Institutional Repositories, Long Term Preservation and the changing nature of Scholarly Publications

In Europe over 2.5 million publications of universities and research institutions are stored in institutional repositories. Although institutional repositories make these publications accessible over time, a repository does not have the task to preserve the content for the long term. Some countries have developed an infrastructure dedicated to sustainability. The Netherlands is one of those countries. The Dutch situation could be regarded as a successful example of how long term preservation of scholarly publications is organised through an open access environment. In this contribution to the Open Repository Conference 2010 it will be explained how this infrastructure is structured, and some preservation issues related to it will be discussed. This contribution is based on the long term preservation studies into Enhanced Publications, performed in the FP7 project DRIVER II (2007-2009, Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research II, WP 4 Technology Watch Report, part 2, Long-term Preservation Technologies (Deliverable 4.3/Milestone 4.2). http://www.driver-repository.eu/. The official report is downloadable at: http://research.kb.nl/DRIVERII/resources/DRIVER_II_D4_3-M2_demonstrator_LTP__final_1_0_.pdf ; the public version is part of Enhanced Publications : Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories, by Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer et al. Amsterdam, AUP, 2009, p. 157-209; downloadable as: http://dare.uva.nl/aup/nl/record/316849). The overall conclusion of the DRIVER studies about long term preservation is that the issues are rather of an organisational nature than of a technical one

Institutional Repositories, Long Term Preservation and the changing nature of Scholarly Publications

In Europe over 2.5 million publications of universities and research institutions are stored in institutional repositories. Although institutional repositories make these publications accessible over time, a repository does not have the task to preserve the content for the long term. Some countries have developed an infrastructure dedicated to sustainability. The Netherlands is one of those countries. The Dutch situation could be regarded as a successful example of how long term preservation of scholarly publications is organised through an open access environment. In this contribution to the Open Repository Conference 2010 it will be explained how this infrastructure is structured, and some preservation issues related to it will be discussed. This contribution is based on the long term preservation studies into Enhanced Publications, performed in the FP7 project DRIVER II (2007-2009, Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research II, WP 4 Technology Watch Report, part 2, Long-term Preservation Technologies (Deliverable 4.3/Milestone 4.2). http://www.driver-repository.eu/. The official report is downloadable at: http://research.kb.nl/DRIVERII/resources/DRIVER_II_D4_3-M2_demonstrator_LTP__final_1_0_.pdf ; the public version is part of Enhanced Publications : Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories, by Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer et al. Amsterdam, AUP, 2009, p. 157-209; downloadable as: http://dare.uva.nl/aup/nl/record/316849). The overall conclusion of the DRIVER studies about long term preservation is that the issues are rather of an organisational nature than of a technical one

Motor control retraining exercises for shoulder impingement: effects on function, muscle activation, and biomechanics in young adults

Objective: Evidence for effective management of shoulder impingement is limited. The present study aimed to quantify the clinical, neurophysiological, and biomechanical effects of a scapular motor control retraining for young individuals with shoulder impingement signs.Method: Sixteen adults with shoulder impingement signs (mean age 22 ? 1.6 years) underwent the intervention and 16 healthy participants (24.8 ? 3.1years) provided reference data. Shoulder function and pain were assessed using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) and other questionnaires. Electromyography (EMG) and 3 dimensional motion analysis was used to record muscle activation and kinematic data during arm elevation to 90? and lowering in 3 planes. Patients were assessed pre and post a 10-week motor control based intervention, utilizing scapular orientation retraining.Results: Pre-intervention, patients reported pain and reduced function compared to the healthy participants (SPADI in patients 20 ? 9.2; healthy 0 ? 0). Post intervention, the SPADI scores reduced significantly (P < .001) by a mean of 10 points (?4). EMG showed delayed onset and early termination of serratus anterior and lower trapezius muscle activity pre-intervention, which improved significantly post-intervention (P < .05). Pre intervention, patients exhibited on average 4.6-7.4? less posterior tilt, which was significantly lower in 2 arm elevation planes (P < .05) than healthy participants. Postintervention, upward rotation and posterior tilt increased significantly (P <.05) during 2 arm movements, approaching the healthy values.Conclusion: A 10-week motor control intervention for shoulder impingement increased function and reduced pain. Recovery mechanisms were indicated by changes in muscle recruitment andscapular kinematics. The efficacy of the intervention requires further examined in a randomizedcontrol trial

Programmatische aanpak van cultuur-historisch digitaliseren: Het Geheugen van Nederland

Het Geheugen van Nederland wil in korte tijd heel veel analoog cultuur-historisch bronnenmateriaal digitaal beschikbaar maken voor een groot publiek en op een aantal daarvan een onderwijskundige toepassing maken. De eerste aanzet daartoe staat sinds 6 mei jl. op internet. Voor de toekomst is echter nog een stabiele organisatorische en financiële basis nodig, stelt Paul Doorenbosch

Institutional Repositories, Long Term Preservation and the changing nature of Scholarly Publications

In Europe over 2.5 million publications of universities and research institutions are stored in institutional repositories. Although institutional repositories make these publications accessible over time, a repository does not have the task to preserve the content for the long term. Some countries have developed an infrastructure dedicated to sustainability. The Netherlands is one of those countries. The Dutch situation could be regarded as a successful example of how long term preservation of scholarly publications is organised through an open access environment. In this article it will be explained how this infrastructure is structured, and some preservation issues related to it will be discussed. This contribution is based on the long term preservation studies into Enhanced Publications, performed in the FP7 project DRIVER II (2007-2009). The overall conclusion of the DRIVER studies about long term preservation is that the issues are rather of an organisational nature than of a technical one. The nature of publications in scholarly communication is changing. Enhanced Publications and Collaborative Research Environments are new phenomena in scholarly communication using the wide range of possibilities of the digital environment in which researchers and their audience act. This rapidly changing digital environment also affects long term preservation archives. Raising awareness of long term preservation in the research community is important because researchers are responsible for public dissemination of their research output and need to understand their role in the life cycle of the digital object. Researchers should be aware that constant curation and preservation actions must be undertaken to keep the research results fit for verification, reuse, learning and history over time

De Koninklijke Bibliotheek en Web 2.0: nieuwe gegevensarchitectuur

De Koninklijke Bibliotheek vernieuwt haar gegevensinfrastructuur. De basis daarvoor is een service georiënteerde architectuur met standaard protocollen en dataformaten. Deze architectuur moet het mogelijk maken om op eenvoudige en snelle wijze nieuwe diensten te realiseren met de data van de KB en die van anderen, om efficiënt gebruik te maken van services die op Internet voorhanden zijn en om het voor andere partijen eenvoudiger te maken diensten te ontwikkelen met KB-data. Uitgangspunt is dat alle data in de KB via één zoekactie snel beschikbaar zijn, dat (inter)nationale standaarden gebruikt worden en dat de communicatie webgebaseerd is. De reorganisatie van de data-infrastructuur is een belangrijke stap om nieuwe vormen van webdienstverlening te kunnen ontwikkelen en faciliteren. Het ontwikkelen van webservices en het inzetten van door anderen beschikbaar gestelde webservices staan daarin centraal. Voorbeelden van dergelijke services zijn: zoeken, vertalen van zoektermen en resultaten; additionele informatie uit bronnen van derden ontvangen bij resultaten op het scherm; boeken, cd’s e.d. lenen en kopen, relaties tussen data door de gebruiker laten vastleggen, social tagging. Veel van deze functionaliteit is ook nu al mogelijk, maar vraagt van de gebruiker om handmatig relevante functies te starten en zelf input te leveren. De mate van standaardisatie en openheid van de services bepaalt de mate waarin die processen (semi-)automatisch kunnen verlopen. Uitgangspunt blijft dat de gebruiker optimale regie krijgt en houdt over wat zich in zijn browser afspeelt om de resultaten die hij krijgt zo goed mogelijk bij zijn persoonlijke behoefte aan te laten sluiten

Enhanced Publications : Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories

The main conclusion is that publishers and repositories have the building blocks and the tools, but in general do not use them to create an Enhanced Publication for all three information categories. Publisher and repositories should offer the service and tools to add research data, extra materials and post-publication data to the publications. Researchers should be responsible for the content