HELIN DIGITAL COMMONS A CONSORTIUM OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES

HELIN DIGITAL COMMONS: A CONSORTIUM OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES Martha Rice Sanders HELIN Knowledge Management Librarian

HELIN DIGITAL COMMONS n Funded by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation n Covers cost of subscribing for two years n Grant awarded December 2005 n First site available January 2006

HELIN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS n n n n n Bryant University CCRI Johnson & Wales University Providence College RIC Roger Williams University Salve Regina University URI Wheaton College

Institutional Repositories n Institutional Repositories (IR): “Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution. ”* * Raym Crow The case for institutional repositories: a SPARC position paper. 2002. n IRs might contain: n n n n Pre-prints (pre-refereed papers) or Post-prints (post-refereed papers) Undergraduate senior or honor theses Non-static resources (e. g. , sound and video files) Conference papers Reports Journals Presentations Etc.

Benefits of an IR n The University n n The University Researcher (Authors) n n Can manage and showcase institutional information assets (articles, working papers, etc. ) under one site Enjoys wide and rapid dissemination of content The Research Community n Is able to enhance innovation due to free information sharing

Architecture & Administration n n Acceptance of a wide variety of publication types (e. g. , articles, preprints, monographs, reports) Ability to publish non-static resources such as sound and video files, data sets, and executables OAI compliant – documents can be immediately found in Google and other web search engines Full-text searching Usage statistics at the publication and paper level

Stability & Portability n Service hosted at secure, redundant ISPs n URLs are in institution’s domain n n http: //digitalcommons. uri. edu Upon termination, objects will be delivered for importing into a new repository

Digital Commons Connections n Confirmation email to Authors n n Monthly email to Authors n n Authors receive an email when the paper is posted providing the URL for distribution Provides usage, link to content (for distribution), and link/email to series to submit additional work Audience Notification n System can email interested audience notification of new content added

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