1. National Repository Strategies: Some Higher and Further Education Examples Charles Duncan C.Duncan@intrallect.com

2. 2-day Symposium Implementing National Repositories Symposium 26/27 June 2008 JORUM, UK, HE+FE, 600 institutions COLEG, Scotland, FE, 40 institutions NDLR, Ireland, HE+FE, 21 institutions NCEL, Saudi Arabia, HE, 20 institutions

3. JORUM Jorum Open

4. COLEG A partnership of Scotland’s colleges based on member’s subscriptions 13 years of collaboration (established 1995) COLEG “key contact” in each college A mechanism for sharing high quality learning materials –Initially paper-based –46,000 hours of materials Using repository from January 2008

5. NDLR Pilot project Goal: –Producing a full ongoing repository service for “Teaching and Learning Resources” –Developing and supporting communities of academics in different academic disciplines 3 year pilot + 1 year evaluation = Future Roadmap for Full Service Evaluation ends Dec 2008

6. NCEL National Centre for eLearning and Distance Learning, Saudi Arabia Just starting repository project –Summer 2008

7. Topics Implementing National Repositories ContentEase of useMotivationRightsQuality HistoryStaff roles Critical mass Infrastructure Sustainability

8. Content Supplier/Consumer model Who supplies content? –Individuals, projects, institutions –Funded initiatives, commissioned –Commercial publishers –Open Educational Resources (OER) Who consumes content? –Teachers –Students

9. Content JORUM –Suppliers: Funded projects, individuals –Consumers: Teachers COLEG –Suppliers: Legacy material, projects –Consumers: college representatives NDLR –Suppliers: communities of practice (existing, bespoke) –Consumers: communities of practice, teachers

10. Motivation NDLR JORUM COLEG

11. Rights JORUM –Depositor’s licence (institutional) –Conditions of use (no re-deposit) –Jorum Open – Creative Commons COLEG –Existing licence conditions NDLR –Similar to Jorum –But additional individual Depositor’s licence

12. Ease of Use JORUM –Need user account –Need institution to have signed agreement –Jorum Open – moving towards open access COLEG –Need user account NDLR –Need user account

13. Ease of Use Evidence from other repositories is that need to register is a barrier to use Open access interface to same repository can act as a shop window 1-9-90 rule

14. Quality JORUM –Quality assures metadata –No review of content COLEG –Formal peer-review process with quality “mark” –Also un-reviewed without quality mark NDLR –Customisable publishing workflows

15. History JORUM –3 year set-up phase –3 year service (in preparation) phase –Now revised service based on lessons learned COLEG –13 years non-repository based,1 year repository NDLR –3 year pilot phase, 1 year evaluation –Service to start 2009

16. Critical Mass Is critical mass a useful concept? It is a user-centred concept Bulk migration JORUM –Project-based, response variable COLEG –Centrally supported migration NDLR –Communities of Practice use different approaches

17. NDLR Communities of Practice Repository to support Communities NOT Communities built around a repository Applied Social Studies (ASSCoP) Apprentice-based Learning Art & Conflict Chemical and Physical Sciences (CPSCoP) Computer Science (CSCoP) Education (EDUCoP) Library Information Skills Mathematics and Statistics Service Teaching in Higher Education (MSHECoP) Mechanical Engineering (MECoP) Modern Languages (ModLangCoP) Nursing and Midwifery (NMCoP) Technology Enhanced Learning (TELCoP) Veterinary and Bio-Environmental (VETBIOCoP)

18. Infrastructure National authentication (ATHENS, OpenAthens) Funding support for projects (JISC, HEA, SFC) –Content –Reuse –Integration Information support (JISC) –Rights awareness –E-learning/pedagogy/standards awareness

19. Staff Roles Roles – Project manager – Repository administrator – Community coordinators – Outreach/PR/marketing – Legal/licence coordinator – Librarian – Cataloguers – Content Manager – Trainers – Evaluator – Developers (technical) – Support/help desk – Steering group (direction) Approaches – Core team – Full-time/part-time – Seconded – Out-sourced – Volunteers – Rotate roles – Ensure representation for all stakeholder institutions and groups

20. Sustainability

21. Requires measures of success Stakeholders need different measures –Institutions, users, contributors, funders Hard metrics –Numbers, references, generations Soft metrics –Cultural change, impact, quality, satisfaction Stories

22. More Information Concept maps Report To come… –Improving the evidence base for sharing educational resources (Dec 2008)