Technion IR: Institutional Repository with DSpace
- 1. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library Technion IR Institutional Repository with DSpace Guy Shahaf Head of Information Technologies Elyachar Central Library Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 2. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library An archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution What is IR?
- 3. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • Opening up outputs of the institution to a worldwide audience; • Maximizing the visibility and impact of these outputs as a result; • Showcasing the institution to interested constituencies – prospective staff, prospective students and other stakeholders; • Open Access submission is often required by funding agencies Why IR?
- 4. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • Main parameter: – Functionality – Price (hopefully free) – Open source (customization options) – Community support Choosing IR System
- 6. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • An open source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content What is DSpace?
- 7. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • 1400 implementations • Leading institutions • Initial release - November 2002 • Release of major version every ~6 month • Live community in GIT • Original authors - MIT and HP Labs • Developed by DuraSpace Why DSpace? (1 of 2)
- 8. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • Built in features: – Support for ORCID – Support for SEO (Search engines optimization) – Customized submission process – Full text search – Support for any file format – Web based – Cloud solution – Works with all types of CRIS Why DSpace? (2 of 2)
- 9. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • MIT • Harvard • ETH Zurich • Georgia Tech • Cambridge Leading Academic Institutions
- 10. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library Costs Start-up costs • Hardware • Software (DSpace free) • Installation • Policies and procedures Medium-term costs • Promotion – getting content • Support Ongoing costs • Metadata creation / enhancement • Preservation
- 11. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library DSpace installation on open source platform
- 12. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • Version 6.2 • Written in Java • Expose REST API • Support for Shibboleth authentication • GUI based on XMLUI • Analytics Features and infrastructure
- 13. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • DSpace built in submission wizard • Works as a workflow process • Legal implications • Alignment to Accessibility regulations • IR vs Catalog (e.g. theses) • Dublin Core Filling the Repository
- 14. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • DSpace is optimize for SEO https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Search+Engine+Optimization • Support for OAI (Open Archives Initiative) Opening to the World
- 15. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • All items are fully available for the institution community • It is possible to restrict access to full text for external audience Access Policy
- 16. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library In a pilot with the Electrical Engineering Faculty to expose research report collection Technion Implementation
- 17. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library Item Type Raw DataProject Conference proceedingBook Chapter DissertationArticle Check copyright issues Deposit Report Describe Upload Review IR – types of documents to deposit
- 18. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library NO Validate & Deposit Which Publisher? Which Fund? Deposit the final author draft YES Published in OA? Flowchart for deposit of the final author peer reviewed draft ? ? ? ? User input: publisher that accepted the manuscript User input: The fund of research i Links to Sherpa-Romeo and/ or publisher sites Valid Publishing Library legal validation i Not valid Request the valid version Contact Publisher + Addendum Recommendation
- 19. Technion Libraries Elyachar Central Library • Article version • License (embargo?) • Technical issues – files, cover page etc. • Data validation Checklist – library service