Expanding the Focus of the IR: Scholars’ Bank at the University of Oregon Elizabeth Breakstone, Reference Librarian Heather Briston, University Archivist Carol Hixson, Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services University of Oregon Libraries
Expanding the Focus of the IR: Scholars’ Bank at the University of Oregon Elizabeth Breakstone, Reference Librarian Heather Briston, University Archivist.
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Expanding the Focus of the IR: Scholars’ Bank at the University of Oregon
Elizabeth Breakstone, Reference Librarian
Heather Briston, University Archivist
Carol Hixson, Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon Libraries
Presentation to the
DSpace Federation 2nd User Group Meeting
University of Cambridge 7 July 2005
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/960
UO Scholars’ Bank
HistoryChallengesRethinking and RestructuringSuccessesFuture Growth
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu
History
Initial Vision Faculty content Self-submission Buy-in to open access model
Challenges
Cultural Faculty Time Intellectual Property Concerns Authenticity of Submissions Limitations of the vision
Technical Submission model Metadata Version control and revision User Interface
First Eight Months
Rethinking and Restructuring
Expand definition of “Scholarly output” Faculty output
Individual and group work (journals) Library collections
Electronic records of the University Finding aids Articles, presentations, etc.
Campus publications Newsletters Planning documents
Student works Theses and dissertations Special projects Research interest groups
Miscellaneous
Type of Material
Faculty Output
Faculty Output
Electronic Records
Electronic Records
Campus Publications
Student Work
Student Work
Student Work
Rethinking and Restructuring
Evolving policy framework Submission Metadata standards Copyright and licensing Institutional commitment Division of responsibilities
Submission
Metadata Standards
Rethinking and Restructuring
Local Contextual Wrapper Personalized information Answer questions of local interest Built in redundancy Varying levels of detail Educate on issues and link to broader
movement
Personalized Information
Link to Broader Movement
Rethinking and Restructuring
Visibility and Awareness Involve subject specialists Share success stories Work with known allies Link to materials from catalog Make connections beyond campus Provide use statistics
Share Success Stories
Link to Materials From Catalog
Make Connections Beyond Campus
Growth Over Time
Rethinking and Restructuring
CreativityFlexibilityThinking broadly
Future Growth
Continue to acquire contentContinue to marketAlign further with instructional programsDevelop self-submission among selected groupsEstablish advisory groupDevelop searching guides and interfacesContribute further to software developmentRefine use statisticsIntegrate into web redesign and federated searchCommunicate with subject specialists to recognize potential communities and collections
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Corey Harper of the University of Oregon Libraries for his expertise and technical assistance throughout this project.
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