A pilot project between Lister Hill Library

& the School of Optometry

Liz Lorbeer & Mark Bolding, Principle Investigators

September 16, 2010

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3502 with the University of Maryland Baltimore.
 Pilot’s Objectives:
• Create an organized repository for the SOO to
store scientific data.

• Share the School’s knowledge with the greater

global health and vision community.

• Preserve scientific research.

 Where SOO research is stored
on now:

• Flash drives

• Lab computers

• Personal computers

• Disparate servers
 In the
beginning….

Scientist and
Librarian meet
over coffee to
discuss the
concept for a
repository.
Let’s apply for a
grant!

Photo from: lucyscoffeeandtea.com

 Express Library
Digitization Award

• Awarded June 2010 from the National

Network of Libraries of Medicine

• Amount of $4,728 to purchase equipment

• Pilot to be completed by April 2011

http://nnlm.gov/sea/funding/librarydigit.html
 Pilot Timeline

Official
Launch
Promotion Apr 2011
Phase Feb
2011
Beta Test Phase

Nov 2011
Set Up Phase
Sept –
Oct 2010

Design
Phase
July –
Aug 2010
 Platform/Equipment
Design Phase

• DSpace, Open Source Software

• Dell PowerEdge R610, Rack Server

• Operating in a VMware environment

 Platform Functionality
Design Phase

• Co-develop with UAB IT Research

Computing a platform allowing for self-
deposit in the repository.

• Provide the ability to manage & share data

effectively

• Librarians manage the data curation.

 Examples of Digital Assets
Set Up Phase

• images • works in progress

• data sets • brain-mapping data
• streaming media • article preprints/post
• protocols prints
• lab notes
 In the Set Up Phase,
we’re testing right now…

• How to deposit large quantities of data.

• How to describe the data.

• Organizing the data in the repository.

• Preservation
 In the Set Up Phase,
we’re asking…

• In what state or at what stage should data be

deposited?

• How much of it?

• How to handle data sets that are connected to

grants & publications.
 Overall Pilot Goals:

• Distribute unique data that cannot be found through

conventional outlets.

• Share knowledge throughout the global community.

• Provide the UAB community a cohesive platform to

self-archive research.

• Build a repository that’s easy to use.

 Sneak Peek
• You can preview the Research Repository at
http://dspace.uabgrid.uab.edu

• You can read more about the pilot at

http://www.uab.edu/lister/collection-information/dspace

• You can be part of the discussion at the UAB

Research Notebook at http://www.lhl.uab.edu/researchnb
 UAB Research Notebook

• Companion to the UAB Research Repository.

• Designed to facilitate discussion about research

writing and communication.

• Good research = Active repository

 Do you want a Free Lunch?
And want to know more about the pilot….

Tuesday, October 19th at Noon

Ireland Room, 3rd Floor of Lister Hill Library,

1700 University Blvd.
 Acknowledgement & Thanks
John Paul Robinson, Shantanu Pavgi, Valerie
Gordon, Cathy Beadlecomb, Nicole Mitchell,
Lisa Ennis, Stefanie Rookis, Scott Plutchak,
Gabe Rios, Matthew Wyatt and the faculty and
students at the School of Optometry.

<Please e-mail the co-PI’s if you’re interested in helping with

this pilot!>
Liz Lorbeer Mark Bolding
Lister Hill Library Center for Vision Science
lizlorbeer@uab.edu mbolding@uab.edu