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1 River Campus Libraries DSpace at the University of Rochester Susan Gibbons Asst. Dean, Public Services & Collection Development sgibbons@library.rochester.edu

2 April 15, 2004 2 Faces of an IR  Institutional Repositories  Technology  All comes down to Ø’s and 1’s  People  If you build it, they will come?  Disciplinary differences  Cultural differences

3 April 15, 2004 Grant  1 year Institute of Museum & Library Services National Leadership Grant  Better understand faculty  Use, generation & storage of grey literature  Disciplinary differences  Modifications to DSpace  Align DSpace to the needs of faculty– not the other way around

4 April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology  Work Practice Study  Anthropological approach  Verification of scenarios  Co-design of technology

5 April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology  Modified Work Practice Study  Videotapes interviews  How faculty conduct research  Tools & environment  Story boards

6 April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology  Brainstorming

7 April 15, 2004 Project Team  Anthropologist  Librarians  Bibliographers  Cataloger  Computer Scientist  Programmer  Graphic Designer

8 April 15, 2004 Interviews  First round of 16 interviews  Economics  Physics  Linguistics  Political Science  Visual & Cultural Studies  Only 1 declined

9 April 15, 2004 Preliminary Findings  Individual’s concerns  Premanence- safekeeping works of enduring value  Prestige- building own reputation  Communication- share one’s papers and accessing work of others  Research robustness- finding and using full range of other scholar’s works in one’s own

10 April 15, 2004 Preliminary Findings  Need an Authoring Environment  Versioning  Collaboration  Integration with desk-top applications

11 April 15, 2004 Preliminary Ideas  Site license for authoring system  “People” pages in DSpace  My work  My research interests  My credentials

12 April 15, 2004 More Info Project Website: http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/ docushare/dsweb/View/Collection- 331 The University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries wishes to thank the Institute of Museum and Library Services for their generous support


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