act i “the plan” (ca. 2006)
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Building a Large Scale Open Source Repository at OhioLINK A Cautionary Tale In Three Acts 2007 LITA National Forum Thomas Dowling [email protected]. Act I “The Plan” (ca. 2006). Art and Architecture 1999: Art Collection (AMICO), Saskia 2000: Art and Architecture from Univ of Cincinnati - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Building a Large Scale Open Source Repository at OhioLINK
A Cautionary Tale In Three Acts
2007 LITA National ForumThomas [email protected]
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Act IThe Plan(ca. 2006)
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OhioLINK Digital Media Centerdmc.ohiolink.eduArt and Architecture1999: Art Collection (AMICO), Saskia2000: Art and Architecture from Univ of Cincinnati2001: Akron Art Museum Images2002: WPA Prints By Cleveland Artists
Video Collections2002: Foreign Language Instruction Videos2002: Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations2003: Educational Films And Documentaries (FFHS, Ambrose)
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OhioLINK Digital Media Centerdmc.ohiolink.eduHistory and Archives2001: Wright Brothers Collection2001: E.W. Scripps Papers2001: Mayan Archeology Photos2001: Sanborn Historic Maps2002: Greek and Latin Inscriptions (squeezes)2003: Lake Eries Yesterdays2003: Natl Underground RR Freedom Ctr Images2004: Historic Maps of Akron2005: Kent State Shootings Oral Histories
Science Collections1999: Landsat Satellite Images of Ohio2003: Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics Digital Animal Sounds (1 | 2)2004: Geology Digital Photographs (1 | 2)2004: Ohio Ag Experiment Station Forestry Images2004: Reproductive Physiology Animations2004: Dolphin Embryos
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Oh By The WayElectronic Journal Center: 9 million locally loaded journal articlesElectronic Theses and Dissertations: 12,000 ETDs from 17 schoolsCoupla thousand locally loaded e-books
~80 million records from A&I databases~10 million bib records in union catalog
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OhioLINK Services, June 2006EJCDMCETDCIRCatalogA/I DBs
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OhioLINK Services, June 2006EJCDMCETDCIRIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayIngest, Store, Search, DisplayIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayCatalogA/I DBs
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OhioLINK Services, June 2006EJCDMCETDCIRIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayIngest, Store, Discover, DisplayCatalogA/I DBsCommercial, Propietary
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OhioLINK Services, June 2008EJC
DRC
ETDC
IRIngest
Store
Discover
DisplayCatalogA/I DBsOpen Source
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Open Source AdvocacyThe Early Days
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Why Open Source?Beyond EvangelismBest of breed softwareServer software: Apache, TomcatRepository: FedoraMiddleware: XTF, DLXSSearch: Lucene, SolrXML Tools, programming languagesFreedom to play (Freedom to fail?)
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Why Open Source?The Received Wisdom
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Why Open Source?The Situation At OhioLINK
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Which Adds Up ToIngest: XML + HTTP + programming language of choiceRepository: FedoraDiscovery/Interface: XML +HTTP + XTF? DLXS? Web programming language of choice?Search: Lucene/Solr
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Or In Other WordsJournal ContentJournal ContentJournal ContentE-Book ContentImage DatabaseDissertationResearch ReportIngesterIngesterIngesterIngesterIngesterIngesterIngesterFedora RepositoryUser InterfacesSolr IndexMetasearchXMLXSLTPerlPHPRuby
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Act IIReality Rears Its Ugly Head
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The Thing About Conference PlanningOhioLINK, the Ohio Library and Information Network, has embarked on a large-scale project to migrate several major digital library services from disparate, commercial/proprietary platforms to a unified repository architecture built with open source tools.
Faithfully submitted, Thomas Dowling December 15, 2006
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DeadlinesE-Journals commercial software support officially ends December 2006.Image databases software license and Sun server maintenance renewals due January 2007. E-Books ~7500 books licensed in Fall, 2006.Institutional repository First collection due in September 2007.
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Full Steam SidewaysImage Collections: University of Michigan DLXSE-Books: CDL XTFInstitutional Repository: DSpaceE-Journals: ???ETDs: ??? (DSpace?)
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Joy. Silos.
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Act IIILessons [Eventually] Learned
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Whats Wrong With This Plan?migrate several major digital library services from disparate, commercial/proprietary platforms to a unified repository architecture built with open source tools.
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The best is the enemy of the goodVoltaire 16941778 Writer, Philosopher, IT Manager
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One Repository To Rule Them AllAnd In The Darkness Bind Them