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Integrating A Digital Repository SystemMartin Borchert,Manager, Access Services andJoanna RichardsonDigital Repository Administrator
Information Services OLT Conference3 November 2004
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High Demand – Learning@Griffith
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Data – Learning@Griffith
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Gigabytes data280K+ attached objects, eg PDFs, PPTs, and general text
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Driving Forces at Griffith University• Return on investment / maximise investment
Non-duplication of t&l / other resourcesRe-use; recombine; share
• Risk management / mitigationCopyrightIntellectual propertyArchival history / litigation
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LMS and Learning Objects• The course structure of the typical LMS does not
encourage sharing and reuse of learning objects• It encourages duplication• It allows deletion of valuable resources• It is difficult for enforcing copyright• It is difficult to maximise institution’s investment
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Griffith University Partnerships Learning@Griffith and learning content
“Hive” is their digital repository software
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Digital Repository DefinitionAny collection of resources that are accessible via a
network without prior knowledge of the structure of the collection.
Repositories may hold actual assets or the metadata that describe assets.
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc – Digital Repositories Specification
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Other Related Griffith Needs• Past examination papers• Digitised course readings• ePrints• eScience• Special collections
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Past Examination Papers• Least complex objects [arguably]• Already digitised and in PDF• Relatively small collection• Good starting point for developing core metadata• Under the control of INS staff, ie Digitisation and
Distribution
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Course Readings• Single storage format (PDF): multiple delivery
formats• Introduces the complexity of copyright• Once again is under the control of INS staff, ie
Digitisation and Distribution
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ePrints• Deposit collection of papers that showcases the
research output of Griffith academic staff both before and after peer-reviewed publication
• Already implemented in many Australian universities –using open source software from “eprints.org”
• Link from DEST HERDC data –currently in PeopleSoft—to Hive would be sensible
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Special Collections, eg Art Images70,000 slides55,000 records2,000 digital imagesVRA metadata standardLoad to HiveFurther digitisationLibrary collectionsQCA collections
• Teaching and Learning project funding
• Working with QCA
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Top Critical Issues
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Digital Repositories: An Integration Tool
If we cannot sustain the repositories we create, we will retard our progress towards providing access to digital materials. If collections on which individuals have worked hard are forgotten or neglected, as some already seem to be, we will end up recreating, rediscovering and re-describing materials many times over.
Colin Holden, 2003