© 2004 University of Rochester Libraries Slide 1 Enhancing DSpace Based on a Work-Practice Study DSpace Federation User Group Meeting March 10, 2004 Dave Lindahl, Manager, Digital Initiatives Nancy Foster, Lead Anthropologist University of Rochester
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Enhancing DSpace Based on a Work-Practice Study
DSpace Federation User Group Meeting
March 10, 2004
Dave Lindahl, Manager, Digital InitiativesNancy Foster, Lead Anthropologist
University of Rochester
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Acknowledgments
The University of Rochester and River
Campus Libraries thank the
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
for their generous support of this project
through a National Leadership Grant.
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Objectives
1. Customize DSpace so that…
Faculty want to use it Faculty put a lot of
good content into it
2. Provide insights about grey literature
How faculty produce and share their own
How they find and use others’
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Design
Traditional approach
Limited user input Mostly after
prototpying
Co-design approach User engaged from
the beginning “Discover” user
needs Refine with user
input
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Work-Practice Study
Adapts traditional anthropological methods
Observe and document people engaging in
their normal activities
Conduct interviews
Ask about customary practices and tools
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Work-Practice Study
Study at RIT Study of work
practices of faculty and library staff
Co-design of a tool (ImageShare)
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Work-Practice Study
Study at RIT Fieldwork
Tours, interviews, and observation Committees on systems, copyright, cataloging,
and digitizing Capture and representation
Videotaping, audio, artifacts Storyboards
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Work-Practice Study
Study at RIT Library Staff Use
Integrated with library catalog Faculty Use
Light table metaphor (drag and drop surface) Carousel view (side by side display) Access to class presentation (HTML export)
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Work-Practice Study
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Work-Practice Study
Stages of this study Discovery
Data gathering Concepts
Engineering Design Programming
Cycles of use and refinement
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Data Gathering
Modified work-practice study
Interviews with faculty members
Videotape
Usually in their offices
Demonstration of typical research activities
Tour of office
Attention to grey literature
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Interview Tools and Outputs
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Interview Transcripts
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Interviews
First round: sixteen interviews
Economics
Linguistics
Physics
Political Science
Visual and Cultural Studies
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Project Teams
Core Team Librarian Computer scientist Anthropologist Collection developer Programmer Graphic designer
Project Team Core team plus four
reference librarians and a cataloger
Overall project responsibility
Added expertise, work the camera, get faculty to talk to us
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Stages of this study Discovery
Data gathering Concepts
Engineering Design Programming
Cycles of use and refinement
Work-Practice Study
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Raw Data
Raw data from videos
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Preliminary Findings
Native organizational schemes Tasks Timeline Projects Sites Media and materials Computer contents
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Preliminary Findings
Institution’s grey literature concerns… Permanence: the safekeeping of works of enduring
value Communication: the sharing of its own faculty’s
scholarly output Prestige: showcasing the work of university faculty and
researchers to enhance the image of the institution Budget: finding alternatives to the purchase of high-
priced, commercially published journals (“not paying twice for the same work”)
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Preliminary Findings
Individuals’ grey literature concerns…
Permanence: the safekeeping of works of enduring
value Prestige: building one’s own reputation Communication: sharing one’s own papers with
colleagues and the public and gaining access to the work of others
Research robustness: finding and using the full range of other scholars’ work in one’s own work
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Brainstorming
Project team Interviews and transcripts Magic wands
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Wands
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Wands
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Wands
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Wands
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Wands
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Brainstorming
A range of ideas (>100) General ideas about what faculty want and
need Specific enhancements to institutional
repository software
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Brainstorming
Raw Data
Findings Concepts
Concepts
Inspiration
Problemsolving
Analysis
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Concepts
Measure and communicate quality Community peer review Popularity Published reviews Bibliographic references Supporting data Discussion groups Recommendation to colleagues and peers Visually cued rating system based on multiple,
independent factors
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Concepts
Augment current research process Annotation of online content Research process capture tool Automate retaining copyright Include data with article Generate citation links and cited by lists
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Concepts
Provide an authoring environment Collaborative authoring Document management, versioning Backup safety net Easy transition to publish in institutional archive Integrate with…
Office applications Email client Discipline-specific tools
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Concepts
After it’s published, now I can… Fix errors in published work Withdrawal notification Track what others do with my stuff Read reviews / see who cites my work Provide supporting data Grant permission to use
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What’s Next?
Open-access folder has… This presentation
Additional findings will be added
http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-331
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Questions?