Search Interoperability, OAI, and Metadata: Handout for METRO Workshop

Handout for the workshop on the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting given for METRO on December 8, 2006

IDEALS - Community Policy

This document outlines the community policy of the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS), the institutional repository of the University of Illinois.Ope

BibApp: Information Architected

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Getting Started with Data Management Planning Services

This session will cover the why’s and how’s of data management planning and will cover useful tools and strategies for libraries to use whether large or small

Is quality metadata shareable metadata? Presentation for the Association of College and Research Libraries 12th National Conference 2005

Presentation for the Association of College and Research Libraries 12th National Conference 2005 in Minneapolis, MN. See http://hdl.handle.net/2142/145 for full conference paper.Work described funded by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Point and Counterpoint: The Purpose of Institutional Repositories: Green OA or Beyond?

In this "debate-style" article, Rebecca Kennison and Sarah Shreeves argue in their piece, "Institutional Repositories -— So Much More than Green OA," that a repository collection development strategy open to research output of all kinds then positions the IR to be able to fulfill whatever mandates for deposit may occur. Stevan Harnad responds, in "Ordering Institutional Repository Priorities vs. Breaking Through Open Doors," that the priority of any IR manager should be pushing for the adoption of immediate-deposit mandates and then ensuring compliance to those mandates

Repository Metadata: Approaches and Challenges

Many institutional repositories have pursued a mixed metadata environment, relying on description by multiple workflows. Strategies may include metadata converted from other systems, metadata elicited from the document creator or manager, and metadata created by library or repository staff. Additional editing or proofing may or may not occur. The mixed environment brings challenges of creation, management, and access. In this article, repository efforts at three major universities are discussed. All three repositories run on the DSpace software package, and the opportunities and limitations of that system will be examined. The authors discuss local strategies in light of current thinking on metadata creation, user behavior, and the aggregation of heterogeneous metadata. The contrasts between the mission of each repository effort will show the importance of local customization, while the experience of all three institutions forms the basis for recommendations on strategies of benefit to a wide range of librarians and repository planners

A Survey of Campus Coordinators of Undergraduate Research Programs

Interest in supporting undergraduate research programs continues to grow within academic librarianship. This article presents how undergraduate research program coordinators perceive and value library support of their programs. Undergraduate research coordinators from a variety of institutions were surveyed on which elements of libraries and library services they valued, and where libraries could improve and develop services for undergraduate researchers and their faculty mentors. This article seeks to present a critical perspective on library support for undergraduate research programs from an important external constituent group of faculty and administrators. The data and recommendations can further conversations and aid collaboration between librarians and their campus colleagues.Ope

Current Developments and Future Trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) has been widely adopted since its initial release in 2001. Initially developed as a means to federate access to diverse e-print archives through metadata harvesting and aggregation, the protocol has demonstrated its potential usefulness to a broad range of communities. Two years out from the release of the stable production version of the protocol (2.0), there are many interesting developments within the OAI community. Communities of interest have begun to use the protocol to aggregate metadata relative to their needs. The development of a registry of OAI data providers with browsing and searching capabilities as well as accessibility to machine processing is helping to provide a scalable solution to the question of who is providing what via the OAI protocol. Work is progressing on the technical infrastructure for extending the OAI protocol beyond the traditional harvesting structure. However, serious challenges, particularly for service providers, still exist. This paper provides an overview of the current OAI environment and speculates on future directions for the protocol and OAI community.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/59513/1/Shreevesetal_576-589_LT_53_4.pd

A Participant Agreement for Minting DOIs for Data Not in a Repository

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