Wallops Island Balloon Technology: Can’t see the Repository for the Documents Andrea Japzon Information International Associates, Inc. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library Sixth International Conference on Grey Literature New York, New York December 6, 2004 Sixth International Conference on Grey Literature New York, New York December 6, 2004

2 History of the Document Collection Grey Literature Grey Literature Preservation Preservation Access Access Who cared Who cared Balloon Program Office Balloon Program Office Librarians Librarians Jim Winker Jim Winker

3 Current Status askSam via WAIS database – meta search askSam via WAIS database – meta search Autonomy – PDF full text search Autonomy – PDF full text search DAS – Institutional Repository DAS – Institutional Repository Uses MySQL and Lucene Uses MySQL and Lucene

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6 Project Assessment: Part I Knowledge Management Knowledge Management KMAT KMAT Transference of knowledge Transference of knowledge Content Perspective Content Perspective Infrastructure Perspective Infrastructure Perspective Process for change Process for change

7 Project Assessment: Part II Institutional repository for Goddard? Institutional repository for Goddard? SPARC Position Paper Recommends…. SPARC Position Paper Recommends… Institutionally Offered Institutionally Offered Scholarly Scholarly Cumulative and Perpetual Cumulative and Perpetual Open & Interoperable Open & Interoperable

8 Problems with Balloon Documents Open and Interoperable Open and Interoperable Metadata Metadata Copyright Copyright Certification and Collection Process Certification and Collection Process

9 Future Plan Scan documents Scan documents Map records Map records Seek Copyright Permissions Seek Copyright Permissions Form a joint committee Form a joint committee Find Funds Find Funds

10 Grey Literature & Institutional Repositories & Government Info. Proprietary, Competitive Proprietary, Competitive Open Archive Initiatives Open Archive Initiatives Metadata harvesting Metadata harvesting Most documents not freely available Most documents not freely available Service to Goddard/NASA Service to Goddard/NASA Organize, collect, share, access, and preserve Organize, collect, share, access, and preserve

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