Abstract
Exposing Research Content: Selecting a Tribe and Keeping it Free!
Authors: Dr. Michael O’Connor (Research Data Librarian) & Norma Menabney (Subject Librarian), McClay Library, Queen’s University Belfast.
This paper features two independent case studies occurring within the McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast: (1) The Theses and Data Repository (Queen's Research Portal) & Northern Ireland Official Publications (NIOPA) Archive. The goal of both platforms has been the exposure of research content—assisting online users to access content relevant to their research and free at the point of access. One project chose open source software; the second selected a subscription model.
Speakers share the details for both, the considerations that led to these decisions, how the technical infrastructure for these activities shaped outcomes, and the implications. Hear about university research in the form of e-theses and datasets using an existing commercial repository current research information system called PURE (commercial/subscription model), in which the innate discoverability of this content improved through metadata enrichment, but also some content was restricted by the limitations and options set out by the system.
Learn also about the move to born-digital official publications (NIOPA Archive), creating a bespoke open access repository using DSpace. Collaboration has been central to the delivery of legal deposit requirements of libraries, under contract, from where records are shared through data to transform from DC to MARC. The sustainability is centered around in-house expertise and third-party cooperation, driven by research need and the public good, and all at no financial cost.
Both case studies, both open access, reference metadata standards in a repository context. The authors highlight recommendations beyond the specifics of these projects, drawing upon the sustainability of repositories, collaborative and cooperative endeavors, and, crucially, the education/careers of library staff and allied professionals who, increasingly, cannot escape metadata, but must find the means to be excited by it.
The e-thesis repository can be found here: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/
The NIOPA archive can be found here: https://niopa.qub.ac.uk/
This article is based on a revised version of a paper presented at the Computers in Library Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA (March 2024). The Computers in Library conferences is the leading technology conference for Librarians and Information Managers.
Please note this article is only available in print to subscribers. It is not available in digital format owing to copyright reasons.
Authors: Dr. Michael O’Connor (Research Data Librarian) & Norma Menabney (Subject Librarian), McClay Library, Queen’s University Belfast.
This paper features two independent case studies occurring within the McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast: (1) The Theses and Data Repository (Queen's Research Portal) & Northern Ireland Official Publications (NIOPA) Archive. The goal of both platforms has been the exposure of research content—assisting online users to access content relevant to their research and free at the point of access. One project chose open source software; the second selected a subscription model.
Speakers share the details for both, the considerations that led to these decisions, how the technical infrastructure for these activities shaped outcomes, and the implications. Hear about university research in the form of e-theses and datasets using an existing commercial repository current research information system called PURE (commercial/subscription model), in which the innate discoverability of this content improved through metadata enrichment, but also some content was restricted by the limitations and options set out by the system.
Learn also about the move to born-digital official publications (NIOPA Archive), creating a bespoke open access repository using DSpace. Collaboration has been central to the delivery of legal deposit requirements of libraries, under contract, from where records are shared through data to transform from DC to MARC. The sustainability is centered around in-house expertise and third-party cooperation, driven by research need and the public good, and all at no financial cost.
Both case studies, both open access, reference metadata standards in a repository context. The authors highlight recommendations beyond the specifics of these projects, drawing upon the sustainability of repositories, collaborative and cooperative endeavors, and, crucially, the education/careers of library staff and allied professionals who, increasingly, cannot escape metadata, but must find the means to be excited by it.
The e-thesis repository can be found here: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/
The NIOPA archive can be found here: https://niopa.qub.ac.uk/
This article is based on a revised version of a paper presented at the Computers in Library Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA (March 2024). The Computers in Library conferences is the leading technology conference for Librarians and Information Managers.
Please note this article is only available in print to subscribers. It is not available in digital format owing to copyright reasons.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 36 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Volume | 44 |
| No. | 5 |
| Specialist publication | Computers in Libraries |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2024 |