Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for cross-posting.
An announcment regarding DRIVER, as a major European repositories
project.
Regards,
Bill
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DRIVER: Networking European Scientific Repositories
An international partnership has started work on a project to build a
large-scale public infrastructure for research information across
Europe.
The "Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research"
(DRIVER) project responds to the vision that any form of
scientific-content resource, including scientific/technical reports,
research articles, experimental or observational data, rich media and
other digital objects should be freely accessible through simple
Internet-based infrastructures. Like GEANT2, the successful European
network for computing resources, data storage and transport, the new
DRIVER repository infrastructure will enable researchers to plug into
the new knowledge base and use scientific content in a standardised,
open way. The project is funded by the European Commission under the
auspices of the "Research Infrastructure" unit.
Open Access to research information is vital for researchers and helps
the public appreciation and understanding of science. DRIVER will be
helping countries to create networks of openly-accessible repositories
for research information.
The project is a joint collaboration between ten international partners
with the intention to create a knowledge base of European research.
DRIVER will put a test-bed in place across Europe to assist the
development of a knowledge infrastructure for the European Research
Area. The project will develop over the next 18 months, building upon
existing institutional repositories and networks, from countries
including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. The aim
is for one large-scale virtual content resource to be created to access
and integrate individual repositories. DRIVER will also prepare for the
future expansion and upgrade of the Digital Repository infrastructure
across Europe and will ensure the widest possible user involvement.
Several user services, including search, data collection, profiling and
recommendation, will be implemented in the test-bed. DRIVER will
demonstrate the potential of a future pan-European Digital Repository
service to researchers, research-funding agencies and institutions.
Availability of such a basic scientific content infrastructure should
encourage academic and/or non-academic service providers to build
high-valued and innovative services on top of it.
Early in the project, the current state of repositories in Europe will
be reported followed by professional guides on topics like technical
standards, data curation and others.
Interested partners and potential user groups will be contacted and
workshops will be run to establish communication and to create an active
environment for repository development in each European country. The
workshops will also act as open forums for discussion and feedback to
assist the development of the infrastructure and will facilitate the
set-up and international networking of institutional repositories for
the envisioned European DR infrastructure.
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More information is available from:
The Project website: www.driver-repository.eu, the individual project
partners from participating countries or the project coordinators: Prof.
Mike Hatzopolous (administrative), [log in to unmask] and Dr. Norbert Lossau
(scientific-technical), [log in to unmask]
The DRIVER Consortium:
* University of Athens, Greece
* Bielefeld University, Germany
* Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Italy
* STICHTING SURF, Netherlands
* University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
* Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique DIS, France
* University of Bath, United Kingdom
* Uniwesytet Warszawski, Poland
* Universiteit Gent, Belgium
* Goettingen University, Germany
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Bill Hubbard
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