Building a digital repository program with limited resources
Whether you are just starting to create a digital repository or your institution already has a fully-developed program, this book provides strategies for building and maintaining a high-use, cohesive, and fiscally-responsible repository with collections that showcase your institution. The book expla...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Chandos
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chandos information professional series
Chandos Information Professional Series |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628767306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Building a Digital Repository Program with Limited Resources; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter overview; Perspective; Acknowledgements; List of figures; About the author; Part One; 1 Introduction; Opportunities for libraries; Definitions; Institutional repositories, digital projects, and digital repository programs; Conclusion; 2 Strategic planning; The vision for a digital program; Core constituencies' needs; Internal resource audit: infrastructure, resources, content; Legal issues; Determining what's realistic; Shaping the program: writing a mission statement
- Bigger than the repository program: aligning with institutional and organizational goalsPutting it all together; 3 Technical overview; Introduction; Guiding principles; General structure of a digital repository system; Understanding the institutional environment; Repository Systems; Working with multiple systems; Partnership with IT; Keeping down costs; Conclusion; 4 Staffing; Assembling the team(s): staffing needs and considerations; Digital repository program coordinator; Digital program planning team; Digital program steering group; Project teams; Metadata team
- Technical/infrastructure teamInstructional technologists; Getting IT staff involved in repository work; Librarians and repository work; Digital repository workgroups; Library and information science interns; Part Two; 5 Metadata; What is metadata?; Definitions; Guiding principles; Types of metadata; Metadata standards and protocols; A-Z of metadata work; Tools to support metadata production; Complexity of metadata work; The hands-on metadata workshop; Conclusion; 6 Collection building: project proposals, planning, and implementation; Introduction; Guiding principles
- Project initiation: proposals and the review processProject planning; Project implementation; Monitoring; Closing: launch; Post-launch; 7 Content recruitment andmarketing; Introduction; Guiding principles; Working with faculty; Other potential partners within the institution; What to show before you have collections; Recruiting content from outside of the university; Big and small ways to market your repository program; Showcasing individual projects and collections; 8 Open Access; Introduction: what is open access?; Guiding principles; Nuts and bolts of open access
- Clarifying common misconceptionsWhat does OA mean for libraries?; Selling open access; 9 Sustainability; Introduction; Guiding principles; Sustaining digital objects; Sustaining digital collections; Sustaining repository teams; Sustaining the repository program; 10 Assessment; Introduction; Guiding principles; Overview of the process; Assessing the repository program and its services; Collection-level usage data; Conclusion; 11 Web 2.0 and digital repositories; Introduction; Guiding principles; Push content out; bring users in; Integrate Web 2.0 tools with the repository; User participation
- Concluding thoughts
