Towards a repository for Dutch development organizations Harry Heemskerk, KIT Information & Library Services Ingeborg Nagel, KIT Information & Library Services

KIT’s interest in repositories A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

The data layer and the service layer Repository I Repository II Web publications I Web publications II Data layer Users

The data layer and the service layer Repository I Repository II Web publications I Web publications II Data layer Users Service layer Harvester Portal Search engine

Connecting-Africa http://www.connecting-africa.net/

KIT’s information portals Give access to selected Internet resources pertaining to a particular development-related subject. Offer various types of Internet resources: articles, periodicals, newsletters, online communities, databases, events, news items. Offer a link to each Internet resource, in addition to a description of the resource, the metadata. Do NOT involve storage of resources on KIT servers!

Give access to selected Internet resources pertaining to a particular development-related subject.

Offer various types of Internet resources:

articles, periodicals, newsletters, online communities, databases, events, news items.

Offer a link to each Internet resource, in addition to a description of the resource, the metadata.

Do NOT involve storage of resources on KIT servers!

KIT Portals http://portals.kit.nl/

KIT’s interest in repositories A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services. KIT Portals are part of the service layer. Developing a repository will give us a role in the data layer.

A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

KIT Portals are part of the service layer. Developing a repository will give us a role in the data layer.

KIT’s interest in repositories A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services. KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories.

A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories.

Academic open access repositories

Uganda Scholarly Digital Library http:// dspace . mak .ac. ug /

University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository http://ir.uz.ac.zw/

KIT’s interest in repositories A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services. KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories. Through developing our repository, we will develop the necessary expertise to enable us to work with our partners to develop theirs.

A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories.

Through developing our repository, we will develop the necessary expertise to enable us to work with our partners to develop theirs.

KIT’s interest in repositories A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services. KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories. There is a need for a repository for Dutch development organizations. KIT is well-placed to take the initiative.

A repository helps to diversify KIT’s information services.

KIT’s partners in the South are developing institutional repositories.

There is a need for a repository for Dutch development organizations. KIT is well-placed to take the initiative.

DPRN repository The Development Policy Review Network ( DPRN ) aims to bring development-related research, policy and practice together. DPRN is developing a web portal, Global-Connections , offering information on Dutch experts, organizations and publications from the field of development. Connecting-Africa will be integrated with Global-Connections. For Global-Connections academic and other repositories will be harvested to select relevant publications.

The Development Policy Review Network ( DPRN ) aims to bring development-related research, policy and practice together.

DPRN is developing a web portal, Global-Connections , offering information on Dutch experts, organizations and publications from the field of development.

Connecting-Africa will be integrated with Global-Connections.

For Global-Connections academic and other repositories will be harvested to select relevant publications.

Universities, KNAW, NWO, e.d. . . . IR 1 IR 2 IR 2 IR x Global- Connections database Global- Connections website Research ers Policy makers Practitio ners DPRN- Repository Web-interface DPRN-Repository NL-public OAI-PMH harvesters World Wide Web KB- archive Partos-members, Ministry, etc.

Developing Search4Dev Project overview Types of documents in Search4Dev Participating organizations Preview Next phase

Project overview

Types of documents in Search4Dev

Participating organizations

Preview

Next phase

Project overview March 2008: Start project April: Small group of organizations selected for pilot phase April-May: Defining document types and metadata, based on existing documents in UvA repository. Developing list of keywords (thematic, geographic) May-July: Contacting pilot organizations, selecting publications June: Developing license to deposit based on SURF license June: Setting up the repository, testing July-Nov: Adding content (>400 publications) Oct-Nov: Developing web interface December: Launch Search4Dev website

March 2008: Start project

April: Small group of organizations selected for pilot phase

April-May: Defining document types and metadata, based on existing documents in UvA repository. Developing list of keywords (thematic, geographic)

May-July: Contacting pilot organizations, selecting publications

June: Developing license to deposit based on SURF license

June: Setting up the repository, testing

July-Nov: Adding content (>400 publications)

Oct-Nov: Developing web interface

December: Launch Search4Dev website

Types of documents in Search4Dev Annual reports Articles in journals Articles in newspapers and magazines Books Book chapters Conference lecture Reports Policy documents

Annual reports

Articles in journals

Articles in newspapers and magazines

Books

Book chapters

Conference lecture

Reports

Policy documents

Participating organizations More organizations will be involved after website launch. Contact with organizations that have developed their own repository, e.g. Hivos/ISS. These will also be harvested by Global-Connections. Bernard van Leer Foundation ICCO IICD KIT PSO SNV VSO

More organizations will be involved after website launch.

Contact with organizations that have developed their own repository, e.g. Hivos/ISS. These will also be harvested by Global-Connections.

Bernard van Leer Foundation

ICCO

IICD

KIT

PSO

SNV

VSO

Next phase Increasing the number of participating organizations Expanding the repository Adding new functionalities (e.g. full-text search) Collecting usage statistics After 1 year evaluation of the project. Continuation of DPRN/KIT partnership until 2011.

Increasing the number of participating organizations

Expanding the repository

Adding new functionalities (e.g. full-text search)

Collecting usage statistics

After 1 year evaluation of the project.

Continuation of DPRN/KIT partnership until 2011.