Collaboration in building a sustainable repository environment:

a National Library’s role

Warwick CathroWarwick CathroAssistant Director-General, Innovation,Assistant Director-General, Innovation,

National Library of AustraliaNational Library of Australia

Outline• Background

– Australian repository movement– Proposed Australian National Data Service– NLA Service Framework

• Discovery and registry services– ARROW Discovery Service– ORCA Prototype Registry

• Sustainability issues– Persistent identifiers– Obsolescence notification and AONS– Australian METS Profile

The Australian repository movement

• Active involvement of officials• Repositories in 70% of universities• National discovery service• Six software platforms (three based on

Fedora)• Strong emphasis on sustainability issues• Decision to establish ANDS

Policy context

• Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (from Dec 2007)

• National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) – A$500M over 5 years

• Australian National Data Service (ANDS)– To commence July 2008

PMSEIC [1]

PMSEIC [2]

Towards the Australian Data Commons

ANDS Structure

ARROW Project

APSR Project

PILIN Project

Library Labs

NLA Service Framework

Services discussed

Discovery service

• The need for discovery and metadata aggregation services

Liability is limited by the Accountants’ Schemeunder the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW)

ARROW Discovery Service

Liability is limited by the Accountants’ Schemeunder the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW)

ARROW Discovery Service

Registry services

• The need for registry services

Collection/Service Registry

ORCA Registry

ISO 2146 model

Persistent identifier services

• Need for a PI service• PILIN Project

PILIN Project

Obsolescence notification

• The “Preserve” Service• AONS Project• Pilot open source toolkit

AONS Project

Australian METS Profile

• Need for a profile• Two sub-projects

– Encoding of preservation metadata– Australian METS Profile development

Australian METS Profile Project

Three layer model

• Top layer: generic profile• Middle layer: content models• Bottom layer: Implementation profiles

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Conclusions

• Development of national discovery service

• Development of ISO 2146 schema• Support for goals of future National PI

Service• Obsolescence notification• Australian METS Profile

Acknowledgments [1]

• ARROW Discovery Service:– Debbie Campbell, Alison Dellit, Tor Lattimore

• ORCA Prototype Registry– Scott Yeadon, James Blanden, Adrian Burton,

Chris Blackall

• PILIN Project:– Dennis Macnamara, Nigel Ward, Kerry Blinco

Acknowledgments [2]

• AONS Project:– David Pearson, Matthew Walker, David Levy

• Australian METS Profile:– David Pearson, Bronwyn Lee, Scott Yeadon,

Megan Williams, Gerard Clifton

• Standards development (NLA Service Framework, ISO 2146, Australian METS Profile)– Judith Pearce