? What is Institutional Repository for Rutgers University Preservation and access strategy for Rutgers digital information products
Why Build a Digital Repository? University information products are published by the creators (faculty and administration) Digital publication exposes content to potential misuse or modification. The need to safeguard & preserve resources is high Granting agencies increasingly require a sustainable cyberinfrastructure to provide access to project results
Mission: Support RUL’s vision and mission Support the mission of the university for -- Research -- Education -- Administration
University Research Support: Support research information products -- Multimedia research outputs (data sets, images, video and audio); Lab notes; Grant reports; Pre-publication papers and presentations
University Research Support: Provide a sustainable platform for faculty research projects: -- Underlying technology for web site, data, search engine, applications -- Archiving; documenting through snapshots, archival storage, application migration
Fedora repository architecture: How Does work? Fedora repository architecture: -- “Flexible, Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture” -- Developed by Cornell University and University of Virginia via a Mellon Foundation Grant. http://www.fedora.info/
FEDORA is: A modular architecture that provides preservation and access services for digital objects. Metadata to support management and migration of digital objects Unique, persistent identifiers for locating resources Digital signatures and audit trails for changes to resources
D-Rkive includes a flexible, extensible data model/architecture to support current and future research needs:
Durably links metadata and resources Integrates multiple versions of resources Links analog source information with digital surrogates
Scenario of Use: Civil Engineering department receives a grant to build an earthquake simulation tool to enable department to model effect of earthquakes on buildings Department builds a portal, simulation tool, and database of simulation experiment results Database, simulation tool and portal are archived within d-Rkive. Information products are discoverable and accessible at both sites.
Portal Periodic snapshots for history; audit trail Application versioning; Source form and Non-proprietary representation of database Periodic snapshots for history; audit trail Site hierarchy and associated files Portal Website Search Engine Images Text Database
Status and Next Steps Grant received to build repository architecture for statewide cultural heritage information portal: New Jersey Digital Highway – 2003-2006 Version 1.0 developed and implemented for NJDH: www.njdigitalhighway.org
will debut in 2006 with: digital theses and dissertations (collaboration with GSNB) – Debut May 2006 Selected faculty research test beds to develop D-Rkive tools and services Core services for faculty use in fall 2006
Issues: Funding / Staffing Business model -- Core vs. enhanced services
The Potential: Leveraging library information management strengths and economies of scale to increase R&D at RU Partnering with other research universities to develop a collaborative New Jersey research repository
The “Digital Playground” A Flexible framework of “core” requirements provides interoperability--shared information use and understanding Within that framework, experimentation, customization, inniovation is supported
http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/rkive/