Session: 21st Century Libraries “IT + IM = IR”

Information Technology + Information Management = Institutional Repository

Robin M. DixonAugust 15, 2011

21st Century Libraries: “IT + IM = IR” Information Technology + Information Management =

The Goddard Library Institutional Repository

The Goddard Library Repository—2—August 15, 2011

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The Goddard Library Repository

Overview Repository Content and Features Demonstration The Goddard Library IR: An IM Project or An IT

Project? Questions?

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Overview Began developing the Goddard Library Repository in 2009 Designed to store, distribute, and preserve publications and other

resources resulting from the work of the Center Pilot collections include the NASA Case Studies Collection, the

Goddard Colloquia Collection, and the Authors & Publications Collection.

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Overview: Underlying Technologies

Open Source Ubuntu Server (Linux) MySQL Apache

Tomcat Lucene Webserver

SHERPA/RoMEO API

Commercial OpenURL Link Resolver

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Repository Contents

NASA Case Studies Collection

Authors & Publications Collection

The Goddard Colloquia Collection

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NASA Case Studies CollectionThe

Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer (OCKO) has developed a collection of case studies to enhance learning at workshops, training, retreats and conferences.

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Authors & Publications Collection Contains Goddard Authors & Publications Information from 2008-present Identifies the specific Goddard authors on each publication Features searching by author, title, subject, and keyword

Can identify Goddard affiliated authors and create useful relationships among them and their co-authors and group authors by organizational codes.

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Author Record

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The Goddard Colloquia Collection Library collection of Colloquia date back to 1967 –

presentations given prior to 1995 will be audio only We collect, archive, index and make the resources available to

the Goddard community Some items may be streamed - those not available for

streaming may be borrowed from the library for viewing on personal devices

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Colloquia Record Provides Title and Abstract Features on screen playing of the video Search by keyword Click to search on the Series Information about the original physical format

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Demonstration

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A Search on Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)

IBEX Search

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The Goddard Library IR: An Information Management Project Dependent on IT

Basic System Requirements(from an Information Management Perspective)

Flexible architecture Repository Metadata schemas

Sources for data Author authority Publication information

Data management Crosswalks Utility for loading and de-duping records Utility for matching authors Linking to full-text

Open source technologies

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Lessons Learned Talk to the end user early and often

»Refine different requirements»Usability testing at multiple stages

Publisher metadata can be problematic»Author disambiguation»Record de-duping»OpenURL creation

Automation can only go so far»Quality control»Need to change scripts

There’s always something new on the horizon14

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QUESTIONS?

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Robin M. Dixon, Branch HeadThe Goddard Library

Robin.M.Dixon@nasa.govPhone: 301-286-9230

Fax: 301-286-1755

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