Overview

Whether you are just starting to create a digital repository or your institution already has a fully-developed program, this book provides strategies for building and maintaining a high-use, cohesive, and fiscally-responsible repository with collections that showcase your institution. The book explains how to strategically select projects tied to your institution’s goals, create processes and workflows designed to support a fully-functioning program, and creatively utilize existing resources. The benefits of taking a holistic approach to creating a digital repository program rather than focusing only on individual collections are discussed. Case studies and best practices from various institutions round out the author’s practical suggestions.

Full Product Details

Author:   Abby Clobridge (Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Library, USA)
Publisher:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781843345961

ISBN 10:   184334596
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface List of figures About the author Part One Chapter 1: Introduction Opportunities for libraries Definitions Institutional repositories, digital projects, and digital repository programs Conclusion Chapter 2: Strategic planning The vision for a digital program Core constituencies’ needs Internal resource audit: infrastructure, resources, content Legal issues Determining what’s realistic Shaping the program: writing a mission statement Bigger than the repository program: aligning with institutional and organizational goals Putting it all together Chapter 3: Technical overview Introduction Guiding principles General structure of a digital repository system Understanding the institutional environment Repository Systems Working with multiple systems Partnership with IT Keeping down costs Conclusion Chapter 4: Staffing Assembling the team(s): staffing needs and considerations Digital repository program coordinator Digital program planning team Digital program steering group Project teams Metadata team Technical/infrastructure team Instructional technologists Getting IT staff involved in repository work Librarians and repository work Digital repository workgroups Library and information science interns Part Two Chapter 5: Metadata What is metadata? Definitions Guiding principles Types of metadata Metadata standards and protocols A-Z of metadata work Tools to support metadata production Complexity of metadata work The hands-on metadata workshop Conclusion Chapter 6: Collection building: project proposals, planning, implementation Introduction Guiding principles Project initiation: proposals and the review process Project planning Project implementation Monitoring Closing: launch Post-launch Chapter 7: Content recruitment and marketing Introduction Guiding principles Working with faculty Other potential partners within the institution What to show before you have collections Recruiting content from outside of the university Big and small ways to market your repository program Showcasing individual projects and collections Chapter 8: Open Access Introduction: what is open access? Guiding principles Nuts and bolts of open access Clarifying common misconceptions What does OA mean for libraries? Selling open access Chapter 9: Sustainability Introduction Guiding principles Sustaining digital objects Sustaining digital collections Sustaining repository teams Sustaining the repository program Chapter 10: Assessment Introduction Guiding principles Overview of the process Assessing the repository program and its services Collection-level usage data Conclusion Chapter 11: Web 2.0 and digital repositories Introduction Guiding principles Push content out; bring users in Integrate Web 2.0 tools with the repository User participation Concluding thoughts Appendix 1: Introduction to metadata workshop Appendix 2: The World War II Poster Project Bibliography Index

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. ..an important book for librarians and repository managers... a clearly articulated and practical roadmap for the implementation of digital initiatives in HE institutions. <br>-Library Review<br><br> For medium-to-large colleges and universities with adequate staff resources, this handbook functions as an appropriate and excellent guide. <br>-Library Resources & Technical Services

Author Information

Abby Clobridge is currently the Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Services at the Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Library. Prior to joining Harvard, she worked in various academic and special libraries including Bucknell University, where she created a digital repository program, and CNN, where she worked as an investigative researcher and news librarian. Ms. Clobridge and her colleague, David Del Testa, won the 2009 ACRL Instruction Section Innovation Award for their development of the World War II Poster Project, a digital library project designed to teach undergraduate students information literacy and technology fluency skills.

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