1. At Your Service: Development of DigitalCommons@CalPoly
Marisa Ramírez, Digital Repository Librarian
October 10, 2008

2. Background Resources Support Infrastructure
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

3. About the Pilot Pilot: November 2007 – June 2008
Initial group included faculty from one department
Increased scope to include representative faculty from each college, administrators, other campus entities
Consulted literature
Creation of “league of digital heroes”
Consulted other communities
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

4. Developing the Service Model
Factors
“Keen interest” to populate quickly
Varying levels of demand for profile pages
Content acquisition & copyright clearance
Faculty workload
System functionalities
Scalability
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

5. Developing the Service Model
Positioned not as a technology but a set of services
Profile creation, digitization, copyright clearance, description & upload on behalf of the faculty
Out with jargon & in with benefits
Assertive & persistent outreach methods
Use of several different methods to contact faculty
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

7. Workflow Challenges Content acquisition uneven
Authors do not have copies readily available
Difficult finding work as referenced
Bibliographic searching takes longer than anticipated
Copyright permissions time consuming
Approval of profile pages creates delays
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

8. Outreach Challenges Defining the collections
Dispelling myths & misperceptions
Overcoming the perception of redundancy
Crowded marketplace of digital solutions
Balancing “keen interest”, best practices & uniform approach
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

9. “Blind monks examining an elephant”, 1888, Itcho Hanabusa
“Blind monks examining an elephant”, 1888, Itcho Hanabusa. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division ID: cph 3g08725 

10. Early Wins Thought leaders (administration)
Opinion leaders (key faculty)
Unexpected champions (campus entities)
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

11. Original photograph by Jesse Millan

12. Surprises Faculty self-select Unexpected sources of content
Supporting role to existing campus publications
Student work a concern to faculty
Few demands to further define scholarship
Majority of publishers grant permission to post
60% grant permission when requested
30% have existing concessions
4% gov’t publications / author retained copyright
6% do not allow posting on an IR
According to our data as of 10/01/2008
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

13. Seizing Opportunities
Put a “face” on the library
New partnerships
Further exploration of student & faculty work
Broaden marketing message “upstream”
Inspire future collaborations across campus
Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008

14. Contact
Marisa Ramírez Digital Repository Librarian California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
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Institutional Repository Colloquium
October 10, 2008