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> From: Repositories discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Emly
> For harvesting, I'd see title plus a link back to either the
> object or to the record in the originating repository as
> being essential (to my surprise, not all implementations
> include this second element, including default installs of
> some open-source software).
There's a setup, which I administer, of the open source PKP Harvester at
www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk/harvester2/ which exlusively, for the time being,
harvests the RLO-CETL Intralibrary learning object repository, and is
intended to provide a user-friendly search for RLO-CETL users to save
them logging into Intralibrary. The search results include a link to the
resource, but at first these only appeared for some records. This was
the repository's fault, not the harvester, and after badgering
Intralibrary support staff they wrote a custom 'crosswalk' to enable
original links for all records.
As for what fields users would want to search for, I was recently at a
repository conference run by Intrallect, makers of Intralibrary, and
what came across crystal clear from many speakers was that their
academic users wanted Google-like interfaces, the simpler the better. So
even the DC search in PKU Harvester is probably rather more fields than
the majority of users want to be exposed to. You can take a horse to the
metadata water but you can't make it search...
On deposition, it's the CETL's experience, also expressed by many
speakers at the conference, that users contributing content will do
title, description and keywords, and that's it - even forcing them into
keywords might be pushing it, particularly if they have to choose from a
controlled vocabularly. The SWORD deposition protocol assumes exactly
that, and requires only the barest minimum of metadata, on the
assumption the deposited resources will be properly catalogued by a
proper cataloguer after deposition.
This is all relating to learning object repositories - maybe e-print
repository users are more savvy and demanding.
Just my 2 Euro's worth. Back to lurking...
Fred Riley
Learning Technologist, School of Nursing, University of Nottingham
Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf
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