GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 INIST-CNRS (France) From SIGLE to OpenSIGLE and Beyond From SIGLE to OpenSIGLE and Beyond An In-Depth Look at Resource Migration in the European Context J. Schöpfel & C. Stock & N. Henrot

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 EAGLE, a short history Creation of the SIGLE database in 1980 Creation of the SIGLE database in 1980 Content of the SIGLE database Content of the SIGLE database Creation of the EAGLE association in 1985 Creation of the EAGLE association in 1985 EAGLE objectives and membership EAGLE objectives and membership

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Challenges and dead-ends Internet and NTIC: Online cataloguing, metadata harvesting, linking to full text Internet and NTIC: Online cataloguing, metadata harvesting, linking to full text Organisational structure: Decision making Organisational structure: Decision making Coverage: Decreasing input Coverage: Decreasing input Economic model: Need of investment Economic model: Need of investment

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Liquidation of EAGLE General Assembly March 14, 2005 General Assembly March 14, 2005 Distribution of remaining funds Distribution of remaining funds Cancellation of existing contracts Cancellation of existing contracts Interim conservation of XML SIGLE records Interim conservation of XML SIGLE records Management of copyright on input Management of copyright on input Declaration of intention Declaration of intention

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Perspectives and projects beyond EAGLE Objective: Preservation of the European network of grey literature Objective: Preservation of the European network of grey literature Context: Berlin Declaration on Open Access Context: Berlin Declaration on Open Access 1 st step: OpenSIGLE 1 st step: OpenSIGLE 2 nd step: Inventory of European GL iniatives 2 nd step: Inventory of European GL iniatives 3 rd step: MetaGrey Europe 3 rd step: MetaGrey Europe

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 The SIGLE Database Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary Focus on scientific and technical information generated in Europe Focus on scientific and technical information generated in Europe More than records (2005) More than records (2005) SIGLE classification scheme (COSATI) SIGLE classification scheme (COSATI) Guaranteed document delivery on demand Guaranteed document delivery on demand

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Features of SIGLE records to preserve : Informative titles in English and/or in the original language Informative titles in English and/or in the original language Conference titles and report numbers Conference titles and report numbers Subject classification Subject classification Keywords and abstracts from 1997 Keywords and abstracts from 1997 All records include an availability statement All records include an availability statement

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Migration to an open-source platform : Increasing number of repositories with records without fulltext Increasing number of repositories with records without fulltext Dspace : 2 in-house applications use it already which means : Dspace : 2 in-house applications use it already which means : Experience with the software and with Experience with the software and with Metadata conversion Metadata conversion Mass upload Mass upload

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Moving the resources : Metadata – from a detailed server format to DSpace qualified Dublin Core (both in XML) Metadata – from a detailed server format to DSpace qualified Dublin Core (both in XML) Additional qualified DC tags Additional qualified DC tags Cope with inconsistencies (no title, language codes and wording) Cope with inconsistencies (no title, language codes and wording) Document type : simplification and display in the list of results Document type : simplification and display in the list of results

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 OpenSIGLE – new presentation and new look Primary subject areas and member countries as a basic structure (collections and OAI-sets) Primary subject areas and member countries as a basic structure (collections and OAI-sets) Link to an order form in each record Link to an order form in each record Full subject category list available on a separate page and searchable through the subject index Full subject category list available on a separate page and searchable through the subject index Specific information on each country Specific information on each country Multilingual user interface Multilingual user interface … Full text in the future ? … Full text in the future ?

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Home (English version) Home (English version)

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Countries & Subject list (Italian)

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 English Conference Record (French)

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Short record (German version) Short record (German version)

GL8 New Orleans December 4-5, 2006 Rendez-vous sur opensigle.inist.fr Thank you !