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ERIH&

Large scale content networks

Perspectives from DRIVER

Wolfram Horstmann

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ERIH Questions

• „Can ERIH be a useful

addition to existing tools?“

• „Can European level initiatives

on repositories

be brought to ERIH thinking?“

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„Can ERIH be a useful addition…?“

• Yes! – From a general perspective

• Guidance through research results needed

• Subject-based aggregation management proved successful

• Assessment efforts in Humanities widely missing

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Repositories & ERIH

• For open repositories in general– For journal publications in the humanities the OA-

principle of Repositories applies perfectly

– Open Journals should be in Rep.

– For monographs, eBoooks might offer an alternative

– All other kinds of databases (national, ISI?)

• For institutional repositories– Same as above: It‘s a strategic decision …

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ERIH Requirements

• ERIH requirements– Humanities Resources

– Large Scale Effort

– Assessment tool

– Further Publication Formats

– Backbone for European Portal

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DRIVER

• Generic Vision– Digital repository infrastructure, multi-purpose, for

any type of content, in any discipline …

• DRIVER-I – Institutional Repositories throughout Europe

– Focus on textual materials

• DRIVER-II– Subject-based repositories, complex objects

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Infrastructural Tools

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Plugging in Content Sources

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Managing Aggregation

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Software Infrastructure

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„Human“ portal for access

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ERIH requirements & DRIVER 1/2

• Large Scale Effort …– DRIVER is meant as an infrastructure for large scale

initiatives such as ERIH• If ERIH was based on repositories …

– … direct access to resources for researchers– … machine access to resources (e.g. usage / citation)

• Backbone for European Portal …– … most important information management is already

there– … individual portals can easily be prepared

• Humanities Resources …– … could be managed through „community managers“

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ERIH requirements & DRIVER 2/2

• Assessment tools …– … could be linked to repository infrastructure

– … can be plugged in as additional services

• Further Publication Formats …– … monographs are already manageable

– … other will be topic of DRIVER-II

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Thanks!