PresQT – Implementation Ideas Sandra Gesing, Richard Johnson, and Natalie Meyers presqt-contact-list@nd.edu 18 September 2017 Hesburgh Libraries

Challenges for Implementation Integration into the researchers’ work styles Integration into the researchers’ tools and workflow engines Manual insertion of metadata likely not sufficient Will it help my job performance? Is it USEFUL? Is it better than the old way? Easy to use? Easy to learn? Time-consuming? Efficient? Can I do this? Do I have knowledge? Support? Resources? Does it fit in with my work style? Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Venkatesh et al, 2003

User-Centered Design Why? Because usability and user experience are predictors of technology adoption.

Results of Needs Assessment 1,854 answers 48.8% software creators, 21.3% never created software, 2% don’t remember

Results of Needs Assessment 1,854 answers 48.8% software creators, 21.3% never created software, 2% don’t remember

Usefulness of Tools All participants 1 2 3 5 7 6 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 4

Usefulness of Tools Software creators 1 2 3 5 7 6 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 4

Usefulness of Tools Never created software 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 1 2 4 5 7 6 3

Importance of Web-based Applications

Implementation Idea Integration into Existing tools PresQT RESTful existing preservation tools Existing tools and data PresQT RESTful web services New Matlab R Python Excel Javascript SPSS BagIt Provenance ReproZip Workflow Domain-specific tools Fedora Quality Tool OSF Databases Fixity SHARE Keyword Assignment

Proof-of-Concept Idea - Tool Integration into existing preservation tools Existing tools and data PresQT RESTful web services New R Python Javascript Usage of ReproZip ReproServer Save tools and runs in OSF Selected domain-specific tools Fedora Save metadata in OSF OSF MySql Save data in OSF

Open Design – Your Ideas and Preferences! Integration into existing preservation tools Existing tools and data PresQT New Matlab R Python Excel Javascript SPSS BagIt Provenance ReproZip Workflow Domain-specific tools Fedora Quality Tool OSF Databases Fixity SHARE Keyword Assignment