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James Hardiman Library
Developing a Library infrastructure to
enable Digital Scholarship
Cillian Joy
Infrastructure, technology, standards, people, and collaboration.
29 July 2014
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Contents
Digital Library
Library infrastructure
The Library as a hub
What the Library brings
Summary
Questions
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Digital Library
School Institute Name to go here James Hardiman Library Barth, J. (2011). Digital Library [screenshot from video]. Available from:
http://vimeo.com/13963295 [17 July 2014].
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Digital Library: Aspects of Service and
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Technology: Systems & tools; Standards: Metadata & workflow
People: Service, skills, & collaboration
Service is emerging Relationship & engagement based
Our unique content
Archives/ Collections
Publications Data
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Key service areas for Digital Scholarship
Archives/ Collections
Unique content with
scope for innovation
Publications
Existing repository, eg ARAN
Data
Curation, long-term
preservation, and analysis of research
data
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Some examples
Archives
Abbey Archive
Brendan Duddy Archive
Balfour album
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Some examples
Publications
Existing repository, eg ARAN
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Some examples
Data
Dataverse pilot with Duanaire
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Library
infrastructure
School Institute Name to go here James Hardiman Library 2009_03_06_sfo-bos_015 (2009) by Doc Searls. Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/3335080959/.
School Institute Name to go here James Hardiman Library Office Desk (2014). By Markus Spiske, 2014, Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125167502@N02/14354991089/.
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Infrastructure: Technology and standards
Our principles:
… scalability, is critical to support long-term growth
… build for change, with service oriented approaches
… align with central University IT resources
… human and machine interfaces
… match what is required
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Infrastructure: Technical design
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Infrastructure: Technical design
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Infrastructure: What technology?
The main offerings will be:
… Fedora (primary repository)
… Dataverse (data)
… DSpace (publications)
… Primo (discovery)
School Institute Name to go here James Hardiman Library Lunch atop a skyscraper (2007), by Mike Stimpson, 2007, Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/1614997917/.
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Infrastructure: People
Key attributes for staff working in this area are:
… skilled
… service focus and looking for partnerships
… collaboration
… knock on doors, start-up mentality
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The Library as a
hub
School Institute Name to go here James Hardiman Library Stuck On The Grid (2005), by Grant Hutchinson, 2005, Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/21984315/
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The Library as a hub
That:
… is a starting point for digital scholarship support
… connects campus services
… is engaging and open
… provides service mixed with innovation and partnership
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What the Library
brings
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What the Library brings
Technology and standards:
… platforms and solutions
… consultancy
… metadata
… interoperability
… digital curation/preservation
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What the Library brings
People:
… a connecting mentality
… service excellence
… project structures
… skilled experts and partners
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What the Library brings
and overall:
… a starting point
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Possible services and collaborations
Hosting of digital collections Joint bids for funding & other
Subscription to identifier
services, e.g. DOIs
Establish a digital “maker
space” in the Library
Metadata creation and
enhancement for linked data
Workshops and training events
to develop and share skills
Long-term preservation Active participation in research
projects
Text and data mining Digitisation
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Summary
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Summary
Library enables Digital Scholarship by providing:
… a hub for digital scholarship, a starting point
… infrastructure in terms of technology, standards, and people
… preservation and innovation for scholarly content
(publications, data, and archives)
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Thanks for your
time
… and nearly time for lunch!
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Questions
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Possible service and collaboration areas
Hosting of digital collections Joint bids for funding & other
Subscription to identifier
services, e.g. DOIs
Establish a digital ‘maker
space’ in the Library
Metadata creation and
enhancement for linked data
Workshops and training events
to develop and share skills
Long-term preservation Active participation in research
projects
Text and data mining Digitisation