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Leeds Met Open Search – towards an integrated solution for research and OER

Leeds Met Open Search – towards an integrated solution for research and OER. Nick Sheppard – Repository Development Officer Mike Taylor – Web Developer Simon Thomson – Unicycle project manager Jakki Sheridan-Ross – Learning Technologist (Unicycle). The Leeds Met Repository. Background

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Leeds Met Open Search – towards an integrated solution for research and OER

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  1. Leeds Met Open Search – towards an integrated solution for research and OER Nick Sheppard – Repository Development Officer Mike Taylor – Web Developer Simon Thomson – Unicycle project manager Jakki Sheridan-Ross – Learning Technologist (Unicycle)

  2. The Leeds Met Repository • Background • Unicycle project • Leeds Met Open Search • Configuration of intraLibrary • Workflow woes! • SEO/Google Analytics • Some RSS headaches • Ongoing development • Mike - @laytor - will be on Twitter

  3. Background • Initial focus was Open Access repository for research outputs • Clear mandate to be extensible to a broader range of material including OER • Solution = IntraLibrary + SRU interface • Unicycle project – JISC ukoer programme (May 2009 – April 2010) • http://unicycle-leedsmet.ning.com/

  4. Leeds Met Open Search • IRISS Learning Exchange Open Search • http://www.iriss.org.uk/openlx/ • Adapted to provide an Open Search interface for both OA research and OERs: • Advanced search/Browse • Identify material by content type • Differentially formatting research by type • Search results – use of Unique ID to build static HTML metadata page for each record • Persistent URI for metadata records

  5. Identifying material by content type • All research material goes into 6 collections (by faculty) • Utilise AP based on Dublin Core • OER go into own collection utilising a different AP derived from ukoer guidelines • Research classified by LCC • OER classified by HEA subject centres and JACS • Template(s) to ensure consistent metadata entry • Collection Tokens differentially applied to research and OER

  6. Differentially formatting research by type • Differentiated by “Type of Resource” • Level of granularity? • 17 terms in research vocabulary • Citation is built programmatically • Consistency to ensure accurate citation • Workflow woes! • N.B. 36 terms in OER vocabulary all formatted the same

  7. SEO • Improved by individual metadata pages for each record (I think!) • Useful information from Google Analytics • Full text indexing? • Persistent download location link • Public URL in metadata • More workflow woes!

  8. Some RSS headaches • Only first description field published • Research template – abstract in second description field • Title only • URL exposed by IL feed points to system generated public URL • We require it to point to Open Search metadata page • Used Yahoo Pipes to redirect • Build RSS from SRU query instead?

  9. Ongoing development • Unique author ID • Number of resources in browse tree • Package preview for OER • RSS • Comments / tags / star-rating? • All supported by intraLibrary • Cannot be added from the Open Search interface

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