River Campus Libraries DSpace at the University of Rochester Susan Gibbons Asst. Dean, Public Services & Collection Development
April 15, Faces of an IR Institutional Repositories Technology All comes down to Ø’s and 1’s People If you build it, they will come? Disciplinary differences Cultural differences
April 15, 2004 Grant 1 year Institute of Museum & Library Services National Leadership Grant Better understand faculty Use, generation & storage of grey literature Disciplinary differences Modifications to DSpace Align DSpace to the needs of faculty– not the other way around
April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology Work Practice Study Anthropological approach Verification of scenarios Co-design of technology
April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology Modified Work Practice Study Videotapes interviews How faculty conduct research Tools & environment Story boards
April 15, 2004 Grant Methodology Brainstorming
April 15, 2004 Project Team Anthropologist Librarians Bibliographers Cataloger Computer Scientist Programmer Graphic Designer
April 15, 2004 Interviews First round of 16 interviews Economics Physics Linguistics Political Science Visual & Cultural Studies Only 1 declined
April 15, 2004 Preliminary Findings Individual’s concerns Premanence- safekeeping works of enduring value Prestige- building own reputation Communication- share one’s papers and accessing work of others Research robustness- finding and using full range of other scholar’s works in one’s own
April 15, 2004 Preliminary Findings Need an Authoring Environment Versioning Collaboration Integration with desk-top applications
April 15, 2004 Preliminary Ideas Site license for authoring system “People” pages in DSpace My work My research interests My credentials
April 15, 2004 More Info Project Website: docushare/dsweb/View/Collection- 331 The University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries wishes to thank the Institute of Museum and Library Services for their generous support