PRISM Repository Upgrade Project
Project Goal
Create a unified repository solution for academic outputs that is hosted, sustainable, simplified and integrated on campus.
About the Vendor
We have engaged Atmire to execute our repository upgrade. Atmire is a well known vendor within the DSpace community.
Canadian clients:
Timeline
| RFQ | During the RFQ process we accepted quotes from different DSpace vendors to upgrade the repository to our request requirements. Atmire was selected as our preferred vendor.
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| The Build | The Build phase included Atmire implementation of a cloud-hosted DSpace repository, engagement with key stakeholders in LCR and FGS, UCIT integration of Shibboleth authentication.
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| Soft Launch & Rollout | LibAnswers FAQs and a LibGuide with training documentation and help guides will be ready for the production roll out.
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| Training & Improvement | Training and Improvement includes the delivery of training to key stakeholders, improvements to learning materials and administrative tweaks to the repository. |
What are we getting?
Content reorganization
- PRISM and Vault content merge
- Simplified community/collection structure
- Retro thesis metadata imported
- New setup of handle server
Streamlined submission
- Describe steps combined into one page
- Item-level versioning
- Import via RIS, BIBTEX and CSV format
Content management
- Batch edit metadata & duplicate detection tools
- End-user AV streaming
- Document streaming *coming soon*
- DOI minting
Reports and analytics
- Content and usage analysis tools
- Altmetric badge integration
User management
- Authentication through University of Calgary accounts using Shibboleth
- Active user monitoring tools for increased security
Interface theming
- Migration from JSPUI to XMLUI
- Basic customization to integrate with UCalgary and Library look and feel