1. Trends in eRepositories Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. Dec. 7, 2007 Copyright © 2007, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.

2. Hurst Associates, Ltd. www.HurstAssociates.com/ppt/einfo_jhw.ppt

3. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Photo by Helen Black www.flickr.com/photos/spikeyhelen/802400171/

4. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Photo by Stan Wiechers www.flickr.com/photos/whoisstan/110785079/

5. Hurst Associates, Ltd. …a set of services…for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution. Clifford Lynch, Feb. 2003Feb. 2003

6. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Evangelists Mandate, focus & policies – Administrative, learning & research Copyright, licensing, permissions Protect personal data Educate depositors

7. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Sustainability – Funding – Internal & external collaborators – Dept. & subject liaisons – Fully integrated into organization Part of the culture

8. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Management Constant marketing & consulting Emphasize services Constantly build context Voluntary  mandatory

9. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Photo by Roger Cullman www.flickr.com/photos/wordfreak/1008963/

10. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Infrastructure Users want – Easy deposit & retrieval (“un-do”) Easy front-end Auto-generated metadata – Authentication & security – Persistent URIs – Visible to Internet search engines – Curation, migration, preservation

11. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Infrastructure Management wants – Control – Stable, scalable infrastructure – Customizable software – Easy integration – Digital preservation (OAIS)

12. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Community Support Don’t want to think about it Reward structure eRepository must facilitate – Communication – Sharing  Impact – Networking – Social interaction

13. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Our Roles Managers & users Management’s foot soldiers “In the trenches” liaisons & helpers Providers of carrots & sticks Constant evangelists Help loading older content (batch) – The long tail (legacy materials)

14. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Trends Failure & rebirth Crossing institutional boundaries Integration into info systems Documents deposited in multiple repositories – User deposits in multiple repositories

15. Hurst Associates, Ltd. Jill Hurst-Wahl hurst@HurstAssociates.com AIM: jillNYS / Skype: jill.hurst.wahl www.HurstAssociates.com www.Digitization101.com www.eNetworking101.com