[Dspace-general] notre dame ir report
Eric Lease Morgan
emorgan at nd.edu
Mon Jan 15 16:20:16 EST 2007
This past year Notre Dame did a bit of exploration regarding
institutional repositories, and we have put our report on the Web.
From the Executive Summary:
1. What we did - In a nutshell we established relationships with
a number of content groups across campus: the Kellogg
Institute, the Institute for Latino Studies, Art History,
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Life Science, the
Nanovic Insitute, the Kaneb Center, the School of
Architecture, FTT (Film, Television, and Theater), the Gigot
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Institute for
Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, the Graduate School, the
University Intellectual Property Committee, the Provost's
Office, and General Councel. Next, we collected content from
many of these groups, "cataloged" it, and saved it into three
different computer systems: DigiTool, ETD-db, and DSpace.
Finally, we aggregated this content into a centralized cache
to provide enhanced browsing, searching, and syndication
services against the content.
2. What we learned - We essentially learned four things: 1)
metadata matters, 2) preservation now, not later, 3) the IDR
requires dedicated people with specific skills, 4) copyright
raises the largest number of questions regarding the
fulfillment of the goals of the IDR.
3. Where we are leaning in regards to recommendations - The
recommendations take the form of a "Chinese menu" of options,
and the options are be grouped into "meals". We recommend the
IDR continue and include: 1) continuing to do the Electronic
Theses & Dissertations, 2) writing and implementing metadata
and preservation policies and procedures, 3) taking the
Excellent Undergraduate Research to the next level, and 4)
continuing to implement DigiTool. There are quite a number of
other options, but they may be deemed too expensive to
implement.
The Report comes in two flavors, HTML and PDF:
http://www.library.nd.edu/idr/documents/idr-final-report.shtml
http://www.library.nd.edu/idr/documents/idr-final-report.pdf
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Eric Lease Morgan
Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
University Libraries of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
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