1 The University of Sydney Success through business alignment Ross Coleman Director, Sydney eScholarship University of Sydney Library

2 The University of Sydney Overview n eScholarship as a broad business model and strategy - beyond the centrality of the repository - beyond ePrints n Adding value and impact n Principles of sustainability n Risks, costs and benefits n Nature of success

3 The University of Sydney Defining a repository A repository ( Macquarie Dictionary ) n A place where things are deposited and stored n A person to whom something is entrusted n A place in which a dead body is stored

4 The University of Sydney Nature of success n Success is achievement, an outcome, delivers benefits. Determined and measured by - operational aspects of the repository - services and attributes - usability, use and users - relationship to institutional (business) goals n The shadow of failure – contingencies, risk, exits n Intrinsic worth does not equal success

5 The University of Sydney University of Melbourne, strategic plan 1.4 In addition to addressing research quality, the University will aim to increase research citations by making Melbourne research more easily accessible to other researchers. 'Open Access' publishing will be strongly encouraged, including the establishment of institutional digital repositories of scholarly works... to raise the profile of Melbourne research. Finally, a web- enabled research portal will be developed to make Melbourne scholars and their work significantly easier to find. "

6 The University of Sydney Context and benchmark – the Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository (RLG) n Compliance with the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) n Administrative responsibility n Organizational viability n Financial sustainability n Technological and procedural suitability n System security n Procedural accountability

7 The University of Sydney vision of eScholarship “ eScholarship … facilitates innovation and supports experimentation in the production and dissemination of scholarship. Through the use of innovative technology, the program seeks to develop a financially sustainable model and improve all areas of scholarly communication, including its creation, peer review, management, dissemination, and preservation. New modes of scholarly publication include: n Repositories for research and scholarly output, including pre-publication materials and peer-reviewed content. n Web-based publications of digitally reformatted content. Electronic editions of academic monographs of interest to both scholarly and general-interest readers. ” Electronic editions of academic monographs of interest to both scholarly and general-interest readers. ”

8 The University of Sydney eScholarship as a business strategy n Repositories in broader context n Scholarly communication, publication n Infrastructure for research practice n Partner in sustainability and management of primary and complex research data n Facilitating eResearch and eLearning n Adding value and impact, re-use and re-mix

9 The University of Sydney Sydney eScholarship Sydney Digital Library n eScholarship repository n SETIS digital collections n Sydney Digital Theses n support, consultation and advisory services n hosting services Sydney University Publishing n Sydney University Press n other imprints n digital / print on demand services n eStore, eCommerce and business services n experimental publication

10 The University of Sydney Sydney eScholarship Sydney Digital Library n eScholarship repository n SETIS digital collections n Sydney Digital Theses n support, consultation and advisory services n hosting services Sydney University Publishing n Sydney University Press n other imprints n digital / print on demand services n eStore, eCommerce and business services n experimental publication VALUE ADDING

11 The University of Sydney n Strategic decision to utilise Library skills, expertise and capabilities n Strategic positioning to support University goals n Capacity to add value and impact to research n Long term management of digital content (more than storage) n Assist with research data management, HERDC RQF n Capacity to lift the web visibility of University scholarship n Expectation and opportunity to take a leadership role Why Sydney eScholarship

12 The University of Sydney Sydney eScholarship repositories Suite of standards-based repositories include -digital library collections (SETIS text corpora) -DSpace repository platform communities -subject-based repositories (eBot image bank) -hosted data-sets -mirrored services -ARC and faculty project content

13 The University of Sydney Repositories and SUP – impact through publication Meeting DEST requirements as appropriate n Digital, print and print-on-demand production services n Classic works, reprints, textbooks, new works n Conference proceedings - economics, linguistics, anthropology, maths, complex systems, archaeology, ethnography n Dataset to publication – Australian Beaches, eFlora, Dictionary of Sydney n Journals and series – Open Journals System n Complex publication – integrated multimedia

14 The University of Sydney Projects – engaging in research practice n ARC - infrastructure - linkage - discovery n ARIIC – APSR n Teaching Infrastructure Funds n Other projects as appropriate

15 The University of Sydney partnering in APSR – sustainability and research practice n SORRT – Sustainable Object Repositories for Research and Teaching – an APSR test-bed and practices project n iSpheres interoperability middleware for discipline based object repositories n SUGAR (Sustainability Guidelines for Australian Repositories) in conjunction with PADI n FieldHelper - OAIS compliant ingest tool for researchers gathering data in the field

16 The University of Sydney Benefits and value n Tangible - income, sales, eStore, project funds, consultancies, “premium” repository services, long term managed digital archiving n Intangible – active supporter of institutional goals, brand (SUP), reputation (SETIS), trust (Library), lifting profile of research/ers n Direct – academic publication, DEST research points, RQF impact, strategic positioning of Library, project income towards quantum n Indirect – building general recognition and reputation for future activity, positioning

17 The University of Sydney Risks and costs n Risks in doing as opposed to not doing n Risks in learning, innovation, experimentation, R&D n Need for calculated risk tolerance n Legal risk n Funding as a strategic decision n Costs and investment in developing eScholarship n Costs of staffing and technical infrastructure n Project costing formulas and calculators

18 The University of Sydney servicing Sydney eScholarship n Core staff = 6 positions n Library subject specialists as service partners n Internal production partners - SUP n Associated project-based staff (related to Library) = 4/5 (Med, Archaeology, Music) n Casual staff n Out-source and contract partners

19 The University of Sydney Sydney eScholarship escholarship.usyd.edu.au n Culmination of several years of experience and investment n Active engagement with faculty n Active partnership with administration n Utilisation of the library services, skills and network n Positioning to create and take opportunities n A business model based in many ways on traditional library values of stewardship, continuity and access

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