http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu

Vicki Tobias vtobias@library.wisc.edu608.265.6381

Introduction to MINDS@UW and Institutional Repositories

http://minds.wisconsin.edu

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center

Contains: 268 hours of audio 223,177 citations 1,609 finding aids 41,388 images 8,400 books and journals

comprised of 1,300,000 pages

Serves: 13 Four-year campuses 13 Two-year campuses

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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center

The UWDCC includes: UW Digital Collections (digital library)

--static projects--content “selected”, e.g. collection development--UWDCC-managed--production work completed by UWDCChttp://uwdc.library.wisc.edu

MINDS@UW (institutional repository)--ongoing projects--content provider-managed--production work completed by content providerhttp://minds.wisconsin.edu

http://minds.wisconsin.edu

What is an Institutional Repository?

Institution-based Cumulative and perpetual Contains scholarly material in digital formats Provides faculty with long-term storage of research

data, teaching materials, and publications Has the potential to create a new publishing model

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What is MINDS@UW? Captures

Digital research material in any format Directly from creators (faculty/staff)

Describes Descriptive, technical, rights metadata Persistent identifiers/handle

Distributes Searchable and accessible Uses DSpace software as the database interface (open source

and interoperable) Preserves

Large-scale, stable, managed long-term storage Bitstream guaranteed

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What can MINDS@UW do for faculty and staff?

Alternative to self-archiving Time-saving administration of digital content Fast, efficient “publication” and dissemination of

work Increased visibility (“Googleable”) Usage reports that track use of content Email notification of new content Permanent archiving abilities Sophisticated searching capabilities

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Possible Faculty Concerns

Intellectual property rights What content can go into the repository? Text-based documents, images, data sets

Access Who can use the content? How can they use the content? Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/)

Policies Who decides what goes into the repository?

Workload Who does the work? How much time does it take?

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MINDS@UW Organization

Communities Research or organizational units

Collections (within communities) Distinct groupings of like items

Items (within collections) Logical content objects Receive persistent identifier

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Key Features

Content Any format, e.g. .doc, .ppt, .xls, .pdf Associate multiple files with one item

Description and Metadata Provided by content submitters Easy to input, Web-based form

Accessibility Full-text searchable (.txt, .doc, html, and

pdf) Retrievable through search engines

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For More Information

Contact: Vicki Tobias, vtobias@library.wisc.edu;

Peter Gorman, pgorman@library.wisc.edu

MINDS@UW:http://minds.wisconsin.edu

e-mail: MINDS@library.wisc.edu