Digital Repositories Susan Eales JISC Executive 19 Sept

Digital Repositories Susan Eales JISC Executive 19 Sept 2002 JISC/SURF/Internet 2, Oxford Supporting further and higher education

Agenda • • Current JISC-funded activity issues the new JISC repositories programme Further information 2

FAIR • Focus on Access to Institutional Resources (FAIR), 14 projects • sharing of images, museum objects via OAI, • setting up institutional repositories for eprints, learning materials, etheses, administrative information – different software - EPrints, DSpace & ETD [software at Virginia tech to support electronic dissertations and theses]- compare and contrast – exploring metadata schema’s e. g. developed a UK schema based on DC for etheses – advocacy for deposit – building a critical mass, why repositories can help you – Workflow – learning materials 3

JORUM • National Learning Materials Repository Project with three aims: – Provide a test-bed repository service for some content producing projects – Scope the requirements for a national repository service – Procure the software for the national repository service. 4

JORUM (2) • December 2002 - Intralibrary and Xtensis provided for test-bed repository. • December 2003 - Scoping study and technical requirements report produced. • August 2004 - Intralibrary selected as the software for the national service. 5

JORUM (3) • JORUM Service Set-Up and Launch – Installing and developing Intralibrary – Workflows – Business model – Outreach and liaison – Launch of service to UK Further and Higher Education in August 2005 6

JORUM (4) • JORUM R & D – Continued support for repurposing projects – Various repository watch activities • Open source • International developments – Ongoing as repository landscape develops, eg • Support formal/informal communities • Federated instances 7

RELOAD • content packaging tool – Open source – IMS compliant – SCORM compliant – Further development to implement IMS Learning Design Specifications – Bridge between repositories and learning management systems enabling learning materials to be shared… 8

Issues • How do learning repositories relate to digital libraries, institutional records management systems etc? • What distinguishes a CMS, LMS and a repository? Cultural barriers in universities and colleges – senior management buy-in, practitioner buy-in, incentives • IPR! 9

Issues (2) • How can we address quality assurance issues in repositories? • WIKIs, blogs, eportfolios – are they repositories? • Who has responsibility – librarians, learning technologists, teachers? • What are the business models? 10

Digital Repositories programme • Identify the national infrastructure required for both teaching and research working to support communities of practice • Establish how to help embed digital repositories and develop appropriate methods and practice • Further work on IPR and quality! • Build on existing work in partnership with DEST and other agencies as appropriate • The work will include projects that pilot, develop, review and evaluate practice, theory, policy and technology The programme scope is : STILL to be finalised 11

Further information: • JISC Website – http: //www. jisc. ac. uk • Phase 2 invitation for support in transitioning to open access • http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/index. cfm? name =funding_open_access 2 • Eprints and Open Access Journals Service Models Study http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/journals_work. html • JISC SURF Copyright http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/index. cfm? name=funding_cop yrightinitiative 12

Cont’d… • FAIR http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/index. cfm? name=progra mme_fair • X 4 L http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/index. cfm? name=progra mme_x 4 l – www. jorum. ac. uk – www. reload. ac. uk • Etheses testbed http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/index. cfm? name=funding _etheses 13