Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Jean-Pierre Côté Coordinator, Institutional Repositories Pilot Project and directeur général des
bibliothèques, Université de Montréal
Kathleen Shearer Research Associate, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Marie-Hélène Vézina System Librarian, Université de Montréal
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
What is the Project?
• A Canadian initiative to implement institutional repositories at several Canadian research libraries
• Project began in August 2002
• Overwhelming interest in institutional repositories from Canadian research libraries
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
CISTIYork UniversityMcGill UniversityNational Library of CanadaQueen’s UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of Calgary
Université de MontréalUniversity of New BrunswickUniversity of TorontoUniversity of VictoriaUniversity of Western OntarioUniversity of Windsor
What is the Project?
13 Participating Libraries:
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Purpose
1. To increase the visibility of institutional and Canadian content, especially of journal articles that are mostly published outside of Canada.
2. To enhance the current scholarly publishing environment. We are promoting the current SPARC position—to complement the current publishing system with the use of IRs, rather than replace it.
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Purpose (cont…)
3. To experiment with a variety of content, format, and software systems.
4. To showcase the interoperability of Institutional Repositories in the Canadian context.
5. To speed up the learning process through exchanging best practices with each other.
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Panel Members:
Gwendolyn Ebbett, University of Windsor
Merle Steeves, York University
Lynn Copeland, Simon Fraser University
Sharda Tarachandra , CISTI
Marie-Hélène Vezina, Université de Montréal
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
CARL’s Role in the Project
Research Support
Web Portal
Listserv
Facilitate meetings
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Implementation Issues:
Copyright Promotion and Advocacy Long-term Preservation Faculty PartnershipsContent TypesDocumentation for UsersArchiving and Quality Control Metadata/Subject HeadingsImplementation of Software
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software:
Eprints
DSpace
Neuroinformatics Portal (http://www.neuroinf.de/), created by the OECD.
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
CISTI Science and Technical
Simon Fraser Linguistics, Communications, and English
York University
Center for Feminist Research, Association for Research on Mothering, Canadian Association of Nursing in Oncology
University of Windsor
Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics & Statistics,Biology, Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research.
Université de Montréal
Physics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Psychology, Dentistry, and Information Science
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
What we have learned so far:
1. Institutional Repository tools are easily accessible and not too complex to implement and use.
2. Buy-in from stakeholders has been easier than anticipated.
3. The “In-Action” learning process is valuable.
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Future Goals:
1. Content, content, content…
2. Harvester
3. Continue experimenting and sharing experiences.
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Implementation of
Papyrus – Institutional Eprints Repository
at Université de Montréal
http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software installation
• GNU Eprints 2.1
• Apache web server (with mod_perl)
• Redhat Linux
• MySQL database
• Perl
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software configuration
Document types• Preprint• Learning or Scientific Journal's article• Conference Paper• Conference Proceedings• Departmental Technical Report• Book Chapter• Thesis• Multimedia presentation• Other
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software configuration (cont.)
Metadata (ex. Journal article)• status of the article• refereed or not• authors (m)• title• subjects (m)• year/month• abstract (m)• publication name• volume/number• pages• commentary on• alternative locations (m)• keywords (m)• notes• comments and suggestions
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software configuration (cont.)
File formats• HTML• XML• PDF• PostScript• Text• RTF• MPEG• QuickTime• PowerPoint• Other
Canadian Association of Research LibrariesInstitutional Repositories Pilot Project
Software configuration (cont.)
Subject classification• LC (Information science)• NLM (Medicine and Pre-clinical Sciences)• Classification outline from arXiv (Physics)• Roy Classification (Law)
Registration, Browse/Search and Submission processes
Customizing the user interface (“look and feel”)
Review / rewrite sections
Translation