Digital Preservation Ontario Consortium of University Libraries (OCUL)
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Digital Preservation Ontario Consortium of University Libraries (OCUL) Caitlin Tillman OCUL IR Chair With notes from Kathy Scardellato, OCUL Executive Director
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Digital Preservation Ontario Consortium of University Libraries (OCUL). Caitlin Tillman OCUL IR Chair With notes from Kathy Scardellato, OCUL Executive Director. Outline. What is Scholars Portal? How does it work with OCUL? OCUL Preservation Efforts, Process and Challenges. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Digital PreservationOntario Consortium of University Libraries (OCUL)Caitlin TillmanOCUL IR ChairWith notes from Kathy Scardellato, OCUL Executive Director
Outline What is Scholars Portal? How does it work
with OCUL? OCUL Preservation Efforts, Process and
Challenges. Why would OCUL want a TDR?
Server Room at the University of Toronto Server Room at the University of Toronto LibrariesLibraries
Scholars PortalEstablished in 2001, Scholars Portal is a shared technological infrastructure providing access & archiving for e-resources belonging to OCUL membersRepositories: • 13,000+ full-text journals: 26M+ articles• 460,000+ e-books• Social sciences and geospatial data
Research, teaching & learning support tools
Role of OCUL Leverage joint resources to negotiate, purchase and
steward a collection of electronic resources Negotiating local loading 175+ licenses Model Licenses, including a local load clause, for
eJournals, eBooks, and Data Build & maintain the Scholars Portal service to
provide access to and archive eResoures
Scholars Portal Goal:Trusted Digital Repository
A Digital Preservation system that can ensure the Integrity, Authenticity and Usability of the materials in our collection now and in the future
http://www.ocul.on.ca/node/97
Digital Preservation Model- Nancy McGovern, ICPSR
Organizational Infrastructure
• Licensing • Responding to needs of community (defining a designated
community)• Mandate
Technological Infrastructure
• Integrity of Collection• Understandability• Accessibility
Resources (Sustainability)
• Budgets• Succession planning
Scholars Portal Designated CommunityPrimary user community: 21 OCUL member institutionsScholars Portal’s non-OCUL subscribers
Secondary user communities: Students, faculty, staff and other user groupsAuthorized user communities for non-OCUL subscriber institutions
Tertiary user communities: Information producers, including publishers, & creators of data preserved in Scholars PortalGeneral public…accessing freely available content through Scholars Portal
OCUL Process for TDR certification Shared goals setting for OCUL members Internal scan (policies and practices) Policy development Strategic and implementation plans Approvals Documentation Request for audit
2012 Scholars Portal TDR Audit Scope & Status
Scope: Scholars Portal Journals repositoryStatusJanuary 16th, 2012 startApril site visitEnd of May preliminary findings report
Why TDR certification? Accountability
Collection Stewardship
Establish and stimulate discussions of digital preservation in Canada
Contact Information & QuestionsOCUL TDR Documents at:http://www.ocul.on.ca/node/97
Caitlin Tillman [email protected]
Steve Marks, Digital Preservation Policy Librarian, [email protected]
