Before we get started we may want to think a head to what might be some hopeful outcomes:
- Cultivate a shared, consistent vocabulary to discuss library goals and services;
- Communicate library goals and library value to other communities;
- Encourage consensus and collaboration both at WCSU and the CSU system ;
- Honesty assess the current state of library service development, and identify critical needs and gaps;
- Promote the design of re-usable, recombinant, and interoperable library services, and minimize reinvention of wheels across library development efforts;
- Align business planning (what we say we want to do) with service development (what we really do).
Using The OASIS Reference Model as a Framework
Before we get too deep in to possible solutions I think it would behoove us all to take some time and try and get the concepts concerning what a repository is. In the library world the OAIS Reference Model has become the point of reference. This report is technical but is not about technology. It's about defining terms and exposing concepts. (It's can be hard going but worth it).
2009-06-06--BK
Strategic vision vs. request fulfillment --Veronica, Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:23:31 -0400 reply
Or, long-term commitment vs. immediate gratification. The ideal is to be working towards a unified, common goal (i.e. the hopeful outcomes); in the absence of such a goal, can we achieve something that will allow us flexibility for different futures (i.e. a piece of the OAIS reference model)? I am not convinced we will be able to formulate and articulate a strategic vision for quite some time (or absorb and apply the reference model); does that mean we should not do anything? The request from the provost is real - and I think we are obligated to offer some kind of solution, as imperfect as it may be, or we will risk losing credibility. That is, if we currently have any credibility. ;)
Strategic vision vs. request fulfillment --Brian Kennison, Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:13:34 -0400 reply
Sure you can do like you said and just use Word or Excel and have someone compile a list. It wasn't me, but some one else who started calling this an "institutional repository" project. Just have faculty email some one (Janet) and she can type it up but the point is we NEED a strategic vision because we're going no where with out it.
As far as understanding the OASIS model, it's not that complex, but the concepts it describes are essential if you talking about a repository of any kind.