UPC Research Institutional Repositories UPC Institutional Repositories Marina

UPC Research Institutional Repositories UPC Institutional Repositories Marina. Casadevall@upc. edu Montse Hidalgo Montse. Hidalgo@upc. edu Anna Rovira Anna. Rovira@upc. edu Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Servei de Biblioteques i Documentació DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Objectives Strategy Learning repositories Research repositories Technical matters Conclusions DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Objectives § To offer a tool for publishing academic works in electronic format § To organize and preserve UPC’s intellectual heritage § To greatly increase UPC’s visibility in the world DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Objectives Strategy Learning repositories Research repositories Technical matters Conclusions DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Strategy: repositories Separate repositories: ð ð ð E-prints: https: //upcommons. upc. edu/e-prints/ University journals and congresses: https: //upcommons. upc. edu/revistes/ Students’ work: https: //upcommons. upc. edu/pfc/ Learning materials: http: //e-md. upc. edu/home/ Videos: http: //bibliotecnica. upc. edu/video/ Theses: http: //www. tesisenxarxa. net/ Why did we decide to create different repositories? – To facilitate organization (one librarian is responsible for each repository) – To be able to fit different document data into metadata – To fully integrate with other university platforms (such as Virtual Campus, based on Moodle and the Electronic Information Services for Academic Activity) However – The cost of supporting repositories is higher – Content is dispersed DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Strategy: access to all repositories https: //upcommons. upc. edu/ § § § Global access to UPC knowledge Metasearch in all UPC repositories Electronic documents and information about support services (how to digitize a thesis, how to submit documents, etc. ) DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Strategy: human resources § One computer technician for designing repositories and improving software. § One librarian responsible for content control and management of each repository. § In every UPC campus, there are librarians who: § control and extend metadata § feed-back between users and general services DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Strategy: repository support services Ø SEPI: Intellectual Property Service • Author rights • Copyright policies (including e-journals and Creative Commons) Ø Factories: teaching resource facilities • Convert traditional formats into digital formats (print journals, theses, etc. ) • Video digitization Ø Subject librarian: • Liaison with university departments for diffusion of the project and training DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Objectives Strategy Learning repositories Research repositories Technical matters Conclusions DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Learning repositories: course materials UPCOpen. Course. Ware (5. 852 documents) http: //e-md. upc. edu/home/ § Inspired by MIT’s Open Course Ware § Provides access to UPC’s course materials for educators and students § Not all its content is open access § Not (yet) with a DSpace repository DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Learning repositories: students’ work Students’ work (1. 587 documents) https: //upcommons. upc. edu/pfc/ § Students’ work (final degree projects, minor theses, recognition of foreign diplomas/theses, etc. ) presented by university students at UPC. § Accessed both from inside the University – by other students preparing their final degrees - and outside. DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Learning repositories: videos UPC Digital Library (226 videos) http: //bibliotecnica. upc. edu/video/ § Institutional activities or learning activities § Migration to a DSpace application DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Objectives Strategy Learning repositories Research repositories Technical matters Conclusions DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Research repositories: E-prints UPC (698 pre-prints or post-prints) https: //upcommons. upc. edu/e-prints/ The E-prints repository collects documents generated by academics in their research activities. Communities: schools, departments, laboratories or research groups. Workflow: § Selfarchive (authors) § Peer review (optional) § Protect and extend metadatas (subject librarians) DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Research repositories: Journals and Congresses UPC Journals and Congresses (2. 434 articles) https: //upcommons. upc. edu/revistes/ This repository compiles the full texts of e-journal articles and proceedings published by any scholar or research department of the university. Workflow: § Archive (journal support personnel or auxilliar librarians) § Control and extend metadatas (subject librarians) § Electronic submission using DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Objectives Strategy Learning repositories Research repositories Technical matters Conclusions DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories 5. Technical matters: §DSpace: §OS: §Web server: §Database: §Storage: DSpace User Group Meeting 2007 2005, 1. 3. 1 now 1. 4. 1 version (4 instances of DSpace) Debian GNU/Linux 3. 1 Apache Tomcat/5. 0. 28 Postgre. SQL 7. 4. 6 1200 GB = 1, 2 TB

UPC Research Institutional Repositories 5. Technical matters: Future improvements: § Statistics (Add-on from the University of Minho) § Customized submission forms § Authority control (link to catalogue and name capture) § UPC subject headings authority DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories 6. Conclusions Campus digital SOAP OAISter Students’ work OAI-MHP . . Information System . . . RECERCAT RACO E-prints Scientific Output DSpace User Group Meeting 2007 OAI-MHP Journals and congresses OAI-MHP UPCommons Course materials OAI-MHP TDX

UPC Research Institutional Repositories 6. Conclusions § § Good acceptance, Good strategy, Collections are growing but… there’s still a lot of work to do with UPC IRR! DSpace User Group Meeting 2007

UPC Research Institutional Repositories Thank you for your attention! Marina. Casadevall@upc. edu Montse Hidalgo Montse. Hidalgo@upc. edu Anna Rovira Anna. Rovira@upc. edu Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Servei de Biblioteques i Documentació DSpace User Group Meeting 2007