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Trends in eRepositories
Jill Hurst-WahlHurst Associates, Ltd.
Dec. 7, 2007
Copyright © 2007, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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…a set of services…for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution.
Clifford Lynch, Feb. 2003
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Management
• Evangelists• Mandate, focus & policies
– Administrative, learning & research • Copyright, licensing, permissions• Protect personal data• Educate depositors
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Management
• Sustainability– Funding– Internal & external collaborators– Dept. & subject liaisons– Fully integrated into organization
•Part of the culture
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Management
• Constant marketing & consulting• Emphasize services• Constantly build context• Voluntary mandatory
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Infrastructure
• Users want– Easy deposit & retrieval (“un-do”)
•Easy front-end•Auto-generated metadata
– Authentication & security– Persistent URIs– Visible to Internet search engines– Curation, migration, preservation
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Infrastructure
• Management wants– Control– Stable, scalable infrastructure– Customizable software– Easy integration– Digital preservation (OAIS)
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Community Support
• Don’t want to think about it• Reward structure • eRepository must facilitate
– Communication– Sharing Impact– Networking– Social interaction
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Our Roles
• Managers & users• Management’s foot soldiers• “In the trenches” liaisons & helpers• Providers of carrots & sticks• Constant evangelists• Help loading older content (batch)
– The long tail (legacy materials)
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Trends
• Failure & rebirth• Crossing institutional boundaries• Integration into info systems• Documents deposited in multiple
repositories– User deposits in multiple
repositories
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Jill [email protected]
AIM: jillNYS / Skype: jill.hurst.wahlwww.HurstAssociates.com www.Digitization101.com www.eNetworking101.com