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EPrints as the Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository at Ball State University

Bringing an Open Source Institutional Repository to the Ball State University Community as Cardinal Scholar (CS) Bradley Faust, Assistant Dean LITS Ball State University Libraries. EPrints as the Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository at Ball State University. Cardinal Scholar.

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EPrints as the Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository at Ball State University

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  1. Bringing an Open Source Institutional Repository to the Ball State University Community as Cardinal Scholar (CS) Bradley Faust, Assistant Dean LITS Ball State University Libraries EPrints as the Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository atBall State University

  2. Cardinal Scholar IOLUG Fall Program Vision: The Ball State University Cardinal Scholar institutional repository (IR) system provides an online destination for archiving, preserving and storing intellectual property created by faculty and others at Ball State University. Cardinal Scholar promotes Ball State University's intellectual work to a worldwide audience and advances open scholarly communication.

  3. Discussion Points IOLUG Fall Program IR system investigation, review and determination Our decision to use EPrints 3 - why? Implementation issues with EPrints 3 Local customization of EPrints 3 How is Cardinal Scholar doing today?

  4. IR system investigation – review – Determination IOLUG Fall Program • Consideration of CONTENTdm as possible IR solution • Lack of open deposit process • Collection based organization of assets • Comparison of IR systems available at the time • Why were other IR systems/solutions not selected? • License fees • Technical issues • Functionality

  5. Decision to use EPrints – why? IOLUG Fall Program • System Considerations • EPrints written in Perl • Apache web server, MySQL components • Accessible and well documented code • Active development and user communities • Cost Considerations • No initial license fee – open source • Functional Considerations

  6. Implementation of EPrints as CS IOLUG Fall Program Successful operation of EPrints 3 on Fedora Core Linux platform for several months Successful user experiences testing EPrints 3 Successful installation and operation of a EPrints 3 beta version on a Windows based test server Successful customization of EPrints 3 system on Windows Successful installation and operation of a EPrints 3 development version on a Windows based production server

  7. CS - Final Launch Timeline IOLUG Fall Program • Built production Windows EPrints server - Nov 2007 • Testing • Windows test system – 1st week Dec 2007 • Windows production server – 2nd-3rd week Dec 2007 • Soft launch – no publicity (mid Dec 2007) • Solicited user feedback and tweaked the system (mid Dec - mid Jan) • Began publicizing CS (Jan 2008) • Needed just a few things from the Computer Center

  8. Computer Center Assistance IOLUG Fall Program • Assign system a domain name • cardinalsholar.bsu.edu • System security scan to evaluate server configuration • Provide internet access to the CS server through the campus firewall • Acquire SSL certificate for system ($100) – to protect logon credentials and improve overall security • Review informational pages for consistency with university computing policy

  9. Customization of EPrints, done IOLUG Fall Program Informational pages – heavily modified Deposit process pages – heavily modified New accounts default to ‘editor’ status Added left hand navigation column Added Depositor Status field to deposit process Combined ‘deposit now’ and ‘make live’ buttons into one single function Added Browse by Division and by Creator feature Modified taskbar format and content

  10. Vanilla EPrints 3 Homepage IOLUG Fall Program

  11. Cardinal Scholar Homepage IOLUG Fall Program

  12. Customization of EPrints, to do IOLUG Fall Program Reorder required fields to display together on deposit pages Implement LDAP support to tie CS user accounts to campus domain accounts Further develop strategy for supporting small group access – plan to use shared user accounts initially Further develop functionality around local depositor status field Custom reports for OAI harvesting and other administrative work (user tracking, usage reports)

  13. How is CS doing today? IOLUG Fall Program • Repository has been running for 10 months • Manually moved selected digital assets from the test repository environment to Cardinal Scholar • Populated production CS with: • University Archives documents • other library and university documents • Vacant Archivist slot slowed progress this year • Currently have over 150 digital assets in the CS system

  14. OSS/FREE APPLICATIONS IN uSE IOLUG Fall Program Firefox browser Zotero citation add-on Adium Chat Client (Mac) VLC media player (Mac) Audacity Audio Client RegexBuilder (for PHP) KompoZer Web editor Apache web server MySQL database Perl/PHP EPrints 3 Javascript MediaWiki TILT

  15. Thank you IOLUG Fall Program • Connect to Cardinal Scholar • cardinalscholar.bsu.edu • Contact Information • 765 285-8032 • bfaust@bsu.edu • Bradley Faust • Assistant Dean for Library Information Technology Services • University Libraries • Ball State University • Muncie, IN 47306

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