1. Data curation in an existing infrastructure: Stellenbosch University 1 st African Digital Curation Conference 12 – 13 February 2008 Wouter Klapwijk Senior software specialist Library and Information Service

2. Overview 1.Organisational objectives: current status 2.Example of digital curation in practice

3. Overview 1.Organisational objectives: current status 2.Example of digital curation in practice

4. Organisational objectives: current status Current digital curation practices focused on supporting the e-Science/e-Research support framework on campus Acknowledge the fact that digital curation is more than just ingesting, preserving and disseminating research output Started experimenting with replication technology – LOCKSS Institutional Repository (IR) will interface with Research Management System (RIMS) – SA RIMS (InfoEd) project Dspace  RIMS interaction via Staging Area needs attention

5. Organisational objectives: current status Library Service, Dept of Research Development and the Dept of Information Technology: policy framework Institutional policies need to be in place Human Resources: no dedicated programmers, no dedicated repository administrator, no dedicated systems administrator, 2 part time staff, no real budget

6. Research Support Technology Framework Do Research Toolbox Web survey tool (SUrvey) Citation tools (e.g.Endnote) SAS, SPSS, Matlab, etc. Federated Search (MetaLib) Federated Identity Management Inter-institutional ID management Collaboration Environment e.g. For Centres of Excellence, Inter-institution Web & video conferencing, messaging, document collaboration, blogs, wikis websites High-speed Internet SANReN Seacom Remote connectivity (e.g. SCN) Institutional Repository Lab notes Preservation Security & Publishing Research outputs: Articles Data sets ETD Concept Research Lifecycle Management Grant Application Ethics Protocol Negotiate Approve Internal Review Submit IP/Ethics/ Contract Review Manage Project & Contract Reporting Research Output (Inter)National Resources Library systems Funding search/alerts Expertise directories Compiled by Ralph Pina, Stellenbosch University IT Division e-Portfolio Self-maintained for marketing e-Profile Hi-Perf Computer Cluster

7. Institutional Repository INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH REPOSITORY SU FEDERATED INTERFACE OAI-PMH Service provider LEARNING OBJECT REPOSITORY Storage of learning objects to support the process of Learning and Teaching (interface with WebCT) NON-ACADEMIC REPOSITORY For the submission, archival and retrieval of Digital Objects REPOSITORY … RESEARCH REPOSITORY Centre/s of Excellence Departmental Research … etc. { CREST / Department of Research Support } ELECTRONIC THESES / DISSERTATIONS For the submission of postgraduate research which is not part of the Research Repository

8. Implementation - technology plan Dspace digital repository system Standardize on version 1.5 for 3 years Need to workshop OAIS framework (in South African context) Full OAIS-compliance in Dspace Release 2 Replication of ETD’s with LOCKSS – Proof of Concept planned for 2009 Some work done with LOCKSS on format migration Multiple instances of Dspace – more flexibility, more personalization

9. Implementation – virtual server setup VMWare guest etd.sun.ac.za (with tomcat and handle server) VMWare guest research.sun.ac.za (with tomcat and handle server) VMWare guest lib.sun.ac.za (with tomcat and handle server) DSPACE 1.5 SERVERSQL SERVER Linux Bitstream storage VMWare server Linux / BSD Metadata storage PostgreSQL mySQL METADATA ISO 19115 EAD Dublin Core etc. SAN (OPTIONAL)

10. Overview 1.Organisational objectives: current status 2.Example of digital curation in practice

11. Overview 1.Organisational objectives: current status 2.Example of digital curation in practice

12. A case study DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB)CIB Prepared a set of Use Cases – metadata requirements, access, permission, roles and responsibilities Dedicated Collection Administrator Datasets  Dublin Core Publications  ISO-19115 (spatial data)

13. A Case Study - managed access LevelMetadataAuthorsProjectsThesesPublicationsDatasets L0 L1 L2 L3 L4 No Access Access To be confirmed View if it is owner Permissions according to levels (extracted from the CIB Use Cases)

14. A Case Study – metadata requirements

15. Link to: 1.Interface designInterface design 2.Data DictionaryData Dictionary 3.Dspace Administrator viewDspace Administrator view

16. Thank you wklap@sun.ac.za +27 21 808-4378