HELIN DIGITAL COMMONS: A CONSORTIUM OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES Martha Rice Sanders HELIN Knowledge Management Librarian

HELIN DIGITAL COMMONS Funded by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation Funded by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation Covers cost of subscribing for two years Covers cost of subscribing for two years Grant awarded December 2005 Grant awarded December 2005 First site available January 2006 First site available January 2006

HELIN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS Bryant University Bryant University CCRI CCRI Johnson & Wales University Johnson & Wales University Providence College Providence College RIC RIC Roger Williams University Roger Williams University Salve Regina University Salve Regina University URI URI Wheaton College Wheaton College

Institutional Repositories Institutional Repositories (IR): “Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution.”* Institutional Repositories (IR): “Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution.”* * Raym Crow The case for institutional repositories: a SPARC position paper IRs might contain: IRs might contain: Pre-prints (pre-refereed papers) or Post-prints (post-refereed papers) Pre-prints (pre-refereed papers) or Post-prints (post-refereed papers) Undergraduate senior or honor theses Undergraduate senior or honor theses Non-static resources (e.g., sound and video files) Non-static resources (e.g., sound and video files) Conference papers Conference papers Reports Reports Journals Journals Presentations Presentations Etc. Etc.

Benefits of an IR The University The University Can manage and showcase institutional information assets (articles, working papers, etc.) under one site Can manage and showcase institutional information assets (articles, working papers, etc.) under one site The University Researcher (Authors) The University Researcher (Authors) Enjoys wide and rapid dissemination of content Enjoys wide and rapid dissemination of content The Research Community The Research Community Is able to enhance innovation due to free information sharing Is able to enhance innovation due to free information sharing

Architecture & Administration Acceptance of a wide variety of publication types (e.g., articles, preprints, monographs, reports) Acceptance of a wide variety of publication types (e.g., articles, preprints, monographs, reports) Ability to publish non-static resources such as sound and video files, data sets, and executables Ability to publish non-static resources such as sound and video files, data sets, and executables OAI compliant – documents can be immediately found in Google and other web search engines OAI compliant – documents can be immediately found in Google and other web search engines Full-text searching Full-text searching Usage statistics at the publication and paper level Usage statistics at the publication and paper level

Stability & Portability Service hosted at secure, redundant ISPs Service hosted at secure, redundant ISPs URLs are in institution’s domain URLs are in institution’s domain Upon termination, objects will be delivered for importing into a new repository Upon termination, objects will be delivered for importing into a new repository

Digital Commons Connections Confirmation to Authors Confirmation to Authors Authors receive an when the paper is posted providing the URL for distribution Authors receive an when the paper is posted providing the URL for distribution Monthly to Authors Monthly to Authors Provides usage, link to content (for distribution), and link/ to series to submit additional work Provides usage, link to content (for distribution), and link/ to series to submit additional work Audience Notification Audience Notification System can interested audience notification of new content added System can interested audience notification of new content added

HELIN UMBRELLA SITE

URI ‘HOME’ SITE

URI PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES

URI CHAFEE AUDIO ARCHIVES

BRYANT U. FACULTY PAPERS

PERSONAL RESEARCHER PAGES