Geoff Payne

ARROW Project Manager

1 April 2004

Genesis Monash University information

management perspective Desire to integrate initiatives such as electronic

press, e-print repository and e-theses Anticipating incremental inclusion of future

developments, such as learning objects, research resources

Informed by digital library initiatives internationally

Philosophical view extended to national framework

ARROW Partners Management Partners

Monash University (lead institution) University of New South Wales Swinburne University of Technology National Library of Australia

Associate Partners (informed) Activity Partners (Deployment)

Purpose Identification, testing and development

of software solution/s for integrated institutional digital repositories of research materials and outputs

Federated national resource discovery services (NLA)

Digital objects repository at NLA DEST research directory Other uses possible later

Business drivers Increasing the impact of institutional

and Australian research Showcasing institutional and

Australian research Providing alternatives to current

scholarly publishing outlets (longer term objective)

Organisation Management Committee comprising

representatives from all four institutions Project Manager Monash (Library and ITS) will lead and

supervise the project, drawing on skills from all partners and others

Deliverables Software platforms and storage

solutions at four sites Representative clusters of content Documentation Availability of repositories for metadata

harvesting (including to ADT) Assisting other institutions with

repositories

ARROW model

ARROW stages Demonstration (2004)

Developing architecture, selecting, testing and developing software

Deployment (late 2004 – end 2005) Populating the ARROW Partners’

repositories Distribution (mid 2005 – end 2006)

Enabling others to participate

ARROW activities Project management (2004-2006)

Overall management Communication/liaison Managing expectations Preparation for each stage and project exit Ongoing assessment (2004-2006)

Technical, cultural, economic and management Reporting on each stage

Liaison with other demonstrator projects (2004-2006)

Activities – cont. Common digital repository

infrastructure (2004) Open standards based services architecture

(the ARROW architecture) Specify, source, install and develop software Interoperability within and between

institutions 4 ARROW compliant repositories Documentation of installation and metadata

standards

Activities – cont. Incorporating theses and extending

capacity of ADT Programme (2004) Manage theses metadata and submission of

digital theses Software no less functional than present

ADT offering Incorporating OAI-PMH compliance Data capture from multiple sources Efficient harvesting Interaction with other metadata services

Activities – cont. Creating the e-prints module (2004)

Module to submit and manage e-prints No less functionality than eprints.org

software Improved management of self-submission

and administrative functions

Activities – cont. Creating the independent scholars’

repository (2004) Installed at NLA for people not affiliated with

a university Same software as for e-prints module Management of content submission from

independent scholars Other possible uses later (research

resources including images, databases)

Activities – cont. Implementing the electronic press

module (2004) Create or integrate a module to manage an

electronic press (journals, conference papers, monographs – selected, not self-submission)

[Monash e-press will proceed as a separate development in order to meet its own internal timelines, with a view to partial or full convergence into ARROW a later stage]

Activities – cont. Creating the research directory module

(2004) Utilising annual DEST returns to

systematically build repository and showcase institutional output

Web-based database linked into repository and to library resources

Automatic permissions process Communicating about copyright to authors Driving cultural change

Activities – cont. Implementing cross-repository resource

discovery mechanisms (2004-2005) Automated harvesting and re-purposing

metadata Applying international standards and

specifications Supported by descriptive metadata (DRM,

persistent identification, archiving) Searching through range of discovery tools

(1. NLA; 2. education.au, web search engines) Web branded interfaces, exposed external

discovery services, alerting services

Activities – cont. Populating robust repositories (2005-

2006) Robust and scalable architecture Effective submission processes Range of content from research areas Advocacy campaign aimed at local

researchers (and independent scholars) Linked to research directories

Activities – cont. Provision of repository services to other

institutions (2006) Hosting repositories of non-consortial

members (if practical) Assisting other institutions to establish

ARROW solutions Documentation and tools Active support and training

Progress to date Contract with DEST finalised Project manager appointed Committee reviewed scope/activities 2003 study tour (UK and USA)

advanced understanding established contacts (JISC; DSpace;

FEDORA; Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London)

Progress to Date (Cont.)

Content and Technology activity streams established ARROW Content Committee

Establish cultural change strategies Establish content capture strategies Execute content capture strategies Establish assisted content submission

services

Progress to Date (Cont.)

ARROW Technology Committee Develop requirements Evaluate solutions Specify developments

Progress to Date (Cont.)

ARROW Identity under development Logo Stationery Web site

Progress to Date (Cont.)

Close working relationship with the ADT Project ARROW Project manager member of

the ADT Technical Committee AFT Technical Committee represented

on the ARROW Technical Committee Metadata specifications need to be

common to both projects to ensure interoperability

Further information

Details of the ARROW project can be found at:

arrow.edu.au

(Site under construction)