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From Print Archive of staff publications to the Digital Repository of the Technical University Košice
Milena Maťašovská Tetřevová
Head of Scientific Information Department
Žigmund Maťašovský
Head of Automation Departent
University Library
Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
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IATUL Cracow, June 2004

2. Outline Scholarly publications and New Trends
Digital Library Initiative at TU Košice
Future Development and Projects
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3. Scholarly publications
Content
Any work generated by research staff and students of universities in any format
Core purpose
Communication of research outcomes worldwide
Representation
Intellectual output (capital) of university
Indicator of academic quality, institutional visibility and prestige
Source data for bibliometric research and evaluation of quality
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4. Ways of scholarly communication
Two competing interests
Creator (ownership and copyright)
Public (widest access, dissemination of information)
Traditional publishing system
Limitation of readership (economic and copyright issues)
New publishing trend – posting research online
based on digital publishing technologies - cost effective way for expanding scholarly communication
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5. New Publishing Alternatives
Promote Open Access to research worldwide based on interoperability standards (2002, ARL,
self-archiving in institutional / disciplinary repositories
open access journals
Promoted by various initiatives (Budapest OAI, SPARC, Public Library of Science)
Implementations (PubMed Central, arXiv.org e-Print archive, CiteSeer, Institutional repositories, ...)
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6. Research documentation in Slovakia
One of the Main functions of academic library (Slovak Library Act, 2000)
Bibliographic registration and archiving of staff publications
Methodology rules in 1998 (ProScientia project)
Instruction courses for academic librarians (AACR2, UNIMARC, MARC 21, use of national cathegorization, statistics)
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7. Scholarly publications at the Technical University Košice
TU Košice, founded in 1952
8 Faculties
full-time undergraduates
700 post-graduate (doctoral) students
900 teachers research and admin staff
1 central University Library, 28 staff, 4 Dept
Database of TUK publications ( bibliographic records of documents of all types + citations) + Full Text archive (5.000 digital titles)
CDS ISIS (1985 – 2000)
Aleph ( )
Aleph + own DL system EPC TUK ( )
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8. Goals of TUK Digital Repository
Inside and outside university goals
user orientation (easy submission, access to bibliography and statistics in various formats)
support of regular accreditation and evaluation of faculties and individuals at the Ministry of Education SR
preserve intellectual capital of TUK
enable 7 x 24 access to textbooks and digital materials for the support of research and education
cost effective and flexible future extension to submission of other content (student’s thesis, author’s pre-prints)
enhance alternative scholarly communication model
support of interoperability with other systems (ProScientia, OAI repositories)
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9. EPC TUK functional model
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10. EPC TUK technology overview
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11. TUK repository documents
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12. Creation of TUK repository
Co-operation at whole university level
definition of organizational rules and procedures
creation of repository policy and its flexible control
creation of the technical infrastructure
Co-operation at library level, concerns all library departments and staff
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13. First outcomes, experiences
Jan 2003 –implementation of EPC TUK
electronic submission system (metadata and upload of files) through dynamic web forms
digitization unit
web based outputs and statistics
user support (online helps, trainings)
3 times more publications submitted per year
Same staff at cataloging (descriptive metadata created directly by staff) with added new tasks
Need for sources (highly qualified IT staff, technology), better co-operation, marketing, training
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14. Future Development and Projects
Internal Development
next EPC TUKE system development
implementation of OAI PMH guidelines for TUK repository
National co-operation
Project Digital library of thesis and dissertations of 15 Slovak academic libraries at 12 universities, Ministry of Education, central IT project for 2004
International co-operation
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
???
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15. Access and Contact epc.lib.tuke.sk Milena Maťašovská Tetřevová
Žigmund Maťašovský
University Library
Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
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IATUL Cracow, June 2004

16. Thank you !
Dziękuję !
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