[Dspace-general] Adding items without bitstreams

[Shawna Sadler]

Hi MacKenzie,
I like your idea about flagging records with or without attached files.

We have given up on faculty uploading their own items, everyone has 
admitted that this process simply won't happen. So it has fallen on the 
Library to populate our local repository and the most efficient workflow 
has been importing files into DSpace and then Library support staff 
adding the fulltext files to the records after they have been digitized. 
This is less time consuming and really, who wants to do data entry.

This process has been very efficient for us, but I have to admit, the 
harvesters and search engines have not consistently found the fulltext 
files after they have been added. I think your idea of flagging records 
would facilitate the find-ability of the newly added files.

It would also help if importing records into DSpace was less work, I'm 
hoping the Summer Google student working on importing/exporting files 
from Bibliographic software will facilitate this process.

Anyone agree or disagree with me?
Shawna

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Shawna Sadler
Coordinator, Digital Initiatives
Libraries and Cultural Resources
University of Calgary
Phone: (403) 220-3739
Email: ssadler at ucalgary.ca