Trends in eRepositories Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. Dec. 7, 2007 Copyright © 2007, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved

Trends in eRepositories

Jill Hurst-WahlHurst Associates, Ltd.

Dec. 7, 2007

Copyright © 2007, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hurst Associates, Ltd.

www.HurstAssociates.com/ppt/einfo_jhw.ppt


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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


Management

• Evangelists• Mandate, focus & policies

– Administrative, learning & research • Copyright, licensing, permissions• Protect personal data• Educate depositors


Management

• Sustainability– Funding– Internal & external collaborators– Dept. & subject liaisons– Fully integrated into organization

•Part of the culture


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


Infrastructure

• Management wants– Control– Stable, scalable infrastructure– Customizable software– Easy integration– Digital preservation (OAIS)


Community Support

• Don’t want to think about it• Reward structure • eRepository must facilitate

– Communication– Sharing Impact– Networking– Social interaction


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)


Trends

• Failure & rebirth• Crossing institutional boundaries• Integration into info systems• Documents deposited in multiple

repositories– User deposits in multiple

repositories


Jill [email protected]

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