Workshop #1 reportDigital repository management

Ramon Rosrros@cbuc.es

ELAG 2008 Wageningen

Topics discussed Preservation Growth of repository (policies). Software/infrastructure Persistent URLs Branding Economic sustainibility of the

repository

Preservation 1/2 Importance of new standard

PDF/A, PDF/? Separate operations:

“Production” -> repository Long term preservation

Need to select stuff. “Everything” seems impossible. (ex: Facebook)

Preservation 2/2Group recommendations:

Gather metadata (and technical metadata).

Avoid “exotic” formats Use open solutions Someone have to think about it

Growth of repository You need to reach the critical mass,

then everything goes smoothly. Ideas:

Cream of Science in the Netherlands Make it part of your internal workflow Must be easy for the researcher Small awards (economic or not)

Software/infrastructure Still some home made applications Dspace used in 2 institutions Fedora will be in use in other 2

institutions It seems that some institutions could

reconsider Fedora in some time. It could be used for preservation also.

Persistent URLs Some countries have developed

their own “easy” URN but based on standard.

You may use DOI but there are costs.

Recomendation:It doesn´t matter which system you

use, but use one.

Economic sustainibility General idea: it is a basic

infrastructure, so it has some costs.

It should be not just a project. Its here to stay.

Branding Maybe the repositories should

only be data providers. Most access is done via Google.

Mark the document itself (logo, watermark, etc.)

Its a managers concern. Authors want to go to international repositories

Any question?