Supporting further and higher education Digital Repositories Susan Eales JISC Executive

2 Agenda Current JISC-funded activity issues the new JISC repositories programme Further information

3 FAIR Focus on Access to Institutional Resources (FAIR), 14 projects sharing of images, museum objects via OAI, setting up institutional repositories for eprints, learning materials, etheses, administrative information –different software - EPrints, DSpace & ETD [software at Virginia tech to support electronic dissertations and theses]- compare and contrast –exploring metadata schema’s e.g. developed a UK schema based on DC for etheses –advocacy for deposit – building a critical mass, why repositories can help you –Workflow –learning materials

4 JORUM National Learning Materials Repository Project with three aims: –Provide a test-bed repository service for some content producing projects –Scope the requirements for a national repository service –Procure the software for the national repository service.

5 JORUM (2) December Intralibrary and Xtensis provided for test-bed repository. December Scoping study and technical requirements report produced. August Intralibrary selected as the software for the national service.

6 JORUM (3) JORUM Service Set-Up and Launch –Installing and developing Intralibrary –Workflows –Business model –Outreach and liaison –Launch of service to UK Further and Higher Education in August 2005

7 JORUM (4) JORUM R & D –Continued support for repurposing projects –Various repository watch activities Open source International developments –Ongoing as repository landscape develops, eg Support formal/informal communities Federated instances

8 RELOAD content packaging tool –Open source –IMS compliant –SCORM compliant –Further development to implement IMS Learning Design Specifications –Bridge between repositories and learning management systems enabling learning materials to be shared…

9 Issues How do learning repositories relate to digital libraries, institutional records management systems etc? What distinguishes a CMS, LMS and a repository? Cultural barriers in universities and colleges – senior management buy-in, practitioner buy-in, incentives IPR!

10 Issues (2) How can we address quality assurance issues in repositories? WIKIs, blogs, eportfolios – are they repositories? Who has responsibility – librarians, learning technologists, teachers? What are the business models?

11 Digital Repositories programme Identify the national infrastructure required for both teaching and research working to support communities of practice Establish how to help embed digital repositories and develop appropriate methods and practice Further work on IPR and quality! Build on existing work in partnership with DEST and other agencies as appropriate The work will include projects that pilot, develop, review and evaluate practice, theory, policy and technology The programme scope is :STILL to be finalised

12 Further information: JISC Website – Phase 2 invitation for support in transitioning to open access =funding_open_access2 Eprints and Open Access Journals Service Models Study JISC SURF Copyright yrightinitiative

13 Cont’d… FAIR mme_fair mme_fair X4L mme_x4l mme_x4l – – Etheses testbed _etheses _etheses