VALA2010 Session 6 Harrison

VALA20120Not drowning, ingesting: dealing with the research data deluge at an institutional level

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 6 – Repositories
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 14:05 – 14:35
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-6-harrison

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperAndrew Harrison

ARROW Librarian, Monash University Library
http://lib.monash.edu.au

Sam Searle

Data Management Coordinator, Monash University Library
http://lib.monash.edu.au

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Abstract

Australian government funding and policy guidelines increasingly encourage researchers to deposit their research data in institutional or subject repositories, but there are significant technical and organisational practicalities involved in achieving this. In this paper, Monash University Library staff members with responsibility for repository development and research data management describe their work together to establish the Monash University ARROW Repository as a key part of the university’s overall program to improve research data management. Repository-related activities are discussed in the context of wider developments, both in technical infrastructure and in terms of professional development and outreach to researchers.

VALA2008 Session 3 Groenewegen

VALA2008Building the ARROW community

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Repositories
Tuesday 5 February 2008, 11:20 – 11:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-3-groenewegen

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDavid Groenewegen

ARROW Project Manager and ARCHER Project Director
http://lib.monash.edu.au

Andrew Treloar

Director, Australian National Data Service Establishment Project
http://its.monash.edu.au

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Abstract

The ARROW Project is a DEST-funded consortial effort to develop and implement intuitional repository software, and has co-developed the VITAL software with VTLS Inc. The project team has been building a community of users of this software, through the use of existing free or open source products. This paper will discuss the specific objectives of building this community, the history of our use of the various available tools, an assessment of their effectiveness and their limitations, and how we plan to move forward.

VALA2006 Session 5 Treloar

VALA2006The ARROW Project after 2 years: are we hitting our targets?

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Digital Repositories
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-5-treloar

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperAndrew Treloar

Director, Information Management and Strategic Planning, Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au

Geoff Payne

Director Library Corporate & Financial Services, Latrobe University
http://www.latrobe.edu.au

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the institutional repository work of the ARROW project, which has been developed within the following three stage framework:

  1. conceptualising and developing an ARROW institutional repository solution comprising software, policy frameworks and implementation strategies,
  2. implementing the ARROW repository within the project’s partner institutions, and
  3. offering the ARROW repository solution to other Australian universities.

The paper will look at the decisions the ARROW project made at the outset and provide a review of those decisions after two years of operation. It will also look forward at ARROW’s plans for 2006 and ongoing development work.