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Slide1: 

McGill Libraries Present A Symposium on the Crisis in Scholarly Communication "For the Greater Good: Open Access and Institutional Repositories“

Session 3: Applications at Two Institutions: 

Session 3: Applications at Two Institutions T-Space University of Toronto – Implementation and Future Directions What should I speak about (and, from the opening video, do I have an answer to whether or not we are herding cats?)

Thought # 1 – D to T, with a F:DSpace to T-Space, Federation: 

Thought # 1 – D to T, with a F: DSpace to T-Space, Federation This thought was tempered in noting Session 2, “The Development of D-Space; A New Tool for Scholars and Institutions”, and the speaker, Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, MIT Libraries

We were/are impressed by DSpace: 

We were/are impressed by DSpace “Imitation is the most sincere (form) of flattery.” - Colton “A good imitation is the most perfect originality.” - Voltaire “Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.” - Voltaire “I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.” - Wilson Mizner

MIT: The home of DSpace: 

MIT: The home of DSpace

This book could/should have been about DSpace: 

This book could/should have been about DSpace

MIT’s DSpace experience: 

MIT’s DSpace experience Adopted it (variety of file formats, preservation, self submission, open source, federated*, standards based) Capitalized on it Concentrate on community development (“sell” by doing – conservative staffing model)

Thought # 2 – T-Space Champion: UTSC: 

Thought # 2 – T-Space Champion: UTSC This thought was tempered in noting Session 1, “Crisis and Opportunity in Scholarly Publishing”, and one of the speakers, Leslie Chan, Program Supervisor, Joint Program in New Media, UTSC

T-Space Status: 

T-Space Status First item received June 2003 Hits approximately 36,000 Over 814 items 744 authors 8 communities 32 collections Largest Community G8 Largest Collections UTSC Biology 165

UTSC as Community leader: 

UTSC as Community leader Exemplary faculty - Led by VP of Reseach Prof. Rudy Boonstra – Leslie Chan Submissions include eprints, ebooks, conference proceedings, course-based Web sites, video, out-of-print books Datasets legacy

UTSC participation rate: 

UTSC participation rate Life Sciences 85% Social Sciences 10% Humanities 5%

Thought # 3 – T to O: 

Thought # 3 – T to O “Twist to Open” (another SuperBowl ad) T to O T-Space to O-Space

Implementation/Evaluation Issues: 

Implementation/Evaluation Issues Communication Management of change “persuasive technology” Ubiquitous, open access OPAC, Web, T-Space, WebCT,Google Storage Creative Commons Future versions

Future directions: 

Future directions Vice-President, Research and Associate Provost (The Provost's senior staff is comprised of two Associate Provosts, a Deputy Provost and five Vice-Provosts) E-portfolios Microsoft Office 2003 O-Space

V-P, Provost – Research (1): 

V-P, Provost – Research (1) Repository of publications by academic staff focused on administrative functions (especially within major committees and task forces) – academic computing, academic technology and new media, academic planning

V-P, Provost – Research (2): 

V-P, Provost – Research (2) Another way of presenting university research Less re-invention of the wheel Less replication of data Benefit to other universities reviewing their administrative processes Potential for province-wide initiative of comparable documents Library sees a somewhat different community

E-portfolios: 

E-portfolios early days activity reports, CVs links to citations use of other programs, such as RefWorks RSS

Microsoft Office 2003: 

Microsoft Office 2003 Research pane Integration of resources

O-Space: 

O-Space Background – acronym alert 3 initiatives within O-Space

OCUL/OII: 

OCUL/OII Ontario Council of University Libraries Ontario Information Infrastructure (not to be confused with Ontario Innovation Trust – OIT) Ontario Scholars Portal http://scholarsportal.info RACER (“rapid access to collections by electronic requesting”) (VDX)

O-Space (1): 

O-Space (1) learning object repository CORIL https://ospace.scholarsportal.info/

O-Space (2): 

O-Space (2) repository for Ontario government publications in electronic form Scholarsportal – storage and delivery Ontario Legislative Library - metadata terms still to be finalized Walkerton Inquiry – electronic copy was removed (now restored) from government Web site

O-Space (3): 

O-Space (3) Option for any OCUL member to create their own IR Using existing infrastructure Some institutions may have collections in both their IR and O-Space, since objects can reside in more than 1 IR simultaneously

O-Space (4): 

O-Space (4) Potential for cartographic files

Some URLs of interest: 

Some URLs of interest DSpace http://www.dspace.org T-Space http://tspace.library.utoronto.ca O-Space http://ospace.scholarsportal.info

The T-Space Team: 

The T-Space Team Peter Clinton m.clinton@utoronto.ca Rea Devakos rea.devakos@utoronto.ca Gabriela Mircea gabriela.mircea@utoronto.ca Frank Rotiroti frank.rotiroti@utoronto.ca Kent Weaver kent.weaver@utoronto.ca The T-Space communities

Herding Cats? or: 

Herding Cats? or In a sense, this is what we do. We bring together information, ideas, and technologies and make them go where you want.

Shepherding Communities?: 

Shepherding Communities? Institutional Repositories This is what we do We bring together communities and their collections, promote their discovery, and make them accessible

Thank you: 

Thank you