Mike Furlough September 26, 2012

Agenda Welcome and Intro - (Andrea Harrington) ScholarSphere Demo and Updates - (Mike Giarlo & Linda Friend) ScholarSphere Project Update – (Beth Hayes)

ScholarSphere Is Here! Still considered in Beta – but many requested features already Prior to launch on 9/24, scheduled 2 weeks where “early adopters” could try out both the general search and their ability to upload materials More details later about the project timeline and future activities Had the assistance of quite a few stakeholders from various units in the Libraries in planning, supplying feedback on features, drafting policies, etc. Scheduled drop in labs and orientation sessions in September – will schedule more if there is interest

ScholarSphere Demo

Quick Facts ScholarSphere…. Is open to anyone for searching materials the depositors have tagged as Public Is available for anyone with a current Penn State Access ID to deposit and edit materials – including undergrads Makes it easy for scholars to assign Creative Commons licenses to works they deposit Makes it easy for scholars to assign viewing rights (Public, Private, Penn State only) Makes it easy for a creator to assign editing rights to other Penn Staters

Quick Facts, cont. Any type of file can be uploaded to ScholarSphere (although ability to preserve long-term might vary) – text, images, data sets, audio, video, etc. The first time a user logs in, a personal Dashboard is created. Only 4 types of metadata are required (creator, title, rights, keyword.) We encourage depositors to do more! Library of Congress Subject Headings and geographic location information are provided in drop-downs.

Quick Facts cont. cont. Can go back to previous versions and can easily edit/delete. Google Chrome is the preferred browser but others generally work fine. High visibility - the Google search engine shows public ingests really quickly. Has been tested for web accessibility

Information You’ll Need It’s simple to contact the ScholarSphere service team or submit a request. Need info on intellectual property rights related to ScholarSphere? Check Help. How about use policies? Click on About. Questions about searching details? Consult the FAQ. Interested in having the service team give a demo, come to a meeting or class to talk about the benefits of ScholarSphere? Invite us via the Contact Form. or send to

Your Job Now Help us publicize it so there is plenty of activity – mention in classes, in faculty contacts, at service desks, etc. Continue to share use cases so we have an active record of how people would like to use ScholarSphere Use ScholarSphere to contribute your own scholarly materials and become familiar with all the features

ScholarSphere Project Oct-Dec 2011Jan-Mar 2012Apr-Jun 2012Jul-Sep 2012 Planning Kickoff Training Architecture Use cases Infrastructure Features Stakeholders Use cases Code sprint Metadata User interface Coding Testing Code sprint Feature demos Infrastructure Feature complete UI integration Usability testing Accessibility testing Coding Infrastructure Marketing & Comm Beta release

ScholarSphere Project October 2011 – September 2012 Application framework Baseline functionality Beta release September – November 2012 Service management model Project closure activities

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