DRF International Conference 2009 : Open Access Repositories now and in the future - from the global and Asia-Pacific points of view Tokyo Institute of Technology. 3-4 December, 2009 Poster

1. Two heads are better than one:
A report on the DRF Technical Workshop in Karuizawap p
NONAKA Yuji(Hokkaido University Library), MAEDA Shinji(Osaka University Library), TAKEUCHI Yaeko(Chiba University Library),
HORIKOSHI Kunie(Muroran Institute of Technology Library), KINTO Tomonari(University of Tsukuba Library), TAKAKU Masao(National
Institute for Materials Science), TSUCHIDE Ikuko(Osaka University Library), OOZONO Hayahiko(Okayama University Library), UEDA ) ( y y) y ( y y y)
Daisuke(Hiroshima University Library), MORIYASU Shingo(Hiroshima Institute of Technology Library)
Introduction
In October 2009 the DRF Technical Workshop was held by the Technical Support Group of the Digital Repository Federation andIn October 2009, the DRF Technical Workshop was held by the Technical Support Group of the Digital Repository Federation and
the project known as "Framework for sustainable upgrading of repositories by way of creation of a user community" with the
aim of disseminating related skills and applied techniques. Ten people from these two projects gathered at the NII International
Seminar House for Advanced Studies in a training camp-type atmosphere.
Results
Simple Handle Server
Bootable USB drives for IR software
We have configured bootable USB drives for some
types of IR software (DSpace, EPrints and WEKO).
Simply booting a computer from this type of USB
Visualization of Advanced
Usage Statistics
• Automatic extraction of item-level, author-
Request
http://hdldomain/001/12345
How does it work?
Simple Handle Server
Enables appropriate URL handling.
Simply booting a computer from this type of USB
drive allows:
• Easy comparison of IR software
• Easy testing of IR software configuration as a
test server
,
level, and collection-wide records from access
logs files.
• Visualization module uses JAWStats.
User
Handle
Server
IR
Server
Request Redirect
Response
Trying DSpace is a piece of cake!
By downloading JumpBox and installing VMware
l S b d i hi h lf
http://irdomain/metadata/view,cgi?id=aaaa
What are the merits?
• Removes the problem of linkrot.
• Provides an easy, flexible and low-cost
solution
Report of installation &
Player, a DSpace server can be created within half
an hour.
solution.
Access log filter which is mostly
intended for shared IR New feature? How to upgrade?
upgrading DSpace 1.5.2
• for stuff who hesitate to upgrade.
• Includes a web interface.
• Excludes search bots, overlapped access and
specified hosts such as the user's own.
• Appends content metadata to each record.
Mail-sending application
How to install
DSpace 1.5.2?
How to
Customize?
Fetch CiNii data
Fetches metadata using a CiNii API on metadata-
entry pages
ETD-MS CrossWalk
• Creation of ETD-MS Crosswalk program (for
DSpace 1 4 2)
Mail-sending application
• Utilizes the outputs from log filter described
above.
• Informs authors of how often their content is
downloaded.
entry pages.
• Uses Javascript.
• This makes it suitable for use with various
systems.
DSpace 1.4.2)
• The ETD-MS metadata format specializes in
ETD.
• DSpace does not allow harvesting of ETD-MS
records by default.
• Users supporting the ETD-MS metadata format
d i t i th i it i ith th
SWORD reports (in Dspace 1.5)
• Test reports on deposits by SWORD
and registering their repositories with the
NDLTD Union Catalog Project can search their
metadata through NDLTD.
 NDLTD is a portal site for electronic theses
and dissertations (ETDs), and has 70 or more
participant institutions around the world with
Conclusion
a central focus on North America.
Conclusion
In addition to these technical results, we could recognize anew that we are not alone. We would like to make efforts
to spread this friendship throughout communities at both projects.
If you are interested in these resultsIf you are interested in these results,
please contact [drf-techsg[at]lib.hokudai.ac.jp] or
please access the DRF's website[DRFtech-Karuizawa]