Digital Repository

A Guided Tour of T-Space
From the University of Toronto Libraries
A presentation that highlights the benefits to the University of Toronto's faculty and researchers when they deposit their scholarly publications to the T-Space repository. It also walks the viewer through the steps of the depositing process.

Introduction to DSpace
From DSpace
An introductory video about the DSpace repository software.

Repository Fringe Video: How Repositories Can Avoid Failing like the Grid
From Edinburgh Repository Fringe 2008
David De Roure, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton in the U.K., discusses his vision of eScience in relation to the development of digital repository.

Repository Fringe Video: Le IR, C'est Mort. Vive le IR!
From Edinburgh Repository Fringe 2008
Dorothea Salo reviews lessons learned in the development of institutional repository as well as factors that contribute to its future success. The presentation slides are available online. Dorothea Salo is Digital Repository Librarian at the University of Wisconsin.

SPARC Video: Bonnie Klien: On Government Repositories
From SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
Bonnie Klein, Information Collection/Copyright Specialist at the U.S. Defense Technical Information Center, talks about digital repositories' role in collecting and preserving government documents.

SPARC Video: Catherine Mitchell: On Services, Users & Alliances
From SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
Catherine Mitchell, Director of the eScholarship Publishing Group at California Digital Library (CDL), discusses CDL's strategies to develop publishing services for academic authors in collaboration with the University of California Press.

SPARC Video: David Shulenburger: Keynote Speech
From SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
David Shulenburger offers practical advice on how to make digital repositories more visible to campus constituencies and the public. David Shulenburger is Vice President for Academic Affairs at the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).

SPARC Video: Michele Kimpton: Progress in Repository Development
From SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
Michelle Kimpton, Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation, provides a brief overview of the developments of digital repository, such as content aggregation across different repositories and collaborations between institutions.

SPARC Video: Sarah Shreeves: On Faculty Outreach
From SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
Sarah Shreeves, IDEALS Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shares her thoughts about the significant role subject librarians play in building relationships with faculty, which contributes to the growth and success of IDEALS.

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