Technical and Automated Services

Who We AreWhat We Do

Organizational Structure

Web Presence

Networking, server and

storage

LMS

Security and Identity Mgt

Acquisitions

Cataloging

Repository Metadata

Electronic Resource

Management Article LinkingWeeding and

BindingDigital

Collection Building

TAS Budget and Facilities

TAS Grant ManagementResearch Data

collection metadata

RUCore architecture

R&DRUcore

collections management

ETDsFaculty

depositsNJDH/NJEDL

General collections

Promote Universal Access to the World’s Knowledge (direct, instant, convenient, easy and ubiquitous

Support Learning and Research through responsive services that are innovative and increase the university’s impact.

Support and Enhance the State and its Residents, as part of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Technical Infrastructure

RUcore Fedora-Based Repository SIRSI/Dynix LMS Library Online

Presence

Robust, sophisticated infrastructure. 47 TB digital storage, virtualized servers, PDF, image and streaming services

NetID based identity management for “one stop shop” and integration with other Rutgers services (LMS, MyRutgers, etc.)

SOLR/Lucene Federated Search Engine

KUALI-OLE LMS to integrate catalog and repository and services in design/development, such as ontology service to replace authority control

20,000+ resources

Smallest collection, with <200 deposits. Currently working on adding Optimality Archive in Linguistics (12,000+ deposits) and preparing for Open Access Policy. Download ratio of 54:1

Most popular collection. 2600+ documents. Mandatory for all Graduate Schools. Download ratio of 80:1

Classic texts, Almost 700 maps, Digital Exhibits

NJDH – Statewide cultural heritage portal with almost 12,000 resources and 28 public libraries, historical societies, museums and state agencies. 6:1 Download ratio

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NJEDL – New Jersey Environmental Digital Library

RUresearch

RUresearch is the research data component of RUcore, the RutgersUniversity Community Repository. RUresearch provides:

– Consulting on Data Management Plans and data best practices– Permanently archiving data in the RUresearch data portal– Work on larger and more complex data needs in grant-funded projects

The RUresearch Data Team • Cross-departmental team of programmers and developers, metadata

experts, and librarians with disciplinary expertise• Write and manage grants and serve as peer reviewers and consultants for

granting agencies, including the National Science Foundation • Collaborate with faculty to make data available and increase faculty

research impact

RUresearch benefits

• Permanent preservation using industry best practices.• Flexible metadata that can adapt to disciplinary standards and special

project needs, ensuring maximum discoverability of relevant research.• A permanent URL that can be used to cite data, indexing in Google and

Google Scholar, and links to publications based on the data, all of which can increase visibility and citation of Rutgers research.

• Policies can include embargo and restriction of files that contain sensitive data.

• Architecture that preserves and relates all components of the research project throughout the data life cycle, from grant proposals and descriptions of the data collection process (e.g. lab notes, survey instruments), to software code and related publications and presentations.

RUresearch: Grant Support

The Libraries can also partner with faculty on grant-funded projects to:• Create custom portals to data for a project• Create custom descriptive metadata schemes to provide access to the

unique aspects of a project's data• Create tools for interactive data analysis and collaborationThe Libraries partnered with the Graduate School of Education to produce the

Video Mosaic Collaborative.• Contact us at rucore_research@email.rutgers.edu or visit

rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/research to initiate a data consultation.

GSE Collaboration : Video Mosaic Collaborative

RU Analytic

Public Interfaces• OPAC

• Mobile

Staff Interfaces• Workflows

• Director’s Station

Joining the Team• Integrating RWJ into the RUL ILS

Rutgers University Libraries

CHEMISTRY

SPCOL/UA

DANA

DOUGLASS

HUNGARIAN

JAZZ

RWJ

SMLR

LSM

ALCOHOL ALCHL/NJ ALEXANDER ANNEX ART CAMDEN

KILMER

CHANG

MATH

MEDIA

MUSIC

WHITMANTSB

PHYSICS

RU-ONLINE SERC

Joining the Team• Configure policy tables to add RWJ• Load RWJ bib records exported from UMDNJ

Voyager• Migrate user records, circulation transactions,

and other data as needed

Where we’re headed

GEACSirsiDynixKUALI-OLERutgers Libraries ILS migration path is KUALI-OLE

Benefits of KUALI-OLE• Improve services and expand access to resources for our

user community• Provide opportunity to break down silos of information

and integrate our ILS and local repository into one catalog• Better ability to customize the software to meet our needs• Realize economies of scale by providing the opportunity to

shift the considerable expense of maintaining individual ILSs to one statewide system

• Integrate with the state academic libraries through VALID

VALID Current Status• Install and test potential open-source discovery

interfaces for VALE community review and selection• Review cataloging, borrowing, and collection

maintenance policies to enable seamless, transparent lending and ensure we have a robust physical collection

• Prepare our individual ILS databases for implementation of a discovery interface and migration to KUALI-OLE

Online Presence:Rejuvenate, Integrate, Mobilize

• Continuous dialog with patrons• Ethnographic study, focus and test groups• Simple yet elegant design• Disintermediation (direct management of

content by Librarians)• JiT help with catalogs, databases, and services• Integrated access to all digital content

New Website This School Year

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Biggest challenge: Search

• RUL collaborating on a new Kuali OLE LMS design & development

• Manage without a discovery layer • Yet provide the most concentrated and

focused search interface we can• Usability study underway

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Baby Steps in a Mobile World…

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On the Bus to the Library…

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A Lot More to Get “Mobilized”…• Library catalog services– Renew, hold, ILL, … complete service, eventually

• Mobile-optimized databases• Use content on tablets• Locate stacks• Check and reserve public PCs• Alert messages• Participate in common Rutgers mobile apps

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