Julie Allinson <ja546@york.ac.uk> Beyond Advocacy: A Bradford Master Class on Institutional Repositories, 20 th November 2008 ? M E T A D A T A Images from flickr, credits available on request C:/my stuff/misc/ filenames .jpeg are not changing cultures at the University of York filenames are not

A digital library for York Building an infrastructure, not a complete solution Focus on multimedia, not research texts Complements other systems (WRRO!) A three-year project with a secure future A software development project (Fedora Commons and Muradora) A service-in-development for users at York and beyond

Building an infrastructure, not a complete solution

Focus on multimedia, not research texts

Complements other systems (WRRO!)

A three-year project with a secure future

A software development project (Fedora Commons and Muradora)

A service-in-development for users at York and beyond

What do users want? http://flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/

Put stuff in … easily http://flickr.com/photos/j26/294993415/

Get stuff out … easily http://flickr.com/photos/lauren_pressley/374583674/ http://flickr.com/photos/roscoe/330526005/

Access anywhere http://flickr.com/photos/meensel/2998304841/ http://flickr.com/photos/ahh_ludmilla/2947017771/

Re-use, recycle http:// flickr.com/photos/kingdesmond/477389196/

Trust, security & access control http://flickr.com/photos/kevandotorg/453709718/ http://flickr.com/photos/piotramigo/2288437265/

Barriers? None for me, please http://flickr.com/photos/roarpett/843941580/ http://flickr.com/photos/nine_acatl/2583159824/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/2966158641/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbush/2238960402/

Sell stuff http://flickr.com/photos/busman/53045826/

I Want, nay, Need http://flickr.com/photos/chough/87501689/ http://flickr.com/photos/makarellos/2200054278/

Metadata … always important http://flickr.com/photos/erica_marshall/2666112988/ http://flickr.com/photos/acadia_library/2250181797/

Approaches to advocacy Strategic input Ongoing, infrequent engagement Ad-hoc and opportunity-driven Focussed, in-Department effort

Strategic input

Ongoing, infrequent engagement

Ad-hoc and opportunity-driven

Focussed, in-Department effort

History of Art – a case study  Staffing the slide library  Scanning under the CLA Licence  Improving quality of legacy metadata  Enabling remote access  Talking to users daily ? ‘Advising’ on copyright ? Changing the culture, slowly ? Implementing access control  Sometimes saying ‘No’

 Staffing the slide library

 Scanning under the CLA Licence

 Improving quality of legacy metadata

 Enabling remote access

 Talking to users daily

? ‘Advising’ on copyright

? Changing the culture, slowly

? Implementing access control

 Sometimes saying ‘No’

Filenames are not metadata?

Thoughts (1) Not everybody has ‘repository’ in their job description … or even knows what ‘repository’ means

Not everybody has ‘repository’ in their job description

… or even knows what ‘repository’ means

Thoughts (2) It’s impossible to please everybody … but trying to make everybody happy is a noble aim

It’s impossible to please everybody

… but trying to make everybody happy is a noble aim

Thoughts (3) Don’t set precedents you can’t keep up with … be enthusiastic, but be honest & realistic too

Don’t set precedents you can’t keep up with

… be enthusiastic, but be honest & realistic too

Thoughts (4) Once is never enough … keep talking, keep listening, keep testing, keep demonstrating

Once is never enough

… keep talking, keep listening, keep testing, keep demonstrating

At York … We’re still at the very beginning (and have already made mistakes) Where have we ‘got it right’? Clear purpose from the start Long-term commitment Mix & match advocacy A lot of user engagement … and much more to come

We’re still at the very beginning

(and have already made mistakes)

Where have we ‘got it right’?

Clear purpose from the start

Long-term commitment

Mix & match advocacy

A lot of user engagement … and much more to come

Something from our collections Laon Cathedral east window panel 8, w.0 Depicts: Judas' betrayal - the arrest in Gethsemane. c.1210-1215. Photographer: Cowen, Painton Copyright Painton Cowen, 2008

Laon Cathedral east window panel 8, w.0

Depicts: Judas' betrayal - the arrest in Gethsemane.

c.1210-1215.

Photographer: Cowen, Painton

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