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Step 4 - Build Repository IT Infrastructure

• With the system personnel you hired or consulted from the previous step, budget for and purchase the necessary server hardware resources and also plan for server replacement when the supplier warranty expires.
• You may also want to consider using cloud or virtualised servers, either public or private. Speak to your campus IT cloud/virtual services administrator.
• Enterprise Cloud Services in South Africa

Essential Reading (Only available online)

• 2014 - EC - INFRASTRUCTURES FOR OPEN DIGITAL SCIENCE
• 2014 - PRWEB - OPEN STANDARDS AND THE DIGITAL AGE
• 2014 - KN - A SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
• 2014 - WEF - STATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT 2014
• 2014 - AKAMI - STATE OF THE INTERNET REPORT
• 2014 - COAR - TOWARD A SEAMLESS GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REPOSITORIES

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• 2013 - OSSWATCH - NATIONAL SOFTWARE SURVEY
• 2013 - DLIB - A VISION TOWARDS SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES
• 2013 - IDRC - CONNECTING ICT TO DEVELOPMENT
• 2013 - MDPI - THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND STANDARDS IN MODERN SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
• 2013 - AAUPNET - LIBRARY AND UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLABORATION
• 2013 - A4AI - INTERNET AFFORDABILITY REPORT
• 2013 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS - SOUTH AFRICA - BROADBAND POLICY

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• 2012 - BOAI - ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY

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• 2011 - LSE - TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Infrastructure Support Groups / Communities of Practice

• A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice
• http://www.library.up.ac.za/eservice/johann.htm

http://is4oa.org

http://aoasg.org.au

https://www.openaire.eu

http://www.libereurope.eu/committee/scholarly-research

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/repository-interoperability

http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/shared-access-research-ecosystem-share

http://chorusaccess.org

http://www.driver-community.eu

References

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Install_Ubuntu/S01#Hardware

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Reference_Architecture

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/DSpace/Why_Ubuntu_Server

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Upgrading/Hardware

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Disaster_Recovery

With reference to: http://www.cfses.com/EI-ASPM/SCLCM-V7/actuse12576.htm and http://www.sciencemodel.net

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