Collaboration in building a sustainable repository environment

Slide 1: Collaboration in building a sustainable repository environment: a National Library’s role Warwick Cathro Assistant Director-General, Innovation, National Library of Australia

Slide 2: Outline • Background – Australian repository movement – Proposed Australian National Data Service – NLA Service Framework • Discovery and registry services – ARROW Discovery Service – ORCA Prototype Registry • Sustainability issues – Persistent identifiers – Obsolescence notification and AONS – Australian METS Profile

Slide 3: The Australian repository movement • Active involvement of officials • Repositories in 70% of universities • National discovery service • Six software platforms (three based on Fedora) • Strong emphasis on sustainability issues • Decision to establish ANDS

Slide 4: Policy context • Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (from Dec 2007) • National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) – A$500M over 5 years • Australian National Data Service (ANDS) – To commence July 2008

Slide 5: PMSEIC [1]

Slide 6: PMSEIC [2]

Slide 7: Towards the Australian Data Commons

Slide 8: ANDS Structure

Slide 9: ARROW Project

Slide 10: APSR Project

Slide 11: PILIN Project

Slide 12: Library Labs

Slide 13: NLA Service Framework

Slide 14: Services discussed

Slide 15: Discovery service • The need for discovery and metadata aggregation services

Slide 16: ARROW Discovery Service Liability is limited by the Accountants’ Scheme under the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW)

Slide 17: ARROW Discovery Service Liability is limited by the Accountants’ Scheme under the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW)

Slide 18: Registry services • The need for registry services

Slide 19: Collection/Service Registry

Slide 20: ORCA Registry

Slide 21: ISO 2146 model

Slide 22: Persistent identifier services • Need for a PI service • PILIN Project

Slide 23: PILIN Project

Slide 24: Obsolescence notification • The “Preserve” Service • AONS Project • Pilot open source toolkit

Slide 25: AONS Project

Slide 26: Australian METS Profile • Need for a profile • Two sub-projects – Encoding of preservation metadata – Australian METS Profile development

Slide 27: Australian METS Profile Project

Slide 28: Three layer model • Top layer: generic profile • Middle layer: content models • Bottom layer: Implementation profiles

Slide 29: DLib article

Slide 30: Conclusions • Development of national discovery service • Development of ISO 2146 schema • Support for goals of future National PI Service • Obsolescence notification • Australian METS Profile

Slide 31: Acknowledgments [1] • ARROW Discovery Service: – Debbie Campbell, Alison Dellit, Tor Lattimore • ORCA Prototype Registry – Scott Yeadon, James Blanden, Adrian Burton, Chris Blackall • PILIN Project: – Dennis Macnamara, Nigel Ward, Kerry Blinco

Slide 32: Acknowledgments [2] • AONS Project: – David Pearson, Matthew Walker, David Levy • Australian METS Profile: – David Pearson, Bronwyn Lee, Scott Yeadon, Megan Williams, Gerard Clifton • Standards development (NLA Service Framework, ISO 2146, Australian METS Profile) – Judith Pearce