This presentation was delivered by DRI Education and Outreach Manager Dr Deborah Thorpe as part of a Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) Introductory Training seminar aimed at the University College Cork (UCC) research community on 14 June 2021. The presentation covers an introduction to the Repository and DRI's value for researchers.

1. An Introduction to DRI
DRI introductory training
14 June 2021
Dr Deborah Thorpe, Education and Outreach Manager
@DebsEThorpe, d.Thorpe@ria.ie

2. • Introduction to the Repository
• DRI’s value for researchers
• Key contacts within DRI
• The structure of this event and introduction of speakers

3. About the DRI
• Trusted Digital Repository (TDR)
• Launched in 2015 – funded by HEA and IRC
• Research consortium with staff based at RIA, TCD, and MU
• Preserve Ireland’s social and cultural heritage data
• Active management of digital content over time to ensure its
ongoing access
• Over 30 Members (Higher Education Institutes, Libraries and
County Councils, Cultural Heritage Institutions, Community
Archives)

4. Value of DRI to Researchers
• Data sharing and long-term preservation of research
• Enhanced discoverability for research data and digital collections
• Support for best practice in Open Access, Open Research, FAIR data sharing
• Training and education programme, outreach events, access to DRI network
• Access to a wealth of research data sets and cultural heritage data

5. DRI Early Career Research Award
• Grants a bursary of €500 for an original
piece of research informed by collections in
DRI
• Opens to applications on 31 July 2021
and closes on 30 Sept 2021
• Find out more: https://dri.ie/dri-early-
career-research-award

6. Key Contacts
• General Queries: dri@ria.ie
• Education and Outreach Manager, Dr Deborah Thorpe: d.thorpe@ria.ie
(training and education programme)
• DRI Digital Archivist, Kevin Long: k.long@ria.ie (collection preparation and
management, copyright and licensing)
• Team Page: https://dri.ie/dri-team

7. Team

8. Structure of the session
9.30am – 12pm
- Preparing your Collection for DRI and Walkthrough of Repository Functions (Digital Archivist, DRI, Kevin Long)
- UCC Protocol for Depositing with DRI (DRI Organisational Manager and UCC Research Data Coordinator, UCC, Dr Aoife
Coffey)
- Introduction to Metadata (National Open Research Coordinator, DRI, Dr Daniel Bangert)
Comfort Break (10 minutes), then questions
- Copyright and Licensing in Digital Environments (Digital Archivist, DRI, Kevin Long)
- Consent forms, Anonymisation and an Example from the Archive (Policy Manager, DRI, Dr Aileen O’Carroll)
- Further questions