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During the STSM in Malta the aims were to:

• Identify the RDM practices that the Times of Malta follows to handle, store and

share their data

• Evaluate the data that are being produced and shared to the public.

• Possibly commence a set of series for data audits and comparative studies at

commercial environments in the future.

• Inspire others to think out of the box and seek for RDM practices in various

environments rather than the traditional ones.

METHODOLOGY

TIMES OF MALTA TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Internal Infrastructure

1. The data audit was performed using the Data Asset Framework Project’s (http://www.data-audit.eu/methodology.html) online tool after it was personalised

to meet the needs of a newspaper.

Department of Library Science and Information Systems, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki

Elli Papadopoulou and Sotirios Sismanis

Data management at a commercial environment:

conducting a mini data audit on the data produced by the Times of Malta

INTRODUCTION

2. Meetings with representatives from all departments were held in order to get a

better view on the Data Management practices that are followed for their digital

content. Enquiries varied from the types of digital data that are being generated,

published, accessed and used; the people that are involved in the process; the data

storage platform capabilities, etc.

3. Discussions with Times of Malta accommodated the definition of the type of

datasets that were chosen for collection and any confidentiality issues of the data

that were to be made available online.

4. Results analysis from the perspective of Knowledge Management, Information

and Computer Science accompanied with a list of recommendations.

Virtual Infrastructure

WORKFLOWS & DIGITAL OBJECTS

Online/Digital texts Images & Videos

• Data lifecycle models that were identified:

• Persistent identifiers: URIs -> DOIs

• Creation and versioning: easily identifiable and retrievable

new additions

• Rights management and referencing: policy on premium

content, byline references

• Preservation: creation of a plan and risk assessment

• Social media: user comments, policies refinement

THE USE OF ANALYTICS

Software:

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Digital object workflows within the organization culture

- Further definition of duties concerning:

a) social media

b) analytics

2. Digital object lifecycle

a) Consistency in the use of references

b) DOIs

c) Preservation plan

3. The use of analytics

a) Relevance between metrics and departments

b) Data analyst

c) Analytics and digital objects

CONCLUSION

We hope that the adaptation of our recommendations along with the overall

performance of the ToM will lead to a quick transition from a newspaper to

an online institution of knowledge.

We would like to express our gratitude to the COST action which funded us and to the Times of

Malta and Mr. Donald Tabone and all staff members who contributed to this mini study, and to the

second local host, The Department of Library Information and Archive Sciences of the University

of Malta.

Google analytics-email on a daily basis

Mandrill/MailChimp

Socionomix-social media

Minely

DISQUS-concerning comments

Alexa

- private cloud 80-90TB

Storage and CPU

- servers as virtual machines

(sharing, authentication, etc)

Additionally: CISCO network backend

Two big firewalls – plus VPN

Wireless infr, H/W infr, telephony infr &

Two providers for Internet