Trends in eRepositories Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. Dec. 7, 2007 Copyright © 2007, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Hurst Associates, Ltd. …a set of services…for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution. Clifford Lynch, Feb. 2003Feb. 2003
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Evangelists Mandate, focus & policies – Administrative, learning & research Copyright, licensing, permissions Protect personal data Educate depositors
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Sustainability – Funding – Internal & external collaborators – Dept. & subject liaisons – Fully integrated into organization Part of the culture
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Constant marketing & consulting Emphasize services Constantly build context Voluntary mandatory
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Hurst Associates, Ltd. Infrastructure Users want – Easy deposit & retrieval (“un-do”) Easy front-end Auto-generated metadata – Authentication & security – Persistent URIs – Visible to Internet search engines – Curation, migration, preservation
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Infrastructure Management wants – Control – Stable, scalable infrastructure – Customizable software – Easy integration – Digital preservation (OAIS)
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Community Support Don’t want to think about it Reward structure eRepository must facilitate – Communication – Sharing Impact – Networking – Social interaction
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Our Roles Managers & users Management’s foot soldiers “In the trenches” liaisons & helpers Providers of carrots & sticks Constant evangelists Help loading older content (batch) – The long tail (legacy materials)
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Trends Failure & rebirth Crossing institutional boundaries Integration into info systems Documents deposited in multiple repositories – User deposits in multiple repositories
Hurst Associates, Ltd. Jill Hurst-Wahl AIM: jillNYS / Skype: jill.hurst.wahl