Caltech CODA

Eric F. Van de VeldeCalifornia Institute of Technology

evdv@library.caltech.edu

Faculty Board Meeting10 February 2003

Caltech CODA Collection of Open Digital Archives

Mus. A passage of more or less independent character introduced after the completion of the essential parts of a movement, so as to form a more definite and satisfactory conclusion. -- OED http://coda.caltech.edu/

Almost 1300 documents available now!

Caltech CODAhttp://coda.caltech.edu/ Theses (379)

All new and a selection of old theses Technical Reports (762)

CS, EERL, Paradise, LIB, GALCITFM, and others in development

Conference Proceedings (110) Cavitation 2001

Books (1) Oral Histories (17) Engineering and Science articles (5)

Open Archives Initiativehttp://openarchives.org/ Data Providers Protocol to

Communicate Harvest metadata Retrieve content

Services that Increase

discoverability (Re-)Organize content Add value

DataProvider A

DataProvider B

DataProvider Z

Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH)

ServiceProvider

ServiceProvider

ServiceProvider

Example: Union Catalog Virginia Tech and VTLS, Inc. Provides a union catalog of

electronically-available theses http://rocky.dlib.vt.edu/

~etdunion/cgi-bin/index.pl

Who may set up a repository?

Everyone Open Standard Open-Source Linux-based software

CLS will create repositories for any Caltech

Faculty member Research group Option Division

CLS commits to long-term preservation

How do I set up a repository?

Talk to your subject librarian! Clear agreement on:

Who may submit? Who assigns report numbers? Who decides on content of

repository? Which document formats?

You retain copyright

Caltech CODA: Use License

I hereby grant to [Caltech] the irrevocable, non-exclusive royalty free right to reproduce, distribute, display, and perform this work in any format including electronic formats throughout the world for educational, research and scientific non-profit uses during the full term of copyright including renewals and extensions via the Digital Collections mechanisms maintained by the Caltech Library System. I also hereby grant to Caltech the non-exclusive right to sub-license these rights to others should the Institute forego the ability to maintain distribution. I warrant that I have the copyright to make this grant to Caltech unencumbered and complete.

Once this paper is so published, it may not be withdrawn. With the approval of the repository administration revisions to available documents within this service will be accepted.

The following Notice Concerning Terms and Conditions of Use will be included with the electronic distribution copies of the work: You are granted permission for individual, educational, research and non-commercial reproduction, distribution, display and performance of this work in any format.

http://resolver.library.caltech.edu/caltechCSTR:2001.000a

Withdrawals and changes… Commitment to long-term

preservation Commitment to access

No dead links PURL

Commitment to content quality No peer review, but… Content someone stands behind

How much does it cost? Currently:

Free for Caltech-authored material submitted electronically

Charge for format conversion Future sustainability:

Submission and/or maintenance charge?

What kind of material? Preprints Author-formatted published journal

articles Difficult to publish material

Technical Reports Extensive descriptions of experimental setups Software Data files, pictures, audio, video,… WITHIN

LIMITS! You tell us…

What about journals? Many publishers allow:

Submission of web-published preprints

Dissemination of author-formatted published articles on institutional servers

Consult your subject librarian!

Why should I bother? Increased visibility of research

Open Archives Initiative Google and other search engines

No-barrier access to everybody Your colleagues High-school students Tax-paying citizens Developing nations

Rising journal prices Restore balance in publisher-academy

negotiations.

Who to contact? Library@caltech.edu Librarians

Kim Douglas Jim O’DonnelJudy Nollar George PorterHema Ramachandran Dana RothCaroline Smith Daniel Taylor

Me: evdv@library.caltech.edu