the repositories landscape: where are repositories now and what’s around the corner? ukda-store...
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The repositories Landscape: where are Repositories now and what’s around the corner?
UKDA-store
Louise CortiUKDA, University of Essex
MIMAS OPEN FORUM 2008
What is UKDA-store?
• UKDA-store is a self-archiving system hosted by the UK Data Archive (UKDA)
• Its focus is the storage and sharing of primary research data from the social and behavioural sciences
• UKDA-store is currently only open to ESRC researchers (Phase I)
• Will roll out to other funders in Phase II
Why ESRC?
• Research data and output sharing is an important part of publicly funded research, and research funders are increasingly implementing formal data sharing polices
• The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) was the first UK funding bodies to initiate a data sharing policy and fund an archive to house research data generated as a result of its research support
• These data are currently made available via the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)
• a rich and diverse stock of social and economic data is now available to the wider community..but can be more
Why UKDA-store?
• Not all data can be formally archived with ESDS or UKDA– too many offers of data
– not enough processing capacity
– data may not suit our Collections Development Policy
• We turn data away. Until, now there has been nowhere else to put social science data. Creators can keep and disseminate themselves but typically do not
• UKDA-store set up to host data that cannot come to ESDS, but are shareable
• http://store.data-archive.ac.uk/store
Managing and sharing data outputs
Harvests record from ERC EST
• Uses OAI feed
Add more metadata then data
User defined tag
Approval process
• Approval for all uploads to system is required• Acquisitions team assess metadata and data
– Checks for viruses, confidentiality and material content and type
– Manually okayed via email
Sharing the record
• Data can be open, embargoed or closed
• Request to access closed records in the system requires an email to the Principal Contributor (PC)
• Other people can be added to add more data or contribute materials e.g. related publications
• Only PCs and the Administrator can take delete projects and data
• Disclaimer and Take-down policy
What technology?
• StORe was a JISC project that stood for : Source-to-Output Repositories.
• StORe is a customisation and rewrite of the ELATED open source software. ELATED is an application that was designed to operate on top of the Fedora repository system (see http://www.fedora-commons.org).
• ELATED provides a simple user interface and set of functionality that allows Fedora to be used as the back-end to a general-purpose digital assets management system
ELATED
• ELATED allows all users to browse collections with public visibility
• Once logged in, users have the ability to create and manage their own public or private collections
• ELATED also allows for shared - or collaborative - collections to which multiple users my contribute
• Collaborative collections contain a simple workflow system that allows editors to monitor and approve of submissions
• ELATED is based on Fedora 2.1.1
Issues we are confronting
• No formal preservation for collections in UKDA-store
• Primary aim is to share materials quickly and also provide front-line support for them
• Metadata is VERY minimal, might look to enhance with other schema e.g. DDI
• How does this collection map to the ESDS collection and how will we search and promote both?
What future issues are pertinent?
• Subject based repositories can better support their collections than institutional repositories for research data collections. They have the in-house expertise to handle data acquisition, vetting, ingest and promotion and user support. Dedicated guidance and support for contributors and collection users
• What about metadata? Who should provide it and how much help do both repository managers and contributors need in making sure metadata are appropriate for the collection-types, especially for research data
• Do repositories always have a preservation role? How is this managed and what skills do staff need? Can preservation all be done in-house? Should it be?
My details
Louise Corti
UKDA
University of Essex
Have UKDA- Store liaison and promotion role
• Email: [email protected]• Tel: 01206 872145