TAACCCT Repository Services David Walker & Rick Lumadue California State University MERLOT
TAACCCTRepository Services
David Walker & Rick Lumadue
California State UniversityMERLOT
Introduction
• What is SkillsCommons?• Tour of the site• How to contribute materials• Goal: Preparing for your submissions
What is SkillsCommons?
• The official repository for TAACCCT OER• Digital preservation service• The start of a bigger project
1. Capture and Preserve2. Enable easy & reliable discovery3. Demonstrate the adoption of TAACCCT OER 4. Sustain the TAACCCT OER collection and
community of developers and users
What is SkillsCommons?
• Technology– DSpace: open source repository system– Hosted on Amazon Cloud
• CSU / MERLOT– Librarians– Educators– Technologists
Contribute materials
• Prepare your materials– CC license– Format (esp. audio and video)
• Cataloging– Describe the submission– Upload files– Review– Submit
Cataloging considerations
• Type of material– Learning resources– Program support materials
• Level of contribution– Course– Individual item (e.g., simulation)
• Single submission or Batch submission
Questions
Rick LumadueProject [email protected]
David WalkerCSU Director Systemwide Dig. Lib. [email protected]