a particular community requires installation-wide admin powers. Is that correct or have I not spent enough time reading how this works? -- wally wally grotophorst university libraries george mason university From rrodgers at MIT.EDU Wed May 26 12:05:15 2004 From: rrodgers at MIT.EDU (Richard Rodgers) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:05:15 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace 1.2 Beta -> Release Message-ID: <1085587514.1285.55.camel@dspace-14.mit.edu> This is a call to all those participating in the DSpace 1.2 Beta testing program to report on their progress. We have already received many valuable reports on 1.1 upgrade issues, and some on functional problems, which have resulted in the Beta 2 package. But to achieve the level of confidence necessary to create a release candidate - which we would like to do as soon as we can - it would be helpful if we heard from more of you. Even if you have not encountered any difficulties, it would be useful to know that you have completed either an upgrade or a new install of the Beta 2 package. Please post any comments to dspace-devel at lists.sourceforge.net, and thanks for your assistance and efforts, The DSpace Team From margretb at MIT.EDU Wed May 26 12:15:47 2004 From: margretb at MIT.EDU (Margret Branschofsky) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:15:47 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] Metadataformat - Correction In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20040526092828.029ddaf0@po10.mit.edu> References: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526134735.01b4fd10@pop.liu.se> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040526121347.02ae0da0@po10.mit.edu> Yikes! I wrote the following in a hurry and mis-wrote, I meant to say, "DSpace can only handle Dublin Core metadata, but we (at MIT) have created a crosswalk from MARC 21 to the DSpace use of the qualified Dublin Core which allows us to batch load MARC metadata with items. " I hope I haven't confused you! Margret At 09:31 AM 5/26/2004 -0400, Margret Branschofsky wrote: >DSpace can only handle FGDC metadata, but we (at MIT) have created a >crosswalk from MARC 21 to the DSpace use of the qualified Dublin Core >which allows us to batch load MARC metadata with items. > >Margret Branschofsky > >At 01:49 PM 5/26/2004 +0100, Peter Berkesand wrote: >>Hi again, >> >>I know that DSpace use Dublin core for metadata but in the text I found >>this: "Some communities or collections may also have tailored metadata >>available (such as MARC records for book collections, or FGDC records for >>geographic datasets)". Does this mean that DSpace handle metadta in MARC >>21-format or...? >> >>Best regards >> >>Peter Berkesand >> >> >>Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 >>Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se >>Link?ping University Electronic Press >>S-581 83 Link?ping >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dspace-general mailing list >>Dspace-general at mit.edu >>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20040526/b666887f/attachment.htm From ojd20 at cam.ac.uk Wed May 26 09:11:18 2004 From: ojd20 at cam.ac.uk (Jim Downing) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:11:18 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Sort order in hitlist In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526132406.01b2eaa0@pop.liu.se> References: <6.0.3.0.0.20040526132406.01b2eaa0@pop.liu.se> Message-ID: <1085577078.24417.185.camel@sleeperservice.csi.cam.ac.uk> Hi Peter, DSpace 1.2 is based on lucene 1.3, which does not support the sorting of results on anything other than their relevance to the query. It would be technically possible to support sorting outside lucene, but a pain for the developers and inefficient for the application. lucene 1.4 supports sorting natively, and it's likely that the developers would look at upgrading to lucene1.4 in DSpace 1.3 if hit list sorting was requested as a feature. hth, jim PS You might find a wider audience for these technical questions if you posted on the dspace-tech list. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace for details. On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 13:27, Peter Berkesand wrote: > Hi, > > I got two answers about the sort order in the hitlist: one says DSpace > cannot sort by author, title, issue date, subject term, by collection > and by publications and one of the answers say it is possible. the > word possible is a bit vague. What is true? Greatful for help. > > Best regards > > Peter > > > > Peter Berkesand Phone: +46 13 28 29 45 > Link?pings universitet URL: www.ep.liu.se > Link?ping University Electronic Press > S-581 83 Link?ping > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From andrew.hankinson at acadiau.ca Thu May 27 17:06:10 2004 From: andrew.hankinson at acadiau.ca (Andrew Hankinson) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 18:06:10 -0300 Subject: [Dspace-general] JBoss help Message-ID: Hello all, I was wondering if there were any instructions anywhere on how to deploy Dspace using JBoss. I have come across hints that it is possible, but there doesn't seem to be any information on *how.* For the record, I'm running this on OS X Panther (Client) with JBoss installed. Many thanks! Andrew Hankinson Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology Acadia University, Wolfville NS