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Vicki Tobias vtobias@library.wisc 608.265.6381

Introduction to MINDS@UW and Institutional Repositories. Vicki Tobias vtobias@library.wisc.edu 608.265.6381. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center. Contains: 268 hours of audio 223,177 citations 1,609 finding aids 41,388 images

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Vicki Tobias vtobias@library.wisc 608.265.6381

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  1. Introduction to MINDS@UW and Institutional Repositories Vicki Tobias vtobias@library.wisc.edu 608.265.6381 http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu

  2. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center • Contains: • 268 hours of audio • 223,177 citations • 1,609 finding aids • 41,388 images • 8,400 books and journals comprised of 1,300,000 pages • Serves: • 13 Four-year campuses • 13 Two-year campuses http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  3. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center • The UWDCC includes: • UW Digital Collections (digital library)--static projects--content “selected”, e.g. collection development--UWDCC-managed--production work completed by UWDCChttp://uwdc.library.wisc.edu • MINDS@UW (institutional repository) --ongoing projects --content provider-managed --production work completed by content provider http://minds.wisconsin.edu http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  4. What is an Institutional Repository? • Institution-based • Cumulative and perpetual • Contains scholarly material in digital formats • Provides faculty with long-term storage of research data, teaching materials, and publications • Has the potential to create a new publishing model http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  5. What is MINDS@UW? • Captures • Digital research material in any format • Directly from creators (faculty/staff) • Describes • Descriptive, technical, rights metadata • Persistent identifiers/handle • Distributes • Searchable and accessible • Uses DSpace software as the database interface (open source and interoperable) • Preserves • Large-scale, stable, managed long-term storage • Bitstream guaranteed http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  6. What can MINDS@UW do for faculty and staff? • Alternative to self-archiving • Time-saving administration of digital content • Fast, efficient “publication” and dissemination of work • Increased visibility (“Googleable”) • Usage reports that track use of content • Email notification of new content • Permanent archiving abilities • Sophisticated searching capabilities http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  7. Possible Faculty Concerns • Intellectual property rights • What content can go into the repository? • Text-based documents, images, data sets • Access • Who can use the content? • How can they use the content? • Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) • Policies • Who decides what goes into the repository? • Workload • Who does the work? • How much time does it take? http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  8. MINDS@UW Organization • Communities • Research or organizational units • Collections (within communities) • Distinct groupings of like items • Items (within collections) • Logical content objects • Receive persistent identifier http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  9. Key Features • Content • Any format, e.g. .doc, .ppt, .xls, .pdf • Associate multiple files with one item • Description and Metadata • Provided by content submitters • Easy to input, Web-based form • Accessibility • Full-text searchable (.txt, .doc, html, and pdf) • Retrievable through search engines http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  10. http://minds.wisconsin.edu

  11. For More Information Contact: Vicki Tobias, vtobias@library.wisc.edu; Peter Gorman, pgorman@library.wisc.edu MINDS@UW: http://minds.wisconsin.edu e-mail: MINDS@library.wisc.edu http://minds.wisconsin.edu

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