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Goldminers of the Digital Age: How Libraries are Selecting, Presenting, and Distributing Metadata via Institutional Repositories / Eli Windchy, VP, Consulting Services, depress
The document discusses the role of libraries in managing and distributing metadata via institutional repositories, facilitated by platforms like bepress. It outlines the processes for prospecting metadata, the necessary tools, and the importance of optimizing metadata for various destinations to enhance accessibility and readership. Additionally, it emphasizes the concept of return on metadata investment (ROMI) to maximize the value derived from these digital resources.
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- 1. Goldminers of theDigital Age: How Libraries Are Selecting, Presenting, and Distributing Metadata via Institutional Repositories Eli Windchy VP, Consulting Services bepress
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- 4. Bepress Founded in 1999by scholars from UC Berkeley Provider of Digital Commons Former publisher of academic journals - known for liberal re-use and guest access policies Serving scholars and almost 400 institutions Wide range of subject expertise and types of scholarship
- 5. What Is anInstitutional Repository? "...a set of services that a university offers to members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members."
- 6. Scholarly Lifecycle –Past Research Writing Submission Publication Repository for “management and dissemination” 2 3 4 5
- 7. Scholarly Lifecycle –Present Research Writing Submission Publication in a repository or other venue 2 3 4
- 8. Let’s Begin 1. Prospectingfor metadata 2. Toolkit for metadata 3. Legacy - where does the metadata go? 4. ROMI - return on metadata investment
- 9. - Sheldon Shufelt,1850 "It is found along the banks of the streams & in the beds of the same, & in almost every little ravine putting into the streams. And often from 10 to 50 ft. from the beds up the bank. We sometimes have to dig several feet deep before we find any, in other places all the dirt & clay will pay to wash, but generally the clay pays best. If there is no clay, then it is found down on the rock. All the lumps are found on the rock--& most of the fine gold. We tell when it will pay by trying the dirt with a pan. This is called prospecting here.” Part 1: Prospecting Part 1: Prospecting Where to Begin Collecting Metadata?
- 10. Faculty Reporting Systems Where Is theMetadata? Part 1: Prospecting Authors Campus Publishers Aggregators
- 11. Gaps Arise From Part1: Prospecting • Interdependent but not interlocking needs • Real world exceptions • Fluid nature, constant state of system realignment
- 12. Bridge the Gap! Focusand Reiterate the Library’s Goals Part 1: Prospecting • Provide services to campus? • Global readership? • Contribution to the field?
- 13. And Build Bridgesto More Content Part 1: Prospecting Libraries are using bepress to capture a wider array of materials, the way the library wants it Articles Books Conference proceedings Course catalogs Data ETDs Grants Images Lab notes Lectures Monographs Multimedia Newspapers and newsletters Presentations Reports Special collections Syllabi Symposia Working papers Yearbooks
- 14. Advantages of theWider Bridge Part 1: Prospecting 1. Richer, descriptive metadata, straight from the authors 2. > Intake = < fixing later 3. Relationships outside the library 4. Closer alignment with library and potentially university’s strategic goals
- 15. How Can VendorsSupport Libraries? Part 1: Prospecting • Success-as-a-Service model • Economies of scale • Mass representation
- 16. Part Two: Tools “Thegold will be a bit harder to get to, but modern technology provides many advantages the old-time prospectors couldn't fathom.” “Sutter [Gold Mining Co.] plans to use gravity floatation to recover the gold out and will not use toxic chemicals on site.”
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- 18. Part 2: Toolkit Hardtools: Admin-only fields Audit trail per record Batch export Batch upload/revision Controlled taxonomies Default values Manual upload/revision OAI/PMH OpenURLs Peer-review tools Required fields Versioning Sample Toolkit for Metadata: On a collection basis Soft tools: Developing expertise in: • Copyright • Data • Documentation • ETDs • Images • Multimedia • Outreach • Publishing • Reporting • Scholarly communications • SEO
- 19. Dublin Institute ofTechnology Part 2: Toolkit
- 20. Scholarly gyre: imaginethose are stars are golden nuggets
- 21. Part 3: Legacy- Where Does It Go?
- 22. Andrew Wesolek. "WhoUses this Stuff, Anyway?" North American Serials Interest Group.. Jun. 2012. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew_wesolek/3 Leary, Heather, "Digital Commons Annual Report: Year Two 2009-2010" (2010). Digital Commons Reports. Paper 2. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/dcreports/2 Know the Terrain of Readership
- 23. Common Internal Destinationsof IR Metadata Library catalogs Discovery systems Faculty profile pages Department and center websites Faculty reporting systems LOCKSS or other preservation solution Part 3: Legacy
- 24. Common External Destinationsof IR Metadata General: WorldCat Major search engines: e.g., Google, Google Scholar DC Network International portals Govt-mandated systems LOCKSS CLOCKSS ROAR SHARE Part 3: Legacy Specific: • Subject matter databases: ERIC, REPEC, MEDLINE • Undergraduate Research Commons • Council on Undergraduate Research • NDLTD • ProQuest • Library Archive Canada • Portico • DOAJ • DPLA
- 25. Metadata for Legacy Part3: Legacy Optimize for search engines = big audiences Choose destinations strategically Batch revise, as warranted Check reports to gauge your success. Add/remove destinations.
- 26. Part 4: ROMI,Maximizing Value Thieves ram original Wells Fargo in San Francisco, grab gold nuggets
- 27. Part 4: ROMI Presentationand Promotion? But I’m Not a Publisher! • Metadata can’t do it alone • Think of presentation and promotion as usability and readership • You’ll get the hang of it! Enlist help.
- 28. • Professional design:includes good accessibility standards and support for mobile devices • Best practices for SEO • Campus or other promotions periodically • Reports, internal and external – examples available at http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/usagereports/ Part 4: ROMI Key Attributes
- 29. What Does ThisLook Like? Part 4: ROMI
- 30. Thank you! Eli Windchy VP,Consulting Services, bepress ewindchy@bepress.com 510-665-1200, ext. 136