Digital Institutional Repositories Research Articles

Perspective of the Institutional Digital Repository in the Protection and Diffusion of Academic Activity

Repositories emerge as an initiative to improve access to knowledge, constituting a digital-based alternative for academic communication. The need to develop a repository for the Universidad Privada María Serrana is proposed, given the need to create a space for disseminating and accessing academic works. The general objective was to analyze the perspective and transcendence of the institutional repository, and the specific objectives were to define the importance of creating an institutional digital repository, to determine the objectives and the content or type of materials, and to point out the benefits and difficulties that the development of the repository would have. It was a non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive, and cross- sectional research, applying an express questionnaire using Google Forms. The sampling was non-probabilistic, voluntary, and intentional, aimed at students and teachers from a population of 980 students and 130 teachers, with 105 students and 31 teachers participating. As the main results, all participants determined that creating an institutional repository was necessary, most of them considering that the objective would be to manage, preserve, and maintain the academic material in digital files. Regarding the reasons and importance of its creation, with most frequencies in the significant degree, they placed the option referred to the changes and technological advances.

ETDPC: A Multimodality Framework for Classifying Pages in Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) have been proposed, advocated, and generated for more than 25 years. Although ETDs are hosted by commercial or institutional digital library repositories, they are still an understudied type of scholarly big data, partially because they are usually longer than conference and journal papers. Segmenting ETDs will allow researchers to study sectional content. Readers can navigate to particular pages of interest, to discover and explore the content buried in these long documents. Most existing frameworks on document page classification are designed for classifying general documents, and perform poorly on ETDs. In this paper, we propose ETDPC. Its backbone is a two-stream multimodal model with a cross-attention network to classify ETD pages into 13 categories. To overcome the challenge of imbalanced labeled samples, we augmented data for minority categories and employed a hierarchical classifier. ETDPC outperforms the state-of-the-art models in all categories, achieving an F1 of 0.84 -- 0.96 for 9 out of 13 categories. We also demonstrated its data efficiency. The code and data can be found on GitHub (https://github.com/lamps-lab/ETDMiner/tree/master/etd_segmentation).

From Campus to Cloud

Arriving on a new campus in a new position, I found myself immediately tasked with migrating a digital institutional repository. My experiences revealed how, through careful planning, academic libraries with limited resources can make effective use of relatively inexpensive cloud services supporting their technology infrastructure projects.

Usability Test of DSpace on Nepalese Librarians

In Nepal, the use of DSpace is increasing for building digital institutional repositories; however, its usability for Nepalese librarians was yet to be evaluated. The usability test of DSpace on Nepalese librarians assisted in evaluating DSpace from their perspective and experience. This study aimed to assess the usability of DSpace on them, examine usability factors, and identify required intervention on DSpace and the skill of Nepalese librarians to increase usability of DSpace. The study also identified the impact of training on the usability of DSpace. The pre-test questionnaire and post-test questionnaire were applied to assess the impact of training. The training on DSpace increased usability significantly (p-value = 0.0001). The task performance usability test on them resulted infectivity and efficiency of DSpace. However, there was low relation between the number of errors and time consumption during their task performance. The increased usability of DSpace on Nepalese librarians indicated the hopeful sign of increasing digital content from Nepal in coming days.

From Digital Commons to Alma/Primo: enhancing the dissemination of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project collection is a group of approximately 120 DNP projects archived between 2017 and 2022 in Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC), the health sciences institutional repository (IR) for the George Washington University. Our project focused on expanding avenues for the dissemination of DNP projects beyond our Digital Commons IR by integrating this content into the library's instances of Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE. By utilizing the Ex Libris Repository type import profile rather than the OAI-PMH feed, we identified enhanced opportunities for content discovery while likewise retaining better control over individual item records.

Institutional Repositories as a Global Dissemination Tool of Educational And Scientific Information

The authors present an overview of publications on the introduction and use of digital institutional repositories (DIR) in different countries and in Ukraine. A variety of reference and scientific literature, and publications in international scientometric databases have been analyzed. The role of digital institutional repositories in providing access to full-text electronic achievements, disseminating research results, and maximizing their accessibility and scientific influence is highlighted. The problem of creating and using digital institutional repositories in the training of specialists in higher education, as well as the formation of their information and research competence, is considered. It is substantiated that institutional repositories are a powerful tool in pedagogical universities to conduct and disseminate scientific research results in education, pedagogy, and psychology. Particular attention is paid to the role of library materials in the formation and operation of digital institutional repositories. The experience of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University Library (Ukraine) is reflected separately. Keywords: digital institutional repository, information and research competence, open electronic scientific and educational systems, open science; pedagogical university library

Institutional digital repositories in Arab and foreign literature: literature Review

Institutional digital repositories in Arab and foreign literature: literature Review

Designing Metadata Creation Interface and Geographic Search Mechanism for Institutional Digital Repositories

Various organisations have established institutional digital repositories to preserve important documents and provide digital library and information services. Installing software and uploading files is only one aspect of creating a digital library; it is necessary to include metadata based on a standard metadata schema. This article presents techniques that are examined based on various digital library software applications. The focus of this paper is on different search techniques, such as text search, advanced search, and quick search. For fast data entry, the Gems script was utilized in metadata design. For convenient searching of digital library materials, it completely supports metadata indexing and browsing classifiers. The process of metadata creation and the geographic search mechanisms is important in institutional repositories. These two tasks have been completed utilizing Greenstone for metadata development and DSpace's quick map for geographic search mechanisms.

Retraction: Zhao, Xiaoyu (2022). “Chinese nationalism during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Conciliatory and confrontational discourses”. Nations and Nationalism. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12813

AbstractRetraction: Zhao, Xiaoyu (2022). “Chinese nationalism during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Conciliatory and confrontational discourses”. Nations and Nationalism. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12813. The above article, published online on January 4, 2022 in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editors‐in‐Chief, John Breuilly, Daphne Halikiopoulou, John Hutchinson and Eric Kaufmann, the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to unattributed overlap between this article and the following master's thesis available on the National University of Singapore's digital institutional repository, ScholarBank@NUS, “Not all nationalists are zealots: a discourse analysis of Chinese nationalism among Zhihu users” by Guo, Binglian, posted on 31 July 2019.

Foreign experience in evaluating the efficiency of scientific and pedagogical research

The article is devoted to the analysis of foreign experience in determining the criteria for assessing the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical research. Thus, the problems of qualified analysis of the source base and reproducibility of research, the use of formal scientometric indicators, altmetric approaches, and digital libraries are considered. Another conclusion of authors is to ensure the reliability of the results, and, accordingly, for higher evaluation indicators of research performance, peer-reviewed publications indexed in scientometric databases should be used as primary sources. At the same time, the implementation of a digital identifier (first of all DOI), the provision of open data of research results, and the availability of copies in digital institutional repositories also contribute to higher performance indicators of scientific and pedagogical research. Despite the implementation of various new scientometric indicators, still the most used is the citation (H-index). Altmetric indicators receive data from social networks. Articles are published in them have a faster release of the results. But many scientists still doubt whether there is a direct relationship between the publication impact according to the classical and altmetric approaches. The main reason for this is the authors’ ability to artificially influence some impact indicators.

Quality control (QC) of an institutional repository: a hands-on

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the quality control process and techniques of an open-source digital library (DL)/institutional repository (IR) in an institution. It will also demonstrate the challenges for quality control of a digital library in an institution. Design/methodology/approach It will explain metadata quality control and structural quality control and some matters that are important for an ideal IR. It also describes data migration from one repository to another. Findings Metadata without quality is just junk. Library personnel should have adequate library science educational qualifications to do the DL work. Non-professionals may create junk in the IR. Quality control can ensure the standard of a digital IR. Originality/value This study drowns upon the practical experience of DSpace quality control of a private university library in Bangladesh.

Solving SEO Issues in DSpace-based Digital Repositories

This paper discusses the importance of search engine optimization (SEO) for digital repositories. We first describe the importance of SEO in the academic environment. Online systems, such as institutional digital repositories, are established and used to disseminate scientific information. Next, we present a case study of our own institution’s DSpace repository, performing several SEO tests and identifying the potential SEO issues through a group of three independent audit tools. In this case study, we attempt to resolve most of the SEO problems that appeared within our research and propose solutions to them. After making the necessary adjustments, we were able to improve the quality of SEO variables by more than 59% compared to the non-optimized state (a fresh installation of DSpace). Finally, we apply the same software audit tools to a sample of global institutional repositories also based on DSpace. In the discussion, we compare the SEO sample results with the average score of the semi-optimized DSpace repository (from the case study) and make conclusions.

Digital Preservation, Accessibility, and Use of Electronic Theses and Dissertations in University Libraries in Nigeria

This study examined the concepts and aspects of digitization; digital preservation; digital resources; and access to, use of, and challenges posed by electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in university libraries in six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. It adopted a documentary research approach to highlight a critical examination of the various aspects of digitization (to provide electronic information services) as practiced by various university libraries and some library schools in Nigeria. Print theses and dissertations (T/Ds) are digitized by document scanning or direct text input (alphanumeric characters) into computer systems. Digital resources include e-books, e-journals, ETDs, and other forms of documents in electronic formats. ETDs are preserved through digitization, archiving, and creation of websites and databases as well as through floating institutional digital repositories (IDRs). ETD access is facilitated by tools such as automated library catalogs and classification schemes, online public access catalog, indexes, abstracts, bibliographies, and mobile devices such as smartphones and personal computers. ETDs are capable of meeting research and publication needs of teaching, information service delivery, and knowledge sharing. Challenges to digital preservation, access, and use of ETDs include inadequate information and communications technology (ICT) facilities, low ICT proficiency, and erratic power supply. Thus, this study recommended that management teams of universities in Nigeria commit adequate funding to procure ICT facilities, thus providing automatic standby generating plants and increasing incentives for library and digital preservation staff. Collaboration among stakeholders such as university libraries and the National Library of Nigeria should be encouraged to create a national union catalog of T/Ds in Nigerian universities and thus enable a platform for a national database. Access to IDRs will further strengthen worldwide university networking. This study will thus add value to the existing studies on ICT application in university libraries and e-resources in university libraries in Nigeria.

Integration of Domain-Specific Metadata Schema for Cultural Heritage Resources to DSpace: A Prototype Design

This article highlights the practical experiences about the implementation of LIDO metadata schema in DSpace for managing museum and cultural resources. LIDO is a domain specific metadata schema for museum and cultural resources. Presently, library and information centers are not only building their digital institutional repository, but also museums, archiving centers are interesting to develop their digital archiving system. Before digital archiving, it is mandate to keep in mind that standard metadata schema should be provided for proper items or objects or resources for building digital archiving system for museum and cultural resources. DSpace is a popular system for building digital; institutional repositories. The DSpace uses general metadata schema i.e. Dublin Core metadata for generic resources. But it is very flexible to adopt a new metadata schema for building specific types of resources. This work includes how the DSpace is used for building a digital archiving system for museum and cultural resources and also shows the details steps of methodology to meet the experiences.

Development of Web Services: A Practical Approach for Libraries

Integrated library system is a part of institutional digital repository in modern library environment. Some popular open source software has been used in this regard. Development of an integrated institutional digital repository system is possible on the basis of global recommendations and local requirements of all libraries. OAI-PMH in Koha can be displayed in two ways such as sets and metadata with multilingual documents. The benefits of this study is harvest the records from the other library and it can make the union catalogue for anybody can be accessed from this integrated OAI-PMH harvesting framework available in Koha OPAC. This is the web 2.0 concept to achieve the multiple tasks of different library resources such as books, journals, magazines, reference books etc. for the better management and retrieval of resources among the library users. Digital resources are increasing in this modern age due to exponential growth of technological impact and its peripherals. IDRs will additionally include digital materials that subsist outside the physical and administrative bounds of any one digital library. IDRs will include all the processes and accommodations that are the backbone and nervous system of libraries. The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a very high performance mechanism for client server architecture in repository interoperability. Broadly it can be classified in two ways such as data provider and service provider. Data Provider can access the structured standards global metadata by using OAI-PMH tool. Development of web services through Koha can be achieved in four ways such as OAI-PMH, ILS-DI, Z39.50, and OPAC tag cloud. On the other hand service providers then easily harvest the metadata through a set of six verbs of OAI-PMH based URL. Requests for data can be based on a timestamp range, and can be restricted to named sets defined by the provider. Data providers can only manage the XML based Dublin Core metadata format. It is possible to design and develop an integrated institutional digital repository in different ways. In this research paper highlights and displays the important interface such as OAI-PMH, ILS-DI, Z39.50, and tag cloud and all the interfaces have been displayed in Koha OPAC. The whole tasks have been developed and performed in Ubuntu operating system for easy installation, configuration, and retrieving of library resources among the users.

مشاريع المستودعات الرقمية المؤسساتية بالجامعات الجزائرية : مشروع المستودع الرقمي لجامعة قسنطينة 02 - عبد الحميد مهري نموذجا = Institutional Digital Repositories Projects in Algerian Universities : Digital Repository Project of the University of Constantine 02, Abdelhamid Mehri as a Model

المستودعات الرقمية | المستودعات الرقمية المؤسساتية | المستودعات الرقمية الأكاديمية | مستودع جامعة قسنطينة 02 | Digital Repositories | Institutional Digital Repositories | Academic Digital Repositories | Repository of the University of Constantine 02

Contribuições da Rede Cariniana para a preservação digital nos repositórios digitais institucionais

Discute sobre as contribuições da Rede Cariniana no âmbito da preservação digital em Repositórios Digitais Institucionais. Utiliza como metodologia instrumentos necessários para o desenvolvimento de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, exploratória e descritiva, com uma abordagem qualitativa. Faz uso de um estudo de caso no Repositório Digital Institucional da UFRN por meio de uma coleta de dados feita através da realização de uma entrevista semiestruturada. Aborda reflexões e conceitos relacionados à preservação digital, que é entendida como um conjunto de ações e técnicas responsáveis quanto à informação digital, permitindo que ela seja preservada e recuperada ao longo do tempo. Menciona a Rede Cariniana, que oferece diversas alternativas para que as entidades brasileiras possam colecionar, armazenar e promover o acesso ao conteúdo selecionado por meio de cópias autorizadas. Aponta que o processo de conexão entre a ciência eletrônica e a necessidade de preservação dos dados digitais estaria baseado nos Repositórios Digitais Institucionais. Apresenta como resultados a garantia da guarda como principal interesse na adoção de ferramentas dirigidas à preservação digital de documentos; a UFRN faz parte do estudo realizado pela Rede Cariniana, a qual abriga a tipologia científica, cujo crescimento documental chega a 3000 por ano e visa a congregar todo o material científico nos próximos 5 anos, levando em consideração os aspectos tecnológicos, humanos e a ação prática de uma política de preservação digital. Sob este viés, a pesquisa finaliza que o propósito de enriquecer e contribuir para as iniciativas e práticas sobre a preservação digital brasileira é bastante promovido pela Rede Cariniana, por meio de uma infraestrutura descentralizada.

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Artículo científico

Implementación de una estrategia de acceso abierto en la universidad: El caso de la UNVM (Argentina)

Objetivo. El artículo aborda la experiencia de implementación de una estrategia de Acceso Abierto en la Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Argentina. Dicha iniciativa se enmarca en la Ley 26.899 “Creación de Repositorios Digitales Institucionales de Acceso Abierto, Propios o Compartidos” (2013), la cual establece la puesta en disponibilidad de toda producción científica financiada con fondos públicos.Metodología. Basados en la propia participación como miembros del Programa: Producción y Circulación del Conocimiento en la Universidad Pública (PyCCUP), el trabajo se presenta como análisis de caso basado en una sistematización de experiencias.Resultados. Los resultados detallan cuatro momentos involucrados en este proceso: 1. diagnóstico, 2. sensibilización, capacitación y conciliación de intereses 3. adecuación institucional, y 4. aspectos técnicos y de diseño.Conclusiones. El conjunto de estas consideraciones permite extraer lecciones sobre desafíos y buenas prácticas, así como cuestiones a profundizar en el futuro. Contribuye, en este sentido, hacia una problematización creciente sobre las formas de producción, difusión y uso del conocimiento universitario en América Latina.

Establishing an Open Access Repository for Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) faculty at the George Washington University (GW) decided to create a digital DNP Project Repository for our students in 2016 based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 2015 recommendations to do so. We describe the two-year process during which the DNP faculty and the GW librarians at our Health Sciences Library collaborated to create the DNP project repository. This article contains important information that was learned about digital institutional repositories, the criteria used in deciding to make the GW library's Health Sciences Research Commons the home for the repository, along with questions and concerns that arose during the process. Our library internally collaborated to customize the digital collection to meet the needs of DNP students and their project teams. Development included creating the URL for the collection, customizing digital metadata fields, developing submission forms and guidelines, and adding embargo options for projects. A pilot collection of six DNP projects was completed in 2017; and in 2018, the first cohort of 34 students submitted their projects to our repository. Outcomes are reported of the repository launch, lessons learned, and repository submission experiences of two DNP students. We believe our journey may guide others.