UPC Research Institutional Repositories DSpace User Group Meeting 2007 UPC Institutional Repositories Marina.Casadevall [email protected] Montse

UPC Research Institutional Repositories

DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Institutional Repositories

[email protected]

Montse [email protected]

Anna [email protected]

Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaServei de Biblioteques i Documentació



1. Objectives

2. Strategy

3. Learning repositories

4. Research repositories

5. Technical matters

6. Conclusions

Summary



To offer a tool for publishing academic works in electronic format

To organize and preserve UPC’s intellectual heritage

To greatly increase UPC’s visibility in the world

Objectives



1. Objectives

2. Strategy




6. Conclusions

Summary



Strategy: repositories

Separate repositories: E-prints: https://upcommons.upc.edu/e-prints/ University journals and congresses: https://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/ Students’ work: https://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/ Learning materials: http://e-md.upc.edu/home/ Videos: http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/video/ Theses: http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/

Why did we decide to create different repositories?– To facilitate organization (one librarian is responsible for each repository) – To be able to fit different document data into metadata – To fully integrate with other university platforms (such as Virtual Campus, based on

Moodle and the Electronic Information Services for Academic Activity)

However

– The cost of supporting repositories is higher– Content is dispersed



https://upcommons.upc.edu/

Global access to UPC knowledge Metasearch in all UPC repositories Electronic documents and information about support services (how to

digitize a thesis, how to submit documents, etc.)

Strategy: access to all repositories



Strategy: human resources

One computer technician for designing repositories and improving software.

One librarian responsible for content control and management of each repository.

In every UPC campus, there are librarians who: control and extend metadata feed-back between users and general services



Strategy: repository support services

SEPI: Intellectual Property Service • Author rights • Copyright policies (including e-journals and Creative Commons)

Factories: teaching resource facilities • Convert traditional formats into digital formats (print journals, theses, etc.)• Video digitization

Subject librarian:• Liaison with university departments for diffusion of the project and training



1. Objectives

2. Strategy




6. Conclusions

Summary



UPCOpenCourseWare (5.852 documents)http://e-md.upc.edu/home/

Inspired by MIT’s Open Course Ware Provides access to UPC’s course materials for educators and

students Not all its content is open access Not (yet) with a DSpace repository

Learning repositories: course materials



Students’ work (1.587 documents)https://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/

Students’ work (final degree projects, minor theses, recognition of foreign diplomas/theses, etc.) presented by university students at UPC.

Accessed both from inside the University – by other students preparing their final degrees - and outside.

Learning repositories: students’ work



UPC Digital Library (226 videos)http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/video/

Institutional activities or learning activities Migration to a DSpace application

Learning repositories: videos



1. Objectives

2. Strategy




6. Conclusions

Summary



E-prints UPC (698 pre-prints or post-prints)https://upcommons.upc.edu/e-prints/

The E-prints repository collects documents generated by academics in their research activities. Communities: schools, departments, laboratories or research groups. Workflow: Selfarchive (authors) Peer review (optional) Protect and extend metadatas (subject librarians)

Research repositories: E-prints



UPC Journals and Congresses (2.434 articles)https://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/

This repository compiles the full texts of e-journal articles and proceedings published by any scholar or research department of the university.

Workflow: Archive (journal support personnel or auxilliar librarians) Control and extend metadatas (subject librarians) Electronic submission using DSpace

Research repositories: Journals and Congresses



1. Objectives

2. Strategy




6. Conclusions

Summary



DSpace: 2005, 1.3.1 now 1.4.1 version (4 instances of DSpace)

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1Web server: Apache Tomcat/5.0.28Database: PostgreSQL 7.4.6Storage: 1200 GB = 1,2 TB

5. Technical matters:



Future improvements:

Statistics (Add-on from the University of Minho)

Customized submission forms

Authority control (link to catalogue and name capture)

UPC subject headings authority

5. Technical matters:



OAI-MHP

UPCommons

Course materials

Students’ work

....

E-prints

Journals and congresses

OAI-MHP

Campus digital

SO

AP

Scientific Output

Information System

OA

I-M

HP

RECERCAT

RACO

TDX

OAISter

...OAI-MHP

6. Conclusions



Good acceptance, Good strategy, Collections are growing but… there’s still a lot of work to do with UPC IRR!

6. Conclusions



Thank you for your attention!

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Montse [email protected]

Anna [email protected]

Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaServei de Biblioteques i Documentació

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