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- Digital Content Management : the Search for a Content Management System
Yan Han
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
(United States of America)
- This article provides a detailed analysis of three major players (Greenstone, Fedora, and DSpace) in key areas of digital content management: preservation, metadata, access, and system features based on the needs of the University of Arizona Library. This paper describes the process used to analyze and evaluate potential candidates and includes results of analysis to illuminate the process - description from abstract.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378830410570467
- Library Hi-Tech vol. 22, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) ISSN 0737-8831 via subscription from emeraldinsight.com
- Assessing Risks to Digital Cultural Heritage with DRAMBORA
Innocenti, Perla; McHugh, Andrew; Ross, Seamus
(Date Created: Sep 2008)
- This paper delivered at CIDOC Annual Conference 2008 (Athens 5-18 September), gives an overview of the development of the Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment DRAMBORA) toolkit and its methodology. It describes experiences and lessons learned from a series of 18 pilot assessment programmes undertaken internationally in diverse repositories.
- http://www.cidoc2008.gr/cidoc/Documents/papers/drfile.2008-06-18.50070
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- Building Institutional Repository Infrastructure in Regional Australia
Drury, Caroline
(Date Created: 2007)
(Australia; New Zealand)
- This paper gives an overview of the RUBRIC (Regional Universities Building Research Infrastructure Colaboratively) Project and development of the FOSTER Toolkit. The RUBRIC project is a joint project of Australian and New Zealand Universities on the development of institutional repositories.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=90
8330136F46C6D650FC5FF46A73A4ED?contentType=Article&contentId=1631443
- OCLC Systems & Services, 2007 Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Page: 395 - 402 and by subscription to Emerald Insight
- Component Business Model for Digital Repositories : A Framework for Analysis
Lee, Christopher A.; Sierman, Barbara; van Diessen, Raymond J.
(Date Created: 29 Sep 2008)
(Netherlands)
- This paper given at iPRES 2008 (British Library Conference Centre, 29-30 Sept. 2008) discusses the application of the IBM Component Business Model (CBM) in the digital preservation environment of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB). CBM map and heat maps are used to analyse current and future organisational structures, hardware and software solutions and business processes. This approach for managing and coordinating repository activities and complimenting audit and certification activities may be of interest to other institutions.
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/presentations_day1/van_Diessen_a03.pdf
- Conceptual Framework for the Use of the Service-Oriented Architecture-Approach in the Digital Preservation
Klett, Fanny; Saul, Christian
(Date Created: 30 Sep 2008)
- This paper given at iPRES 2008 (British Library Conference Centre, 29-30 September 2008) presents a conceptual framework for the use of the SOA-approach for digital preservation, by combining SCA (Service Component Architecture) and BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) models to the future development of a scalable, adaptable and service oriented software system.
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/presentations_day2/36_Saul.pdf
- Data Audit Framework : A Toolkit to Identify Research Assets and Improve Data Management in Research Led Institutions
Jones, Sarah; Ross, Seamus; Ruusalepp, Raivo
(Date Created: 30 Sep 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper given at iPRES 2008 (British Library Conference Centre, 29-30 Sept. 2008) outlines the audit methodology, and online toolkit developed by the Data Audit Framework Development project which was funded by JISC. Lessons learned from pilot audits at the universities of Glasgow, Bath and Edinburgh are discussed.
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/presentations_day2/33_Jones.pdf
- Data Seal of Approval - Assessment and Review of the Quality of Operations for Research Data Repositories
Harmsen, Hank
(Date Created: 30 Sep 2008)
(Netherlands)
- This paper given at iPRES 2008 (British Library Conference Centre, 29-30 Sept. 2008) gives an overview of the Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) Data Seal of Approval and how it relates to other international initiatives such as nestor's Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories, DRAMBORA and RLG's Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC).
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/presentations_day2/34_Harmsen.pdf
- DCC Digital Curation Lifecycle model
Higgins, Sarah
In: International Journal of Digital Curation
(Date Created: Jun 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article describes the Digital Curation Lifecycle model which was developed by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) as a training model and tool for planning of digital curation and preservation activities, including risk management and strategy development.
- http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/69/69
- DINI Institutional Repository Certification and Beyond.
Dobratz, Susanne ; Scholze, Frank
(Date Created: Feb 2006)
(Germany)
- This paper presented at 8th Bielefeld Conference (7-9 February, Bielefeld, Germany) provides an overview of institutional repositories which support Open Access in Germany and describes the DINI Certificate 2006 which was developed by DINI, the German initiative for Networked Information.
- http://conference.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/2006/proceedings/dobratz_scholze
_final_web.pdf
- Also published in Library Hi-Tech, Vol 24, No 4, 2006, pp 583-594.
- Draft DCC Curation Lifecycle Model
Higgins, Sarah
In: International Journal of Digital Curation
(Date Created: Dec 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This article briefly describes the draft digital curation model which will be implemented by the Digital Curation Centre [UK] and seeks public comment by 29 February 2008
- http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/46
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DSpace: An Institutional Repository from the MIT Libraries and Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Smith, MacKenzie
In: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 6th European Conference, ECDL 2002, Rome, Italy, September 16-18, 2002. Proceedings
- A paper presented at ECDL 2002, describing the rationale for institutional repositories, the DSpace system, and its implementation at MIT. Plans to release the system in open source to allow continued research in open scholarly communication and long-term preservation for digital materials are also discussed. The abstract is available free-of-charge online. The full article may be obtained in print form or online for a fee.
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/8nkpt4nnwkpepbh8/?p=b085cd359d3f44
65835fa1bccd90abc6&pi=39
- E-Archiving : an Overview of some Repository Software Management Tools
Prudlo, Marion
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Apr 2005)
- This article examines three of the more popular repository management systems - LOCKSS, EPrints and DSpace. These tools are analysed in terms of functionality, costs, participants and required skills for use.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue43/prudlo/
- Embedding Legacy Environments into A Grid-Based Preservation Infrastructure
Hemmje, Matthias; Klas, Claus-Peter; Muller, Lars
(Date Created: 30 Sep 2008)
- This paper given at iPRES 2008 (British Library Conference Center 29-30 Sept. 2008) describes the main objectives and challenges of the SHAMAN (Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent ArchiviNg) Project. It focuses on Sub Project 1 (ISP1) which trials and validates the SHAMAN approach for memory institutions, scientific publishing, libraries and parliamentary archives. Recognising that these institutions will want to keep their heterogeneous storage and distributed management systems while participating in a distributed preservation environment, the SHAMAN project has devised a conceptual approach based
on a grid-based integration layer and service-oriented architectures for resolving the issues. The paper looks at the integration requirements, examples of existing repository infrastructures, the design of the SHAMAN service oriented architectural framework and the use of the DAFFODIL access support system for the data grid.
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/presentations_day2/30_Klas.pdf
- Establishing Trust in a Chain of Preservation: The TRAC Checklist Applied to a Data Staging Repository (DataStaR)
Dietrich, Dianne; Green, Ann; Steinhart, Gail
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Sep 2009)
(United States of America)
- This article introduces DataStaR a data staging repository at Cornell University which provides a platform to support data sharing among research colleagues and as such is a transitory curation environment. The article describes the application of the TRAC checklist to DataStaR and the understanding this gives to it's role in a chain of preservation activities and the suitability of it's design and operation.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september09/steinhart/09steinhart.html
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Gap Analysis: A Survey of PA Tool Provision
Houtman, Frank; van Bussel, Sara
(Date Created: 12 Oct 2009)
- This report (26 p.) prepared for the Planets project discusses the findings of a survey of file formats archived by cultural and scientific organisations; case studies of three specialised formats (DAISY, FITS, and sheet music formats); and considerations for determining gaps in the availability of preservation action (PA) tools. The report recommends that gap analysis needs to be undertaken every 2-3 years. It notes that individual organisations may have differing perceptions on whether a gap exits, based on their individual circumstances. Appendixes include: List of found file formats; and, List of migration tools.
- http://planets-project.eu/docs/reports/PA2D3gapanalysis.pdf
- Deliverable PA2/D3
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Guide to Institutional Repository Software : 1st edition
Crow, Raym
(Date Created: 16 Oct 2003)
- This guide aims to help organisations select appropriate software systems when implementing institutional repositories. The five software systems discussed – CERN Document Server Software (CDSware), DSpace, Eprints, Tools and Technologies for Open Repositories (I-TOR) and MyCoRe – are all available via an Open Source Licence, comply with the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocols and are currently available to the public. Also included is information for further reading on the five systems as well as a Systems Feature and Functionality Table which includes comparative information on persistent document identification and data preservation support.
- http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/OSI_Guide_to_Institutional_Re
pository_Software_v1.htm
- Also available in PDF version.
- Handling Version Information
Brace, Jenny; Shipsey, Frances
(Date Created: Dec 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This Repositories Support Project briefing paper provides recommendations on handling version information within digital repositories based on the Versions Identification Framework (VIF) and the Versions Project.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/pubs/briefingpapers-docs/repoadmin-versions.pdf
- Repositories Support Project Briefing Paper
- Identifying and Implementing Modular Repository Services : Transfer and Inventory
Johnston, Leslie
(Date Created: Apr 2009)
(United States of America)
- This paper given at DigCCurr 2009 (Chapel Hill North Carolina, April 1-3 2009) describes current work at the Library of Congress to identify and implement modular repository services using tools for transfer, transport and inventory. The material that needs to be transferred includes content developed by the Library itself, material from NDIIPP project partners, NDNP (National Digital Newspaper Program) contributors and web archiving activities.
- http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/library/resources/pubs/docs/johnsto
n_digccurr2009.pdf
- Proceedings of DigCCurr2009: Digital Curation: Practice, Promise and Prospects; April 1-3, 2009; Chapel Hill, North Carolina pp. 145-148.
- Improving DSpace@OSU with a Usability of the ET/D Submission Process
Boock, Michael
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 30 Oct 2005)
(United States of America)
- This case study describes usability testing of a particular aspect of DSpace at Oregon State University. The testing was undertaken to improve the DSpace Electronic Thesis and Dissertation submission process.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/boock/
- Metadata Tools for Institutional Repositories
Nichols, David M.; Paynter, Gordon W.; Chan, Chu-Hsiang; Bainbridge, David; McKay, Dana; Twidale, Michael B.; Blandford, Ann
(Date Created: Aug 2008)
(New Zealand)
- This working paper compares and contrasts metadata analysis tools developed independently at two New Zealand institutions; the Metadata Analysis Tool (MAT) at the University of Waikato, and the Kiwi Research Information Service (KRIS) at the National Library of New Zealand. Findings from deployment of both tools are summarised in a checklist of requirements for metadata analysis.
- http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00014732/01/PDF_(18_pages).pdf
- Working Paper ISSN 1177-777X, 10/2008 August 2008
- Metatools - Investigating Metadata Generation Tools - Final Report
Polfreman, Malcolm; Rajbhandari, Shrija
(Date Created: 31 Oct 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This is the final report of a JISC funded project to develop a framework for evaluating tools used for the purpose of generating Dublin Core Metadata from Web pages and scholarly works, to compare the quality of currently available metadata tools and to develop, test and disseminate prototype web services that integrate metadata generation tools.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/Home/publications/publications/metatools.aspx
- Report available for download as PDF from this website.
- Metrics and Strategies for Web Heritage Management and Preservation
Bermes, Emmanuelle; Illien, Gildas
(Date Created: 24 Aug 2009)
- This paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly (23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy) reviews the challenges of web archive measurement. It considers metric scenarios for web archives including collection development, processing and management and the core metrics for technical monitoring and cost analysis at all levels of the workflow.
- http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/92-bermes-en.pdf
- OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital Preservation
Rumsey, Sally; O'Steen, Ben
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Oct 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article describes the OAI-ORE framework and how it can support PRESERV2 project digital preservation model and interoperability for digital repositories.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/rumsey-osteen/
- The RepoMMan Project: Automating Workflow and Metadata for an Institutional Repository
Awre, Chris; Dolphin, Ian; Green, Richard; Sherratt, Robert
(Date Created: 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper reports on the work of the JISC-funded RepoMMan project report. The project is developing a user-needs-driven workflow tool that will allow users to flexibly interact with a Fedora-based institutional repository using a browser interface.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650750710748513
- Also available in PDF and in OCLC Systems & Services ISSN: 1065-075X, 2007 Vol:23 No.:2, pp: 210-215
- Repository Deposit: SWORD
Repositories Support Project
(Date Created: Dec 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This briefing paper from the Repositories Support Project provides an overview of the repository deposit protocol SWORD which provides a standardized method to remotely
deposit items into a repository.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/pubs/briefingpapers-docs/technical-sword.pdf
- Repositories Support Project Briefing Paper
- Repository to Repository Transfer of Enriched Archival Information Packages
Caplan, Priscilla
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Nov 2008)
(United States of America)
- This article reviews the use cases for repository to repository transfer, existing transfer projects and formats and introduces the Towards Interoperable Preservation Repositories (TIPR) Project. TIPR is a 2 year demonstration project of the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA), Cornell University and New York University and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services which commenced in Fall 2008.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november08/caplan/11caplan.html
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Risk Communication Tool
ERPANET (Electronic Resources Preservation and Access Network)
(Date Created: Sep 2003)
- This brief paper is an introduction to the concepts and principles of risk mangement within the context of digital preservation. It provides an overview to help identify which digital resources are at risk in an organisation and to identify, categorise and prioritise the associated risks, to enable communication about risk areas and to stimulate risk management strategy development. It includes an example of a matrix for risk evaluation.
- http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/docs/ERPANETRiskTool.pdf
- Set of Transfer-Related Services
Littman, Justin
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Jan 2009)
(United States of America)
- This article describes the approach and development of transfer processes at the Library of Congress including development of an Inventory Service and Workflow Service for the movement of digital content.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january09/littman/01littman.html
- Specifying Repository Requirements
Repositories Support Project
(Date Created: Nov 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This Repositories Support Project briefing paper assists in identifying the broad requirements, key issues and priorities to inform a system specification. It briefly touches on content management, technical considerations, software, and budget considerations.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/pubs/briefingpapers-docs/repoadmin-requirements.p
df
- Repositories Support Project Briefing Paper
- SWORD : Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit
Allinson, Julie; François, Sebastian; Lewis, Stuart
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 30 Jan 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article describes the SWORD project which ran for eight months in 2007 and was funded by the JISC Repositories and Preservation Programme, Tools and Innovation Strand. It was aimed at scoping, defining, developing and testing a standard mechanism for depositing into repositories and other systems.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue54/allinson-et-al/
- Use of File Description Languages for File Format Identification and Validation
Dunckley, Matthew; Rankin, Stephen
(Date Created: 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper given at PV 2007 (October 9-11 2007, Munich) discusses the importance of automated file format identification and validation. It also presents and discusses a range of tools and generic software APIs that could solve the problems of file identification and structure validation.
- http://www.pv2007.dlr.de/Papers/Dunckley_fileFormatIdentification.pdf
- Using OAI-ORE to Transform Digital Repositories Into Interoperable Storage and Services Applications
Tarrant, David; O'Steen, Ben; Brody, Tim; Hitchcock, Steve; Jefferies, Neil; Carr, Leslie
(Date Created: 30 Mar 2009)
(United Kingdom)
- This article shows how OAI-ORE could be used to manage content in digital (institutional) repositories. It considers how OAI-ORE could be used in the case where the underlying software of an institutional repository was required to be changed using the example of swapping from EPrints to Fedora and vice versa.
- http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/1062
- Code4Lib Journal ISSN 1940-5758 Issue 6, 30 March 2009
- Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users
Maness, Jack M.; Miaskiewicz, Tomasz; Sumner, Tamara
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Sep 2008)
(United States of America)
- This article reports on a study at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB) which yielded "personas" describing different classes of potential institutional repository (IR) users with a view to developing a method which could be used as an aid to designing IR's with increased usage.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september08/maness/09maness.html
- Version Identification : A Growing Problem
Puplett, David
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 30 Jan 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article discusses the growing problem of identifying versions in institutional repositories and the work of the Version Identification Framework (VIF) project. The VIF project is funded by JISC and running from June 2007 to May 2008.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue54/puplett/
- Versioning in Repositories : Implementing Best Practice
Brace, Jenny
(Date Created: 30 Jul 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article provides an overview of the Version Identification Framework - VIF Project which ran from July 2007 to May 2008 and highlights some of the best practice developed within the VIF Project.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/brace/
- Ariadne July 2008 No. 56
- What? So what?: The Next-Generation JHOVE2 Architecture for Format-Aware Characterization
Abrams, Stephen; Cramer, Tom; Morrissey, Sheila
(Date Created: 30 Sep 2008)
(United States of America)
- This paper was presented at IPRES 2008 (29-30 September, London) and provides an overview of the JHOVE2 project which is a two year project being funded by Library of Congress under the NDIIPP Program, the California Digital Library, Portico and Stanford University. The JHOVE2 project will develop and deploy a next-generation architecture providing enhanced performance, streamlined APIs, and significant new features.
- http://confluence.ucop.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3932229
- Paper and presentation slides available.
- Which Ones Which? Understanding Versioning in Repositories
Molloy, Sarah
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Apr 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This article reports on a half day workshop held in London on 22 April 2008, to introduce the Version Identification Framework (VIF) project and the results of surveys it conducted in 2007. VIF is partly funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and is in partnership with the Science & Technology Facilities Council, the University of Leeds and Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The project investigated issues surrounding the identification of revised or related materials being deposited in repositories, with the aim of providing a framework for consistent identification.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue55/vif-wrkshp-rpt/
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- 2009 RSP Repository Software Day
19 Mar 2009
, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Repositories Support Project
(United Kingdom)
- This one day event will enable software vendors to demonstrate their latest repository software to the wider UK repository community, and enable discussion and solution discovery between delegates through case studies and surgeries. Presentation slides available from Programme page.
- http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/index.php?page=RepositorySoftwareDay2009/i
ndex.php
- OR 2009: The 4th International Conference on Open Repositories
18 - 21 May 2009
, Atlanta, Georgia
(United States of America)
- This conference aims to "bring together individuals and organizations responsible for the conception, development, implementation and management of digital repositories, as well as stakeholders who interact with them, to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues." Open source software community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will also provide opportunities to advance and coordinate the development of repository installations across the world." Workshops on VITAL, SWORD and DSpace. Presentations (slides, text and some videos) are available.
- https://or09.library.gatech.edu/
- Audit and Certification in Digital Preservation : ERPANET Workshop
14 - 16 Apr 2004
, University of Antwerp, Antwerp
(Belgium)
- This seminar focused on audit and certification for digital preservation. Overview and presentations available from the website.
- http://www.erpanet.org/events/2004/antwerpen/index.php
- Building Trust in Digital Repositories Using the DRAMBORA Toolkit
27 Apr 2007
, British Library, London
Digital Curation Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This tutorial sponsored by the Digital Curation Centre provided an overview of the need for an evidence-based evaluation of digital repositories and a demonstration of the use of the DRAMBORA toolkit to design, develop, evaluate, and refine new or existing trusted digital repository systems and workflows.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/drambora-london-2007/
- Presentation slides available from web site.
- DigCCurrPro : DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle
21 - 26 Jun 2009
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(United States of America)
- This professional institute presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and taught by international digital curation experts consists of a five day session in June 2009 followed by a two day session in January 2010. The institute will focus on the digital object lifecycle and practical tools for managing a digital collection over time. The course work includes discussion, lectures and practical labs.
- http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute.html
- DSpace User Group Meeting
20 - 21 Apr 2006
, University of Bergin, Norway
(Norway)
- The general focus of the meeting was on tools to aid embedding into institutional systems both internal and external, and the use of DSpace in different areas of institutional activity. Powerpoint presentations for Workshop and meeting available.
- http://dsug2006.uib.no/
- Tackling the Preservation Challenge : Practical Steps for Repository Managers
12 Nov 2008
, Novotel Hotel, Euston Road London
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
- This joint workshop of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), Repositories Support Project ( RSP), Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and JISC will bring together key stakeholders, the repository managers and preservation experts, at a practical focused event to talk together and share perspectives, requirements, problems and solutions. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/081212RepMngrsWkshp.html
- Towards Trusted Digital Archives for Social Science and Humanities Data
30 Jan 2009
, NWO JAVA building, The Hague
DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services
(Netherlands)
- This workshop is organised by DANS with Digital Preservation Europe (DPE), Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH), Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure (CLARIN) and the Data Seal of Approval Assessment-International Board (DSAA IB). It focuses on guaranteeing the quality and trustworthiness of digital archives for the social sciences and humanities research data. The Data Seal of Approval guidelines will be considered as a starting point for a discussion on trusted digital archives and other certification processes. Presentations and reports available.
- http://www.dans.knaw.nl/nl/dans_symposia/2009_2/
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Organisations and Websites
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- Data Seal of Approval
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
(Regularly Updated)
(Netherlands)
- The Data Seal of Approval web site has been developed by DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services), the Netherlands national organization for ensuring long term access to social sciences research data. The web site contains guidelines for applying and checking quality aspects of the creation, storage and (re)use of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities. "These guidelines serve as a basis for granting a “data seal of approval”. The criteria for granting the data seal of approval are in accordance with, and match, national and international guidelines for digital data archiving such as the Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzeitarchive developed by NESTOR, the Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) published by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), as well as the Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC): Criteria and Checklist by the Research Library Group (RLG)." The guidelines indicate responsibilities for data producers, repositories and consumers to ensure ongoing access.
- http://www.datasealofapproval.org
- Website also available in Dutch language version http://www.datakeurmerk.nl/
- DRAMBORA Interactive : Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment
Digital Curation Centre; DigitalPreservationEurope
(Regularly Updated)
- This website describes the DRAMBORA toolkit and allows download of the toolkit which was released by the Digital Curation Centre and DigitalPreservationEurope. The toolkit allows repository administrators to self assess their capabilities, identify weaknesses and strengths based on risk assessments. A flyer is available for download in JPEG or PDF formats.
- http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/
- DSpace
Hewlett-Packard Company; MIT Libraries
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- Purpose : The purpose of the DSpace digital repository system is to capture, store, index, preserve, and distribute digital research material. Version 1.3.2 of DSpace is available for download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/ .
Originally, the MIT Dspace initiative was established with Hewlett-Packard to create a web-based electronic archive of the intellectual output of MIT and other federated partners.
Documentation : The DSpace wiki http://wiki.dspace.org/ provides documentation on resources, other collaboration tools and obtaining the source code.
- http://www.dspace.org//
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- JHOVE : JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment : Digital Format Specific Validation
Harvard University Library; JSTOR
(Last Updated: Dec 2007)
- Purpose : JHOVE (JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment) is a project to automate the identification and validation of file formats.This process is based on the file itself rather than the filename extension.
Documentation : Access to tutorials, use cases and downloadable modules are available. Project followed by the JHOVE2 project.
- http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/index.html
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Policies, Strategies & Guidelines
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- Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories. Version 1 Draft for Public Comment
nestor Working Group Trusted Digital Repositories - Certification
(Date Created: Dec 2006)
(Germany)
- This (48 p., 1.11 MB) document prepared by the nestor Working Group on Trusted Digital Repositories Certification identifies criteria which facilitate the evaluation of digital repository trustworthiness at organisational and technical levels. It is intended as a step towards repository certification within a standardised national and international process. A later version in German was issued in November 2008 Version 2 (61 p. 2.56 MB) title nestor-Kriterien, Kriterienkatalog
vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzeitarchive, Version 2 2008.
- http://files.d-nb.de/nestor/materialien/nestor_mat_08-eng.pdf
- German Language version 2 . urn:nbn:de:0008-2006060703
- Data Seal of Approval
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
(Regularly Updated)
(Netherlands)
- The Data Seal of Approval web site has been developed by DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services), the Netherlands national organization for ensuring long term access to social sciences research data. The web site contains guidelines for applying and checking quality aspects of the creation, storage and (re)use of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities. "These guidelines serve as a basis for granting a “data seal of approval”. The criteria for granting the data seal of approval are in accordance with, and match, national and international guidelines for digital data archiving such as the Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzeitarchive developed by NESTOR, the Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) published by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), as well as the Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC): Criteria and Checklist by the Research Library Group (RLG)." The guidelines indicate responsibilities for data producers, repositories and consumers to ensure ongoing access.
- http://www.datasealofapproval.org
- Website also available in Dutch language version http://www.datakeurmerk.nl/
- DPE Repository Planning Checklist and Guidance DPE D3.2
Digital Preservation Europe
(Date Created: 25 Mar 2008)
- This document presents the Planning Tool for Trusted Electronic Repositories ( PLATTER) which complements existing audit & certification tools (e.g. DRAMBORA). PLATTER is designed to assist in planning repository objectives, as part of a planning cycle.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/reports/Repositor
y_Planning_Checklist_and_Guidance.pdf
- Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzietarchive. Version 2
nestor
(Date Created: Nov 2008)
(Germany)
- This document (in German, 61 p. 2.56 MB) prepared by the nestor Working Group on Trusted Digital Repositories Certification (nestor-Arbeitsgruppe „Vertrauenswürdige Archive - Zertifizierung“) identifies criteria which facilitate the evaluation of of digital repository trustworthiness, both at organisational and technical levels. It is an updated version of the earlier public consultation draft in English Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories, Version 1 (draft for public comment), June 2006".
- http://files.d-nb.de/nestor/materialien/nestor_mat_08.pdf
- nestor-materialien 8
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Projects and Case Studies
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- Cairo Use Cases: A Survey of User Scenarios Applicable to the Cairo Ingest Tool
Baker, Fran; Gittens, Renhart; Thomas, Susan; Thompson, Dave
(Date Created: 21 May 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This document outlines a set of use cases describing different interactions of Cairo tool users and the Cairo tool. It is intended for use with other documents designed to inform development of the Cairo tool.
- http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/projectdocs/cairo_project_use_cases_pv1.pd
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- Complex Archive Ingest for Repository Objects (CAIRO)
(Date Created: Oct 2006)
(United Kingdom)
- This project due for completion in August 2008 aims to develop a tool for the ingest of complex collections of born digital materials (e-mail, websites, documents etc.) with basic descriptive, preservation and relationship metadata into a preservation repository.
- http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/
- Driver : Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research
CORDIS (Community Research & Development Information Service)
(Regularly Updated)
- The Driver project is a joint collaboration between multiple international partners with the intention to create a knowledge base of European research.The first phase of the project, was funded under the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme for 18 months beginning June 2006 with the aim of building a test-bed for the development of infrastructure for the delivery of data content resources such as scientific output, including scientific/technical reports, working papers, pre-prints, articles and original research data. The second phase, DRIVER-II began in December 2007 and was funded under the seventh framework for 24 months. It aims to foster the development of Digital Repositories in all European countries. It includes a search portal for Open Access publication in the European Information Space.
- http://www.driver-repository.eu/
- DSpace@Cambridge Project
Cambridge University Library
(Date Created: 2003)
(United Kingdom)
- This project was a 3-year collaboration between Cambridge University Library (CUL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, to establish a digital institutional repository for Cambridge University. Expected deliverables included the development of improved digital preservation functionality in the DSpace software platform. The project ended and it became a strategic service on 1 July 2006. The Repository website is available at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- Improving DSpace@OSU with a Usability of the ET/D Submission Process
Boock, Michael
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 30 Oct 2005)
(United States of America)
- This case study describes usability testing of a particular aspect of DSpace at Oregon State University. The testing was undertaken to improve the DSpace Electronic Thesis and Dissertation submission process.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/boock/
- JHOVE : JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment : Digital Format Specific Validation
Harvard University Library; JSTOR
(Last Updated: Dec 2007)
- Purpose : JHOVE (JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment) is a project to automate the identification and validation of file formats.This process is based on the file itself rather than the filename extension.
Documentation : Access to tutorials, use cases and downloadable modules are available. Project followed by the JHOVE2 project.
- http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/index.html
- The RepoMMan Project: Automating Workflow and Metadata for an Institutional Repository
Awre, Chris; Dolphin, Ian; Green, Richard; Sherratt, Robert
(Date Created: 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper reports on the work of the JISC-funded RepoMMan project report. The project is developing a user-needs-driven workflow tool that will allow users to flexibly interact with a Fedora-based institutional repository using a browser interface.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650750710748513
- Also available in PDF and in OCLC Systems & Services ISSN: 1065-075X, 2007 Vol:23 No.:2, pp: 210-215
- RUBRIC : Regional Universities Building Research Infrastructure Collaboratively
RUBRIC
(Last Updated: Dec 2007)
(Australia; New Zealand)
- The RUBRIC (Regional Universities Building Research Infrastructure Collaboratively) project was funded by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) under the Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) from 2005 - 2007. The project focused on Repository Infrastructure and supporting the national contribution to the e-Framework for Education and Research, a joint initiative of DEST and JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) in the UK. The project was led by the University of Southern Queensland in partnership with University of New England, the University of the Sunshine Coast, the University of Newcastle, and Massey University in New Zealand . The Rubric Toolkit was launched in Oct 2007 and is aimed at new or existing institutional repository managers. The toolkit captures the "best" of available advice, experience and outcomes available for institutional repository (IR) development in 2007 based on the the investigations, processes and experiences surrounding the implementation of an institutional repository (IR) as experienced by the collaboration of eight Australian and New Zealand Universities. The website has project reports, resources and links.
- http://rubric.edu.au/
- SWORD
(Date Created: Jun 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This wiki provides information on the SWORD project,a JISC funded project, phase 1 and phase 2. Phase 1 of SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) ran from March 2007 and was extended to Oct. 2007, with case studies following in 2008. Phase 2 was proposed for March to Aug 2008.
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/SWORD
- VIF : Version Identification Framework
London School of Economics and Political Science
(Date Created: Jun 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This project funded by JISC running from June 2007 to May 2008 deals with the growing problem of multiple versions of documents in institutional repositories and has developed a framework for identification of versions. The website provides practical advice to authors, content creators and repository managers.
- http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/vif/
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- CAIRO Tools Survey: A Survey of Tools Applicable to the Preparation of Digital Archives for Ingest Into a Preservation Repository. Version 1.0
Thomas, Susan; Baker, Fran; Gittens, Renhart; Thompson, Dave
(Date Created: 21 May 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This report provides an introduction to the Cairo tool and a tool review identifying a set of ingest and metadata related applications, tools and code that could form components of the overall Cairo tool package. It considers issues arising from the tools survey and develops an eventType and tool categorisation.
- http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/projectdocs/cairo_tools_listing_pv1.pdf
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- Digital Content Management : the Search for a Content Management System
Yan Han
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
(United States of America)
- This article provides a detailed analysis of three major players (Greenstone, Fedora, and DSpace) in key areas of digital content management: preservation, metadata, access, and system features based on the needs of the University of Arizona Library. This paper describes the process used to analyze and evaluate potential candidates and includes results of analysis to illuminate the process - description from abstract.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378830410570467
- Library Hi-Tech vol. 22, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) ISSN 0737-8831 via subscription from emeraldinsight.com
- Cairo Use Cases: A Survey of User Scenarios Applicable to the Cairo Ingest Tool
Baker, Fran; Gittens, Renhart; Thomas, Susan; Thompson, Dave
(Date Created: 21 May 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This document outlines a set of use cases describing different interactions of Cairo tool users and the Cairo tool. It is intended for use with other documents designed to inform development of the Cairo tool.
- http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/projectdocs/cairo_project_use_cases_pv1.pd
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- Complex Archive Ingest for Repository Objects (CAIRO)
(Date Created: Oct 2006)
(United Kingdom)
- This project due for completion in August 2008 aims to develop a tool for the ingest of complex collections of born digital materials (e-mail, websites, documents etc.) with basic descriptive, preservation and relationship metadata into a preservation repository.
- http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/
- DRAMBORA Interactive : Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment
Digital Curation Centre; DigitalPreservationEurope
(Regularly Updated)
- This website describes the DRAMBORA toolkit and allows download of the toolkit which was released by the Digital Curation Centre and DigitalPreservationEurope. The toolkit allows repository administrators to self assess their capabilities, identify weaknesses and strengths based on risk assessments. A flyer is available for download in JPEG or PDF formats.
- http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/
- DSpace
Hewlett-Packard Company; MIT Libraries
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- Purpose : The purpose of the DSpace digital repository system is to capture, store, index, preserve, and distribute digital research material. Version 1.3.2 of DSpace is available for download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/ .
Originally, the MIT Dspace initiative was established with Hewlett-Packard to create a web-based electronic archive of the intellectual output of MIT and other federated partners.
Documentation : The DSpace wiki http://wiki.dspace.org/ provides documentation on resources, other collaboration tools and obtaining the source code.
- http://www.dspace.org//
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DSpace: An Institutional Repository from the MIT Libraries and Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Smith, MacKenzie
In: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 6th European Conference, ECDL 2002, Rome, Italy, September 16-18, 2002. Proceedings
- A paper presented at ECDL 2002, describing the rationale for institutional repositories, the DSpace system, and its implementation at MIT. Plans to release the system in open source to allow continued research in open scholarly communication and long-term preservation for digital materials are also discussed. The abstract is available free-of-charge online. The full article may be obtained in print form or online for a fee.
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/8nkpt4nnwkpepbh8/?p=b085cd359d3f44
65835fa1bccd90abc6&pi=39
- DSpace@Cambridge Project
Cambridge University Library
(Date Created: 2003)
(United Kingdom)
- This project was a 3-year collaboration between Cambridge University Library (CUL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, to establish a digital institutional repository for Cambridge University. Expected deliverables included the development of improved digital preservation functionality in the DSpace software platform. The project ended and it became a strategic service on 1 July 2006. The Repository website is available at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- E-Archiving : an Overview of some Repository Software Management Tools
Prudlo, Marion
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Apr 2005)
- This article examines three of the more popular repository management systems - LOCKSS, EPrints and DSpace. These tools are analysed in terms of functionality, costs, participants and required skills for use.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue43/prudlo/
- FEZ
University of Queensland Library and the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories
(Regularly Updated)
(Australia)
- Purpose : This software (formerly called eSpace) is designed to provide a digital repository and workflow management system for libraries and archives. It is designed as a web interface to FEDORA and is available for download. It is part of the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR). Fez is one of the deliverables of the APSR eScholarship testbed in the University of Queensland Library.
Documentation : Extensive documentation is available at http://dev-fez.library.uq.edu.au/documentation/.
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/fez/
- Improving DSpace@OSU with a Usability of the ET/D Submission Process
Boock, Michael
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 30 Oct 2005)
(United States of America)
- This case study describes usability testing of a particular aspect of DSpace at Oregon State University. The testing was undertaken to improve the DSpace Electronic Thesis and Dissertation submission process.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/boock/
- JHOVE : JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment : Digital Format Specific Validation
Harvard University Library; JSTOR
(Last Updated: Dec 2007)
- Purpose : JHOVE (JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment) is a project to automate the identification and validation of file formats.This process is based on the file itself rather than the filename extension.
Documentation : Access to tutorials, use cases and downloadable modules are available. Project followed by the JHOVE2 project.
- http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/index.html
- Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzietarchive. Version 2
nestor
(Date Created: Nov 2008)
(Germany)
- This document (in German, 61 p. 2.56 MB) prepared by the nestor Working Group on Trusted Digital Repositories Certification (nestor-Arbeitsgruppe „Vertrauenswürdige Archive - Zertifizierung“) identifies criteria which facilitate the evaluation of of digital repository trustworthiness, both at organisational and technical levels. It is an updated version of the earlier public consultation draft in English Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories, Version 1 (draft for public comment), June 2006".
- http://files.d-nb.de/nestor/materialien/nestor_mat_08.pdf
- nestor-materialien 8
- The RepoMMan Project: Automating Workflow and Metadata for an Institutional Repository
Awre, Chris; Dolphin, Ian; Green, Richard; Sherratt, Robert
(Date Created: 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper reports on the work of the JISC-funded RepoMMan project report. The project is developing a user-needs-driven workflow tool that will allow users to flexibly interact with a Fedora-based institutional repository using a browser interface.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650750710748513
- Also available in PDF and in OCLC Systems & Services ISSN: 1065-075X, 2007 Vol:23 No.:2, pp: 210-215
- Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist. Version 1 February 2007
CRL, The Center for Research Libraries; OCLC Online Computer Library Center
(Date Created: Feb 2007)
(United States of America)
- This is a revised and expanded version of the Audit checklist for the Certification of Trusted Digital Repositories originally developed by the RLG-NARA Digital Repository Certification Task Force. Published by CRL and OCLC this latest version of the checklist establishes a baseline definition of a trustworthy digital repository, the principles underlying the criteria, with explanations and examples to assist in auditing. It contains 84 criteria covering organisational infrastructure; digital object management; and technologies, technical infrastructure and security.
- http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/trac_0.pdf
- PDF available for download from http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/digital-archives/metrics-assessing-and-certifying
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- Digital Content Management : the Search for a Content Management System
Yan Han
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
(United States of America)
- This article provides a detailed analysis of three major players (Greenstone, Fedora, and DSpace) in key areas of digital content management: preservation, metadata, access, and system features based on the needs of the University of Arizona Library. This paper describes the process used to analyze and evaluate potential candidates and includes results of analysis to illuminate the process - description from abstract.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378830410570467
- Library Hi-Tech vol. 22, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) ISSN 0737-8831 via subscription from emeraldinsight.com
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CODA-WEBB: Slutrapport
Lindbäck, Lena
(Date Created: 05 May 2009)
(Sweden)
- This is the final report of the CODA WEBB project (60p) in Swedish which is in 3 parts: Strategy for archiving a website; A literature review of tools for web crawling; and a Review of "open repositories" to publish, store and give access to digital documents. Web crawlers evaluated for the LDB Centre Test platform project were HTTrack, Website Copier, Heritrix and PageNest. with Heritrix being selected.Open repository tools evaluated for the test platform were EPrints, DSpace, Fedora, Greenstone and DAITSS, with Fedora being selected.
- https://ldb.project.ltu.se/main.php/ldb.project.ltu.se/main.php/projec
ts/portalproject/docs/Publikationer/Svenska%20publikationer/CODA-WEBB. pdf?fileitem=7475400
- DSpace@Cambridge Project
Cambridge University Library
(Date Created: 2003)
(United Kingdom)
- This project was a 3-year collaboration between Cambridge University Library (CUL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, to establish a digital institutional repository for Cambridge University. Expected deliverables included the development of improved digital preservation functionality in the DSpace software platform. The project ended and it became a strategic service on 1 July 2006. The Repository website is available at http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/
- E-Archiving : an Overview of some Repository Software Management Tools
Prudlo, Marion
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Apr 2005)
- This article examines three of the more popular repository management systems - LOCKSS, EPrints and DSpace. These tools are analysed in terms of functionality, costs, participants and required skills for use.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue43/prudlo/
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