From C.Wong at napier.ac.uk Mon Jun 6 04:55:04 2005 From: C.Wong at napier.ac.uk (Wong, Chee Hong) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:55:04 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Research collabortion- Digital repository Message-ID: <735F04A99D358E468A16EDB64FC0455501560401@EVS1.napier-mail.napier.ac.uk> Dear sir/ Madam, I wonder if you can help me to pass on this message to the DSpace members. Please read the following message. Thanks. Regards, Dr Andy Wong Tel: 0044 (0) 131-4552275 Fax: 0044 (0) 131-4552239 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear all, We are looking for a research partner to collaborate in submitting a research proposal to EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) by 29/6/05. The aim of this proposal is to develop a Knowledge Management System (KM) that consists of an interactive web-based e-Learning platform and digital repository for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) construction. We would like to have a research partner who can develop a digital repository to accommodate the construction SMEs needs. The proposed digital repository should able to accept e-Learning, knowledge transfer and capacity contents, including: text; image, audio and video (e.g. articles, reports, visual simulations and models, organisational data sets, and computer programmes). If you find this topic interesting and relevant to your area, or someone you know they may be interested please feel free to redirect this message. Thanks for you time. Regards, Dr Andy Wong Napier University 0131-4552275 This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. 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From harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk Fri Jun 10 20:22:02 2005 From: harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:22:02 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Dspace-general] Newly Enhanced Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) Message-ID: ** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** Southampton's worldwide Registry of Institutional Open Access Archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse created and maintained by Tim Brody and now in existence for about two years has just been enhanced (and will soon be enhanced further) by Tim. The Registry covers the 434 OAI-compliant OA Archives worldwide whose existence has thus far been made known. As it is intended to cover OA content (i.e., full-texts of either (1) preprints or (2) postprints of peer-reviewed journal articles, or (3) dissertations), Archives that do not provide *any* full-text content at all (only metadata), or that provide only content of other kinds (internal documents, courseware, library records, audio, video, software) are not covered -- though archives of *mixed* content (both OA and non-OA) are covered. The Registry also covers only archives that are OAI-compliant, hence interoperable, harvestable using the OAI harvesting protocol. [The Registry's intentional non-coverage of non-OA Archives is the reason why it covers only 434 Archives with about 3.5 million records (estimated from the fact that its 2.5 million records come from the 312/434 Archives that celestial can currently harvest) rather than the full 487 Archives and 5.5 million records covered by OAIster http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/ ] Southampton's Institutional OA Archives Registry not only tracks the growth in the number of OA Archives worldwide across time, but it also tracks the growth in their contents (i.e., the number of records in each archive, across time), showing growth charts for each Archive, as well as across Archives. The size and growth data are also classified by the type of Archive: (i) Distributed Institutional/Departmental Pre-/Postprint Archives (212), (ii) Central Cross-Research Archives (55) (iii) Dissertation Archives (e-theses) (54) as well as (iv) database Archives (e.g. research data) (8) (v) e-journal/e-publishing Archives (39) (vi) demonstration Archives (not yet operational) (24) (vii) "other" Archives (non-OA content of various kinds) (42) Where the content is mixed, and there is *some* OA content, the Archive is classified as (i) - (vi). The Archives are also classified by country and by the kind of software used to create them. There are also data on the total number of records in each individual Archive, the total number of records across all Archives (and Archives in each category) and the average number of records per Archive and Archive category. The record numbers are somewhat deceptive, however, because, as noted, not all records correspond to OA objects (pre/postprints and theses), and not all OA records are full-text. In fact, the majority of records are almost certainly *not* OA full-texts. Estimates of the proportions will, we hope, soon be available, as Tim works on an algorithm for identifying generating separate counts for OA full-texts. In addition, for 122/434 Archives their records cannot yet be counted and monitored at all because they are not yet harvestable by http://celestial.eprints.org. (Archive managers are strongly urged to consult the Registry and if their records are not being harvested by celestial, to contact Tim to remedy this: sometimes the problem is that they have not provided the right OAI Base URL, or any at all). The Registry also makes it possible to make some very interesting projections, predictions and comparisons, but as you make them, please bear in mind that they are still tempered by one major source of uncertainty: If two Archives or Archive categories differ in their proportion of OA full-texts, you may be comparing apples and oranges when you compare the size and growth curve of their contents! Needless to say, any OA Archives that are not yet in the Registry are urged to register at http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=add and to ensure that they are harvestable by celestial. Currently, 15% of the annual 2.5 million articles published in the world's 24,000 journals have been made OA by being self-archived by their authors. The Archives also contain dissertations, non-OA material, and non-full-texts (metadata only), but their overall percentage of full-text OA is probably higher than 15%, and for some individual Archives and kinds of Archives, a good deal higher than 15%. Note also that the two fullest and fastest-growing institutional archives of all in terms of annual full-text OA content: I: the CERN Archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdsweb.cern.ch%2F and II: the Southampton ECS Archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk%2F happen to be the only two Archives at institutions that have adopted and implemented a mandatory self-archiving policy for all of their own annual journal article output. Both are now self-archiving over 90% of their research output. The implication is obvious: Other institutions should adopt mandatory self-archiving policies too: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php The demonstrated success of the CERN and Southampton policies -- together with the results of the latest survey of authors across disciplines and worldwide, which found that 81% of authors respond that they will self-archive *willingly* if required (but not if not); 14% say they will comply reluctantly and only 5% say they will not comply Swan, Alma and Brown, Sheridan (2005) Open access self-archiving: An author study. Technical Report, Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK FE and HE funding councils. http://cogprints.org/4385/ and both CERN and Southampton have services to do the few keystrokes for those authors who feel they haven't the time: Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2005) Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/ "Let Us Archive It For You!" http://eprints.st-andrews.ac.uk/proxy_archive.html http://software.eprints.org/handbook/libraries.php So (a) have a look at the new, enhanced Institutional OA Archives Registry, (b) register your own Institutional Archive if it's not in there, (c) create one (or persuade your institution to create one) if you don't have one yet -- it's cheap and easy Sponsler. E. & Van de Velde E. (2001) Eprints.org Software: A Review. SPARC E-News, October 2 2001. http://www.arl.org/sparc/pubs/enews/aug01.html#6 http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=search&query=caltech&submit=Search especially relative to the dramatically increased research impact (and research impact income) that OA has been demonstrated to provide http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/ch.htm http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html and urge your institution to adopt a self-archiving policy if it hasn't one, preferably one that requires self-archiving rather than merely encouraging it. What needs to grow is not just the number of institutions with OA Archives (212) but the number with institutional OA self-archiving policies: http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Amen. Stevan Harnad P.S. I'm not really proposing to call the Registry "ROAR"! The term was chosen advisedly, however, to register clearly the fact that the Registry exists, has existed for some time, and is conveying a steadily growing amount of innovative and important information. It needs to be built upon, not bypassed. (Cf. http://www.researchinformation.info/rimayjun05open_access.html ) AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ From C.Wong at napier.ac.uk Sun Jun 12 10:33:49 2005 From: C.Wong at napier.ac.uk (Wong, Chee Hong) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:33:49 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace installation blog Message-ID: <735F04A99D358E468A16EDB64FC045550156041A@EVS1.napier-mail.napier.ac.uk> Dear colleagues, We are looking for a research partner to collaborate in submitting a research proposal to EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) by 29/6/05. The aim of this proposal is to develop a Knowledge Management System (KM) that consists of an interactive web-based e-Learning platform and digital repository for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) construction. We would like to have a research partner who can develop a digital repository to accommodate the construction SMEs needs. The proposed digital repository should able to accept e-Learning, knowledge transfer and capacity contents, including: text; image, audio and video (e.g. articles, reports, visual simulations and models, organisational data sets, and computer programmes). If you find this topic interesting and relevant to your area, or someone you know they may be interested please feel free to redirect this message. Thanks for you time. Regards, Dr Andy Wong Napier University 0131-4552275 This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. From Sid4Salmon at aol.com Sun Jun 12 15:37:59 2005 From: Sid4Salmon at aol.com (Sid4Salmon@aol.com) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:37:59 EDT Subject: [Dspace-general] Re: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4 Message-ID: <194.40b8b6e6.2fdde917@aol.com> Dear Dr. Wong and Dspacers: I am on the same track with our group hosted at MIT's Sloan School of Management. I cannot claim to represent MIT or Sloan, but represent our STS-Sustainable Development forum and working group. It is based in a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) called Dot Learn or Dot LRN (.lrn) An international consortium of Universities has formed to further develop the tools for .lrn. Al Essa is the Chief Information Officer at Sloan who did invite me and my group to use that site and tools. We have a Virtual Library for links to pdf files, Word files, URL sites (Information). It has a bulk email tool with selective email too (Communication) so for a good ICT technology, this is among the best available. We plan to use it in communities that we are going to work in. One area of interest is the Terai Arc in Nepal and India where their common boarder is. We have equipment that can heat water that kills bacteria that is killing 6,000 children under the age of five years old everyday around the world. The simple heating of the water, the hotter the faster will do the job. The technology also is rated for low pressure steam by which a distilled water can be made. Distilled water is 99.99% element free. Arsenic is an element so is lead, mercury, etc. I plan to do a microfinance to the communities for systems, regional assembly and water supply for drinking and growing trees in nurseries. The women who provide much of the work force will have children in day care with educational delivery and a night school for them. The United Nations has the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) which we address each and every one with the focus on water. Basic Education is another MDG, carbon sequestration, etc. Linking to Dspace like archives such as _http://nsdl.org_ (http://nsdl.org) are planned . Are you interested in this? If so I can give you a password to enter STS (Sloan Technical Service) Sustainable Development and join the fifty or so professionals from around the world who are interested in the topics. _http://sloanspace.mit.edu_ (http://sloanspace.mit.edu) Best regards, Clouston Energy Research, LLC Sidney Clouston USA In a message dated 6/12/2005 9:01:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dspace-general-request at mit.edu writes: 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. RE: DSpace installation blog (Wong, Chee Hong) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:33:49 +0100 From: "Wong, Chee Hong" To: , Subject: RE: [Dspace-general] DSpace installation blog Message-ID: <735F04A99D358E468A16EDB64FC045550156041A at EVS1.napier-mail.napier.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: list Message: 1 Dear colleagues, We are looking for a research partner to collaborate in submitting a research proposal to EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) by 29/6/05. The aim of this proposal is to develop a Knowledge Management System (KM) that consists of an interactive web-based e-Learning platform and digital repository for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) construction. We would like to have a research partner who can develop a digital repository to accommodate the construction SMEs needs. The proposed digital repository should able to accept e-Learning, knowledge transfer and capacity contents, including: text; image, audio and video (e.g. articles, reports, visual simulations and models, organisational data sets, and computer programmes). If you find this topic interesting and relevant to your area, or someone you know they may be interested please feel free to redirect this message. Thanks for you time. Regards, Dr Andy Wong Napier University 0131-4552275 This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20050612/84e48488/attachment.htm From BSurratt at lib-gw.tamu.edu Thu Jun 16 14:54:35 2005 From: BSurratt at lib-gw.tamu.edu (Brian Surratt) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:54:35 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Call for speakers on rights metadata in IRs at ALA 2006 Message-ID: The Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group (NRMIG) of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Serivces (ALCTS) is seeking speakers for a program scheduled for the 2006 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. The program is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 25, 2006 from 1:30 to 5:30 pm. The title of the program is "Rights Metadata in Institutional Repositories." Description of the program: As universities and other academic institutions implement institutional repositories, they must remain sensitive to the needs of their constituencies, especially the faculty and students that are constantly creating new knowledge. Scholarly communication is moving online at an increasing pace, and the technology that enables digital publishing has accelerated faster than our ability to meet the legal requirements of copyright. Rights management systems provide potential solutions to the complexities of copyright and access management. This program will provide a forum for discussing trends in rights management for institutional repositories. We are seeking speakers for three one-hour presentations. We will consider single or multiple speakers for each presentation. Descriptions of the presentations: 1) "Opening doors to learning: standards for rights management." This presentation will cover the use of metadata standards for access management. Potential topics include Shibboleth, XrML, ODRL, and METSRights. The discussion will focus on the purpose of standards, as well as their practical application and future development 2) "Copyright stakeholders in IRs: A balancing act." This presentation will analyze the stakeholders in IRs and evaluate their motivations in the context of new forms of scholarly communication. Some of these stakeholders include faculty, students, universities, academic libraries, commercial publishers, and open access publishers. The discussion will analyze how cultural and legal issues impact the development of IR systems, programs, and services and how rights management metadata is meeting those needs. 3) "Managing access at University X: a case study." This presentation will feature a case study from the implementation of an actual IR. The topics discusses will include planning and development of the IR with an emphasis on rights management and access issues. Those interested in presenting may contact Brian Surratt (bsurratt at lib-gw.tamu.edu) or Michael Babinec (m-babinec at northwestern.edu), the NRMIG Programming Co-chairs. Please provide the title for the presentation, an abstract of no more than 300 words, and the duration of the presentation. This message is being posted to multiple email lists, please pardon any duplication. Brian Surratt, MLIS Metadata Coordinator Digital Initiatives, Research and Technology Texas A&M University Libraries http://di.tamu.edu/bsurratt/ (979) 845-5454 From patrick at caret.cam.ac.uk Fri Jun 17 12:00:11 2005 From: patrick at caret.cam.ac.uk (patrick) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:00:11 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] automated response Message-ID: <10506171700.AA69213508@agrimony.caret.cam.ac.uk> I am away in the US until next Monday (20th June) and while I may be able to pick up email occasionally I will probably not be in a position to reply except in emergencies. If your email relates to either the AERS or TLRP Sakai Workspaces, please email any urgent enquiries to Richard Procter at CARET on rp311 at cam.ac.uk Regards Patrick Carmichael From pbm2 at cam.ac.uk Mon Jun 27 13:24:59 2005 From: pbm2 at cam.ac.uk (Peter Morgan) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:24:59 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] RE: DSpace Federation/DCC meetings (Cambridge, 6-8 July 2005) - R egistration now open Message-ID: <2A70D44ECF6F1A4390DD1D98E8BEDEF2E838F3@mius2.medlan.cam.ac.uk> (with apologies for cross-posting) FINAL CALL!!! DSpace/Digital Curation Centre meetings, Cambridge, July 2005 Reminder: Tuesday 28 June 2005 is the last day on which you can register for the above meetings. To book, please visit the meetings website at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/registration.htm -----Original Message----- From: Peter Morgan To: 'dspace-tech at lists.sourceforge.net ' Sent: 19/05/2005 18:27 Subject: DSpace Federation/DCC meetings (Cambridge, 6-8 July 2005) - Registration now open (With apologies for cross-posting) DSpace/Digital Curation Centre meetings, Cambridge, July 2005 Registration is now open for the 2nd DSpace Federation User Group meeting, taking place at the University of Cambridge on Thursday-Friday, 7-8 July 2005. See http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/registration.htm Registration is also now open through the same site for the Digital Curation Centre workshop taking place at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday, 6 July 2005. Programme details for the DSpace meeting will be available in the next few days at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/programme.htm Programme details for the DCC workshop will be available within the next few days at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/DCC.htm We regret the unforeseen delay in opening the registration process and look forward to receiving your registrations. Please note that places for both the DCC workshop and the DSpace meeting are limited and so prompt booking is advisable. If you require any further information about registration, please use the contact details at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/contact.htm -- Peter Morgan Project Director, DSpace at Cambridge Cambridge University Library West Road Cambridge CB3 9DR UK email: pbm2 at cam.ac.uk tel: +44 (0)1223 333130 fax: +44 (0)1223 339973 Joy Davidson DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) George Service House, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QJ Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 email: british.editor at erpanet.org http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.erpanet.org -----Original Message----- From: Peter Morgan To: 'dspace-general at mit.edu' Sent: 19/05/2005 18:37 Subject: DSpace Federation/DCC meetings (Cambridge, 6-8 July 2005) - Registration now open (With apologies for cross-posting) DSpace/Digital Curation Centre meetings, Cambridge, July 2005 Registration is now open for the 2nd DSpace Federation User Group meeting, taking place at the University of Cambridge on Thursday-Friday, 7-8 July 2005. See http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/registration.htm Registration is also now open through the same site for the Digital Curation Centre workshop taking place at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday, 6 July 2005. Programme details for the DSpace meeting will be available in the next few days at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/programme.htm Programme details for the DCC workshop will be available within the next few days at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/DCC.htm We regret the unforeseen delay in opening the registration process and look forward to receiving your registrations. Please note that places for both the DCC workshop and the DSpace meeting are limited and so prompt booking is advisable. If you require any further information about registration, please use the contact details at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/contact.htm -- Peter Morgan Project Director, DSpace at Cambridge Cambridge University Library West Road Cambridge CB3 9DR UK email: pbm2 at cam.ac.uk tel: +44 (0)1223 333130 fax: +44 (0)1223 339973 Joy Davidson DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) George Service House, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QJ Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 email: british.editor at erpanet.org http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.erpanet.org From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Tue Jun 28 02:19:00 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:19:00 +1000 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace 1.3 beta 1 released Message-ID: <42C0EBD4.9040208@anu.edu.au> Dear All, The DSpace community is pleased to announce the release of DSpace 1.3 Beta 1 The main feature of this beta release is the introduction of internationalisation of DSpace beginning with the ability to configure JSPs to any language. This release also addresses the following bugs: - Set the content type in the HTTP header - Fix issue where EPerson edit would not work due to form indexing (partial fix) The documentation for this release is bundled within the package. DSpace Beta 1 can be downloaded from the files area at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/ or from CVS using the tags dspace-1_3beta1 and dspace-docs-1_3beta1 for the source code and documentation modules respectively. Please use the mailing lists available at http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=19984 to provide feedback on this release. Those wishing to do development work with DSpace are strongly encouraged to obtain the source code using CVS. This is very straightforward and a guide to doing this is available here: http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceDeveloping We would also like to take this opportunity to invite you all to participate in the DSpace development process. Extra developer hands are always welcome, but there are other ways you can help: - Test the system and report bugs - Provide documentation (for end users and institutions, as well as technical) - Share your deployment experiences - Donate content and metadata for testing and research - Share your technical experience and ideas Please visit the DSpace Wiki to see the various resources and collaboration tools available to the DSpace community: http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceResources Regards, The DSpace Committers