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National Repository Strategies: Some Higher and Further Education Examples

Charles Duncan C.Duncan@intrallect.com. National Repository Strategies: Some Higher and Further Education Examples. 2-day Symposium. Implementing National Repositories Symposium 26/27 June 2008 JORUM, UK, HE+FE, 600 institutions COLEG, Scotland, FE, 40 institutions

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National Repository Strategies: Some Higher and Further Education Examples

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  1. Charles Duncan C.Duncan@intrallect.com National Repository Strategies: Some Higher and Further Education Examples

  2. 2-day Symposium • Implementing National Repositories Symposium • 26/27 June 2008 • JORUM, UK, HE+FE, 600 institutions • COLEG, Scotland, FE, 40 institutions • NDLR, Ireland, HE+FE, 21 institutions • NCEL, Saudi Arabia, HE, 20 institutions

  3. JORUM Jorum Open

  4. COLEG • A partnership of Scotland’s colleges based on member’s subscriptions • 13 years of collaboration (established 1995) • COLEG “key contact” in each college • A mechanism for sharing high quality learning materials • Initially paper-based • 46,000 hours of materials • Using repository from January 2008

  5. NDLR • Pilot project Goal: • Producing a full ongoing repository service for “Teaching and Learning Resources” • Developing and supporting communities of academics in different academic disciplines • 3 year pilot + 1 year evaluation = Future Roadmap for Full Service • Evaluation ends Dec 2008

  6. NCEL • National Centre for eLearning and Distance Learning, Saudi Arabia • Just starting repository project • Summer 2008

  7. Topics Content Motivation Rights Ease of use Quality Implementing National Repositories History Critical mass Infrastructure Staff roles Sustainability

  8. Content • Supplier/Consumer model • Who supplies content? • Individuals, projects, institutions • Funded initiatives, commissioned • Commercial publishers • Open Educational Resources (OER) • Who consumes content? • Teachers • Students

  9. Content • JORUM • Suppliers: Funded projects, individuals • Consumers: Teachers • COLEG • Suppliers: Legacy material, projects • Consumers: college representatives • NDLR • Suppliers: communities of practice (existing, bespoke) • Consumers: communities of practice, teachers

  10. COLEG NDLR JORUM Motivation

  11. Rights • JORUM • Depositor’s licence (institutional) • Conditions of use (no re-deposit) • Jorum Open – Creative Commons • COLEG • Existing licence conditions • NDLR • Similar to Jorum • But additional individual Depositor’s licence

  12. Ease of Use • JORUM • Need user account • Need institution to have signed agreement • Jorum Open – moving towards open access • COLEG • Need user account • NDLR • Need user account

  13. Ease of Use • Evidence from other repositories is that need to register is a barrier to use • Open access interface to same repository can act as a shop window • 1-9-90 rule

  14. Quality • JORUM • Quality assures metadata • No review of content • COLEG • Formal peer-review process with quality “mark” • Also un-reviewed without quality mark • NDLR • Customisable publishing workflows

  15. History • JORUM • 3 year set-up phase • 3 year service (in preparation) phase • Now revised service based on lessons learned • COLEG • 13 years non-repository based,1 year repository • NDLR • 3 year pilot phase, 1 year evaluation • Service to start 2009

  16. Critical Mass • Is critical mass a useful concept? • It is a user-centred concept • Bulk migration • JORUM • Project-based, response variable • COLEG • Centrally supported migration • NDLR • Communities of Practice use different approaches

  17. NDLR Communities of Practice Repository to support Communities NOT Communities built around a repository • Applied Social Studies (ASSCoP) • Apprentice-based Learning • Art & Conflict • Chemical and Physical Sciences (CPSCoP) • Computer Science (CSCoP) • Education (EDUCoP) • Library Information Skills • Mathematics and Statistics Service Teaching in Higher Education (MSHECoP) • Mechanical Engineering (MECoP) • Modern Languages (ModLangCoP) • Nursing and Midwifery (NMCoP) • Technology Enhanced Learning (TELCoP) • Veterinary and Bio-Environmental (VETBIOCoP)

  18. Infrastructure • National authentication (ATHENS, OpenAthens) • Funding support for projects (JISC, HEA, SFC) • Content • Reuse • Integration • Information support (JISC) • Rights awareness • E-learning/pedagogy/standards awareness

  19. Roles Project manager Repository administrator Community coordinators Outreach/PR/marketing Legal/licence coordinator Librarian Cataloguers Content Manager Trainers Evaluator Developers (technical) Support/help desk Steering group (direction) Approaches Core team Full-time/part-time Seconded Out-sourced Volunteers Rotate roles Ensure representation for all stakeholder institutions and groups Staff Roles

  20. Sustainability

  21. Sustainability • Requires measures of success • Stakeholders need different measures • Institutions, users, contributors, funders • Hard metrics • Numbers, references, generations • Soft metrics • Cultural change, impact, quality , satisfaction • Stories

  22. More Information • Concept maps • Report • To come… • Improving the evidence base for sharing educational resources (Dec 2008)

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