The Keepers Registry – a brief overview Fred Guy, Project Manager, EDINA, University of Edinburgh March 2012
The Keepers
The role of the Keepers The carrying out of archiving activities to ensure long term access to the materials Note The Keepers Registry is for e-journals but some Keepers include other formats (eg. e-books)
The Registry Bringing together the data from the different sources and presenting in a coherent and easily understandable way
Agency metadata Agency metadata The Agency Agency Keepers metadata metadata Registry Agency Agency metadata metadata http://www.flickr.com/photos/akeeh/4300472592/sizes/z/in/photostream/
DATA INGEST – Key issues • Formats used for data supply – spreadsheets etc. • Information supplied – extent (volume, date etc; vocabulary used to express status
Standard submission of metadata – ONIX for Preservation Holdings Publishers Keepers The Keepers Registry
Background to ONIX for Preservation Holdings Looking for a standard way in which data could be • delivered/supplied by the keepers (rather than differently formatted spreadsheets) ONIX for Serials (SOH) known to us because of AIMSS • project (data supply from Serials Solutions to EDINA) Specific preservation requirements included: • preservation status; identification of gaps in holdings; authority/source of holdings information (archiving agency is not a subscriber) EDItEUR contacted and this led to establishment of a • Working Group comprising key parties including representatives from the Keeper organisations
The Keepers Registry: Further information and Contact details The Keepers Registry Beta service http://thekeepers.org Project website http://edina.ac.uk/projects/peprs/index.html Help Desk edina@ed.ac.uk Fred Guy, EDINA, University of Edinburgh f.guy@ed.ac.uk
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