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8/8/2019 The UAB Research Repository CIDay

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A pilot project between Lister Hill Library

& the School of Optometry

September 16, 2010

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes ofHealth, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3502 with the University of Maryland Baltimore.

Liz Lorbeer & Mark Bolding, Principle Investigators


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Where SOO research is stored

on now:

Flash drives

Lab computers

Personal computers

Disparate servers


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In the

beginning.

Scientist and

Librarian meet

over coffee todiscuss the

concept for a

repository.Lets apply for a

grant!

Photo from: lucyscoffeeandtea.com


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Express Library

Digitization Award

Awarded June 2010 from the National

Network of Libraries of Medicine

Amount of $4,728 to purchase

equipment

Pilot to be completed by April 2011

http://nnlm.gov/sea/funding/librarydigit.html


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Platform/EquipmentDesign Phase

DSpace, Open Source Software

Dell PowerEdge R610, Rack Server

Operating in a VMware environment


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Platform FunctionalityDesign Phase

Co-develop with UAB IT Research

Computing a platform allowing for self-

deposit in the repository.

Provide the ability to manage & share

data effectively

Librarians manage the data curation.


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Examples of Digital AssetsSet Up Phase

images

data sets

streaming media

protocols

lab notes

works in progress

brain-mapping data

article preprints/postprints


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In the Set Up Phase,were testing right now

How to deposit large quantities of data.

How to describe the data.

Organizing the data in the repository.

Preservation


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In the Set Up Phase,were asking

In what state or at what stage should

data be deposited?

How much of it?

How to handle data sets that are

connected to grants & publications.


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Overall Pilot Goals:

Distribute unique data that cannot be found

through conventional outlets.

Share knowledge throughout the global

community.

Provide the UAB community a cohesiveplatform to self-archive research.

Build a repository thats easy to use.


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Sneak Peek

You can preview the Research

Repository at http://dspace.uabgrid.uab.edu

You can read more about the pilot athttp://www.uab.edu/lister/collection-information/dspace

You can be part of the discussion at theUAB Research Notebook athttp://www.lhl.uab.edu/researchnb


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UAB Research Notebook

Companion to the UAB Research Repository.

Designed to facilitate discussion about

research writing and communication.

Good research = Active repository


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Do you want a Free Lunch?And want to know more about the pilot.

Tuesday, October 19th at Noon

Ireland Room, 3

rd

Floor of Lister HillLibrary, 1700 University Blvd.


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Acknowledgement & Thanks

John Paul Robinson, Shantanu Pavgi,

Valerie Gordon, Cathy Beadlecomb,

Nicole Mitchell, Lisa Ennis, Stefanie

Rookis, Scott Plutchak, Gabe Rios,

Matthew Wyatt and the faculty and

students at the School of Optometry.


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Liz Lorbeer Mark Bolding

Lister Hill Library Center for Vision [email protected] [email protected]

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