SUNScholar/Capacity Building/Digital Repository Content Management

Introduction

Management of the digital repository content requires persons with the following skills.

Directors

• Doctorate in library science.
• Academic journal publication and/or institutional policy development about "digital academic repository management".
• Expert understanding of open access digital repository management.
• Expert with open access publishing licences and practices.
• Expert with metadata standards for academic publishing.
• Professional understanding of web 2.0 communication technologies.
• Professional understanding of digital repository systems management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with DSpace software.
• Familiarity with desktop computer operations.
• Familiarity with digital object formats and identifiers.
• Familiarity with digitisation technologies.
• Familiarity with the operations of the internet and how to use it securely.

Managers

• Bachelors degree in library science.
• Major or Masters in "digital academic repository management".
• Expert understanding of digital repository management.
• Expert with open access publishing licences and practices.
• Expert with metadata standards for academic publishing.
• Professional understanding of web 2.0 communication technologies.
• Professional understanding of digital repository systems management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with DSpace software.
• Familiarity with desktop computer operations.
• Familiarity with digital object formats and identifiers.
• Familiarity with digitisation technologies.
• Familiarity with the operations of the internet and how to use it securely.

Librarians

• Technology certificate in library science.
• Expert with DSpace software.
• Expert with desktop computer operations.
• Expert with digital object formats and identifiers.
• Expert with digitisation technologies.
• Expert with metadata standards for academic publishing.
• Professional understanding of digital repository systems management.
• Professional understanding of open access publishing licences and practices.
• Professional understanding of web 2.0 communication technologies.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with the operations of the internet and how to use it securely.

References

• Managing Digital Collections
• Education and Training for Digital Repository Manager
• Budapest Open Access Initiative Recommendations (BOAIR) - Updated from 2002/02
• http://www.liasa.org.za/node/467

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