Scholarly Input & Output: The Case for Institutional Repositories
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Presented to library staff during a PD day at MacEwan University Library in Edmonton, Alberta in December 2012.
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Scholarly Input & Output: The Case for Institutional Repositories
- 1. Robyn Hall | December 2012
- 4. Can include articles, conference materials, admin docs, teaching materials…
- 5. Some OA
- 9. Preservation
- 10. Promotion
- 11. Innovation
- 20. Promoting a culture of sharing
- 21. MARCH 6 2-3pm Save the date: OA session
- 23. Thanks!
Editor's Notes
- Definition:Basically, an IR is a collection of “stuff” produced by faculty, staff and students
- “Stuff” can include: Faculty articles, data setsStudent articles/thesesConference presentations/posters/papersTeaching materials (lecture notes, course recordings)Images and audio-visual collectionsAdmin docs (minutes taken at meetings, newsletters, annual reports)
- Some is Open Access.Content can be indexed in places like Google Scholar/WorldCat/OAIster/Google, etc.
- Some can belocked down, including private content and internal only (e.g., admin docs, items with embargos).
- So, why have a collection of stuff?
- Records management: Keep stuff in one place, organized, searchable, digital… (Consider problems with: filing cabinets, scattered print and online publications all over the place, broken links, shared drives)
- Result is long-term preservation of institution’s output…Digital AND print content is otherwise easily lost/hard to replacePermalinks, digital preservation tools prevent loss
- Other important result of an IR:Show off scholarly output! Visibility! Enhance reputation/citation impact.Attract faculty and students to institution. Share research/teaching materials / find collaborators.Students: assist with job searches/grad applications.
- Researcher access (tied to goals of OA movement)Public access to research findings, e.g., via IR website or search engines like Google ScholarData sets can be included unlike in standard journals (including surveys, interview transcripts—after ethics approval considerations taken, of course)
- A few examples…
- Map: repository66.org (last updated Jan. 2012—shows IRs worldwide and various archiving software products used)
- DalSPace(Dspace is most widely used software, also used by: Athabasca, Lethbridge, UNB, Brock, MSVU)Browse communities (faculties)Browse by author, title, etc.+ Search (browsing better than limited KW results in IRs)
- U of A ERA (Education & Research Archive) usesFedorarepository system:Again standard options include: browse faculties/researchers/everything (almost 25000 items), search + Deposit
- UPEI Island Scholar (Islandora—built with Fedora & Drupal)Browse, search… includes SFX links because of a) intellectual property rights and b) in some cases, full-text content is still being added (long process)Highlights faculty works with pictures.Find more repositories—over 2200: Directory of Open Access Repositories (openDOAR.org)
- Updates on our own IR…
- We have Islandora installed…Empty island but it’s out there! Need to : build it, includinginfrastructurename it + banner and logosput in content, including policies, procedures (Brian completed much of this already)show faculty/students for feedbackquiet launch phase followed by… launch Party! (Open Access Week October 2013 would be ideal but may be too ambitious)
- Note: Cannot put everything inCopyright: Some publishers allow pre-prints, post-printsJason is compiling a spreadsheet of faculty works (provided by Faculty Commons) and their respective copyright-- using Sherpa Romeo http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ (shows publisher’s copyright/archiving policies)Some faculty does not want intellectual property in IR. Will consult as needed; will not be mandatory
- Big picture: We need to create a culture of sharing. Includes:Awareness: Presentations, promo materialsEncourage copyright addendums & self-archiving/depositPush for OA mandate for institution (could be for internal research funding? Or university wide?)What could make our IR stand apart is a focus on highlighting undergraduate student work as well as that of faculty. Coincides with student open access journal launching next year through the USRI (funding has been approved and a faculty editor identified)
- Save the date: Tara and Robyn presenting on OA publishing March 6. Will include info and updates on IR.
- Questions? (Mixed up?)