Overview of content related to 'digital library'

SHERPA to YODL-ING: Digital Mountaineering at York

editor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson and Elizabeth Harbord describe the development of digital repositories for the University of York.

The University Library & Archives' first venture into digital repositories was as part of the White Rose partnership in the original SHERPA Project [1]. Leeds, Sheffield and York universities have had a research partnership for some years and the library services became a consortial partner in SHERPA in 2002 to set up a joint e-prints repository called White Rose Research Online (WRRO) [2] . During the project which ran from 2002-2006, advocacy about Open Access and the need for wider dissemination of research outputs got underway at York.

SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson, Sebastien Francois and Stuart Lewis describe the JISC-funded SWORD Project which has produced a lightweight protocol for repository deposit.

What Is an Open Repository?

editor — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson, Jessie Hey, Chris Awre and Mahendra Mahey report on the Open Repositories 2007 conference, held in San Antonio, Texas between 23-26 January 2007.

23-26 January 2007 saw the second Open RepositoriesConference [1], this year hosted at the enormous Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, around the corner from the Alamo. The conference followed on from the inaugural one held last year in Sydney [2], offering the U.S. repositories community an ideal opportunity to gather, together with a generous scattering of attendees from other parts of the world.

DC 2006: Metadata for Knowledge and Learning

editor — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson, Rachel Heery, Pete Johnston and Rosemary Russell report on DC 2006, the sixth international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 3 - 6 October 2006.