1. David Millman dsm@columbia.edu
Columbia
David Millman

2. Federation Pilot Columbia Ohio State Univ of Rochester Univ of Toronto
Univ of Washington

3. Columbia Pilot Focus electronic publishing organizational implications
policy
technology

4. Electronic Publishing
EPIC — Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia
Existing workflow—keep
Existing citation system—lose
Publications
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia Earthscape
Gutenberg-e (History)
Columbia American History Online (CAHO)
Columbia Educational Resources Online (CERO)
Primarily subscription-based — not free

5. Pilot Issues Integrate into existing workflow Interface changes
database, XML/XSL, static & dynamic html, navigation
map to OAIS SIP?
map structure?
Interface changes
no contributor interface—batch load
seamless retrieval—assumptions about disseminator interface
Integrate into id system(s)
subscriber registration system
univ Kerb/LDAP infrastructure

6. Content Selection and Granularity
CIAO
distinct documents: working papers, books, etc
site navigation not part of repository
documents added to site continuously
CAHO
items are smaller: letters, images
items refer to each other
site nav & dynamic as above
CERO
decompose complex multimedia “e-seminars”
preserve structural map via METS? IMS?
Earthscape
similar to CIAO
and is Shib-enabled

7. Broader Library Issues
Plan independent collection pilot
identify campus adopter communities
identify support staffing
Policy development
submission: who, what
retention: forever? deletion?
preservation: feasibility by format, staffing
archival: procedures, authenticity/diplomatics, signatures

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