Welsh Repository Network: Exploration and experimentation
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Hannah Payne Repository Support Officer, WRN Welsh Repository Network: Exploration and experimentation
Transcript of Welsh Repository Network: Exploration and experimentation
Hannah PayneRepository Support Officer, WRN
Welsh Repository Network:Exploration and experimentation
Centralised models catch-up
◦Mediated Deposit Bureau◦Welsh e-theses Harvesting service
Mediated Deposit Bureau 12 WRN institutions
◦2 with Rep. Mngrs.= highest item counts Deposit of items outsourced to WRN team
Answering the Qs:◦How long does it take to deposit an item?
◦Does outsourcing deposit increase/ encourage further deposit?
Swansea Metropolitan University ◦RAE data (131 items)
UoW Newport ◦Publication lists (179 items)
UWIC ◦Art & Design research outputs (10 items)
◦Ceramics Archive database (1505 items)
3 Pilot institutions
Total time taken= 155 hours 31 minutes 18 seconds
Total cost (£14.03 ph)= £2182.01
Averages per item:
Results 1
Time per item
Cost per item
UWIC (Art items)(direct on repository; no © checks)
11 minutes 45 seconds
£2.75
Newport(direct on repository; with © checks)
11 minutes53 seconds
£2.78
SMU(bulkupload with © checks)
15 minutes9 seconds
£3.54
SMU record enhancement
Results 2
Item type Average time
Artefact 8 minutes 27 seconds
Article 7 minutes 26 seconds
Book 8 minutes 7 seconds
Book chapter 11 minutesconferenceObject 15 minutes 3 seconds
Exhibition 9 minutes 52 seconds
Video 15 minutes 7 seconds
Not possible to identify extra time taken for deposit checks
Bulk upload deposit took longer than direct deposit
Evaluation: +ve affect @ UWIC◦ increase in the number of staff from the School of
Art and Design who had a) registered to use the repository, or b) asked to deposit material
Conclusions
Current collection policy: All PhDs; MPhils; Master’s dissertations attaining distinction, and those in a Celtic language or relating to Celtic studies or interests
Looking to extend role of NLW to central store of digital items
Welsh e-theses Harvesting
traed mawr. ‘Llyfrygell Genedlaethol Cymru. National Library of
Wales.’ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/484190815_9b7f683b8b.jpg?v=0
Welsh e-theses Harvesting
Use of ‘crosswalks’ convert qualified DC to UKETD-DC using METS & MODS
Attached files also harvested
Metadata converted to MARC
WRN repositories NLW EThOS
Hurdles
10 Participating institutions
Deposit license
Takedown procedure
Metadata validation
Metadata only records
