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DSpace and Ubuntu require a certain amount of expert support for long term sustainability. Persons with the following skills are desirable:
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'''[[SUNScholar/Practical guidelines for starting an institutional repository (IR)|Back to Guidelines]]'''
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* Ubuntu Linux
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* Web 2.0 design with XML skills
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;Introduction
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* BASH programming skills
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In the context of the library, the operational team provides '''[https://infoserviceonto.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/what-is-an-information-service/ information services]''', that are supported by the technical team using '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system information systems]''', which are built and maintained in co-operation with the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology information technology]''' department.
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* SQL programming skills
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* Java programming skills
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'''<big>[[SUNScholar/Capacity Building/Digital Repository Content Management|OPERATIONAL TEAM STRUCTURE AND COMPETENCIES]]</big>'''
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* TCP/IP networking skills
 
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* Familiarity with the LAMP stack
 
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* Familiarity with the java Tomcat server
 
  
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=Question=
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'''<big>[[SUNScholar/Capacity Building/Digital Repository Systems Management|TECHNICAL TEAM STRUCTURE AND COMPETENCIES]]</big>'''
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Where do campus libraries find these kind of individuals to support institutional repositories ?
 
  
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=Answer=
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Ubuntu Linux has started the LoCo ('''Lo'''cal '''Co'''mmunity) infrastructure. See: http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Community. If the library management at each campus could support the creation and maintenance of a LoCo per campus there would be a sustainable pool of support talent.
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;What is the difference between the operational and technical teams?
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Let me try to explain by way of an analogy using something we are very familiar with, namely property development.
  
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The LoCo's per campus would be tasked with the support of institutional repository systems. In turn the campus library management would then support the LoCo. This is a win-win situation.
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Property developers buy land prepared with roads and utilities by the local municipality and erect buildings for occupation by future businesses or residents.
  
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To start this, the University of Stellenbosch is in the process of forming a LoCo. See: http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Help. I have also documented the major technical installation and customisation procedures for Ubuntu and DSpace here: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar
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*In the same way the technical team, prepares "roads and utilities" by constructing a "data center" which houses networking and server equipment.
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*Then the technical team "erects buildings" by installing software on the servers.
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*The software on the servers is utilised by the operational team, the equivalent of "businesses or residents" to complete a specific function.
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See links below and above for more information about specific functions of the operational and technical teams.
  
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If such a web site, as mentioned above, could be created and supported internationally by an international campus library management association it could then form the nexus about which support for open source institutional repositories is manifested and then become sustainable in the long term.
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;What are the functions of these people, with these new job descriptions?
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There seems to be some confusion regarding the role and function of the people described in the links above.
  
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Toward this goal I am willing to travel and assist in setting up such co-operative ventures world-wide if resources can be made available. I can be contacted at: '''hgibson@sun.ac.za''' or '''hilton.gibson@gmail.com'''. I am a principal editor of the campus Ubuntu Linux help wiki: http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za
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''Let me try to explain by way an analogy, using the medical services field as an example..''
  
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=Possible Action Plan=
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:*Hospitals are full of specialists and administrators.
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# Start a formal relationship with [http://www.jonobacon.org/ Jono Bacon], the Ubuntu community manager.
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:*Each is professionally trained to fulfil a specific task.
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# Start a formal relationship with [http://www.ifla.org/en/about IFLA] management.
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:*The hospital administrator ensures the smooth functioning of the hospital, for the benefit of the specialists, in order to provide an excellent service to patients.
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# Identify campuses with existing LoCo's and DSpace installations.
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# Assist the above to start formal relationships.
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''So it is, with the greatly expanded and currently expanding, technology and information sciences fields, in that, more specialisation is becoming the norm, as it was and is, in the medical field.''
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# Identify campuses with DSpace but no Ubuntu LoCo.
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# Assist the above to start Ubuntu LoCo's and start a formal relationship with library management.
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''And now an attempt to translate the medical services definition to a library services definition, in support of academic research publishing and archiving.''
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# Identify campuses without an institutional repository.
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# Assist the above to start an institutional repository and Ubuntu LoCo.
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:*Academic libraries are full of librarians and directors.
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# Assist the above to start formal relationships.
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:*Each is professionally trained to fulfil a specific task.
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:*The open scholarship director ensures the smooth functioning of the open academic systems with the assistance of the operational and technical teams, in order to provide an excellent service to researchers.
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;What else can these teams do for the library and the institution?
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These same teams, with their skills, are also then capable of enabling other open systems for the institution, for example:
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*[http://journals.sun.ac.za An open journal system]
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*[http://conferences.sun.ac.za An open conference system]
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*[[OpenData|An open research data management system]]
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*[[OpenScience|An open research collaboration system]]
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*[[OpenEducation|An open educational resources system]]
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*[[OpenBibliography|An open bibliography system]]
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*[[OpenCampus/Library|An open library management system]]
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;Communities of Practice (CoP)
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In lieu of the lack of professional training venues for open online scholarly publishing practice, it is suggested that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice communities of practice] (CoP) be formed for both the "soft" and "hard" skills mentioned above.
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Below is a brief introduction to communities of practice.
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*[[Media:Brief-intro-to-cop.pdf|WENGER - A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE]]
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Below are some web site examples.
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http://www.force11.org
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http://adlsn.org
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http://www.itoca.org
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http://open-access.org.uk
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http://openaccess.jiscinvolve.org
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http://is4oa.org
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http://aoasg.org.au
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https://www.openaire.eu
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http://chorusaccess.org
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http://www.driver-community.eu
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http://www.medoanet.eu
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http://www.libereurope.eu/committee/scholarly-research
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https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/repository-interoperability
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http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/shared-access-research-ecosystem-share
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;Scholarly Publishing Links
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http://jlsc-pub.org
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http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org
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http://www.openaccesspublishing.org
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http://www.librarypublishing.org
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http://hybridpublishing.org
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http://www.pubs-for-dev.info
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http://www.sparc.arl.org/theme/campus-based-publishing
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http://www.sspnet.org
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http://www.aaupnet.org
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;[[SUNScholar/References|References]]
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Click on the heading above for further references.
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*[[Media:Capacity-building.pdf|2016 - HGIBSON - CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVICES IN AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY]]
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*[http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson 2016 - HGIBSON - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE SCHOLARY COMMUNICATION RECORD BY ACADEMIC LIBRARIES]
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*[[Media:IAPDigitalknowledgeproceedingsMay2009.pdf|2009 - IAP - PROGRAMME ON DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES]]
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*[http://www.interacademies.net/10878/13925.aspx 2003 - IAP - STATEMENT ON SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING]
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;Jobs
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*http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.jobs
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;News
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*http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Libraries-in-The-Technology-Age/2014/12/29/article2589861.ece
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*http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2014/12/28/harrison-inefuku-builds-iowa-state-digital-repository/20978135/
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;References
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*https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/support-and-training/task-force-competencies
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*http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/scholarly-communication/digital-scholarship-support
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'''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_a_man_a_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_day;_teach_a_man_to_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_lifetime Give a person a fish and you feed that person for a day.<br>Teach a person to fish and you feed that person for a lifetime.]'''
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'''<span style="color:red">Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.<br>Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for.</span>'''
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[[File:Digital-dividends.png|444px|center|border]]
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[[File:Slhe.png|444px|center|border|link=http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/e/ec/Slhe.pdf]]
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[[File:5-laws-modern.png|444px|center|border|link=http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/1/17/Michael_Gorman_-_Five_new_laws_of_librarianship.pdf]]
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[[File:Bullshit.jpg|border|444px|center|border|link=http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/acceptance-profound-sounding-bs-linked-lower-intelligence]]
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[[File:Uk-capacity-planning.jpg|444px|center|border]]
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[[Category:Operations]]

Latest revision as of 14:08, 1 December 2016

Back to Guidelines
Introduction

In the context of the library, the operational team provides information services, that are supported by the technical team using information systems, which are built and maintained in co-operation with the information technology department.

OPERATIONAL TEAM STRUCTURE AND COMPETENCIES

TECHNICAL TEAM STRUCTURE AND COMPETENCIES

What is the difference between the operational and technical teams?

Let me try to explain by way of an analogy using something we are very familiar with, namely property development.

Property developers buy land prepared with roads and utilities by the local municipality and erect buildings for occupation by future businesses or residents.

  • In the same way the technical team, prepares "roads and utilities" by constructing a "data center" which houses networking and server equipment.
  • Then the technical team "erects buildings" by installing software on the servers.
  • The software on the servers is utilised by the operational team, the equivalent of "businesses or residents" to complete a specific function.

See links below and above for more information about specific functions of the operational and technical teams.

What are the functions of these people, with these new job descriptions?

There seems to be some confusion regarding the role and function of the people described in the links above.

Let me try to explain by way an analogy, using the medical services field as an example..

  • Hospitals are full of specialists and administrators.
  • Each is professionally trained to fulfil a specific task.
  • The hospital administrator ensures the smooth functioning of the hospital, for the benefit of the specialists, in order to provide an excellent service to patients.

So it is, with the greatly expanded and currently expanding, technology and information sciences fields, in that, more specialisation is becoming the norm, as it was and is, in the medical field.

And now an attempt to translate the medical services definition to a library services definition, in support of academic research publishing and archiving.

  • Academic libraries are full of librarians and directors.
  • Each is professionally trained to fulfil a specific task.
  • The open scholarship director ensures the smooth functioning of the open academic systems with the assistance of the operational and technical teams, in order to provide an excellent service to researchers.
What else can these teams do for the library and the institution?

These same teams, with their skills, are also then capable of enabling other open systems for the institution, for example:

Communities of Practice (CoP)

In lieu of the lack of professional training venues for open online scholarly publishing practice, it is suggested that communities of practice (CoP) be formed for both the "soft" and "hard" skills mentioned above.

Below is a brief introduction to communities of practice.

Below are some web site examples. 

http://www.force11.org
http://adlsn.org
http://www.itoca.org
http://open-access.org.uk
http://openaccess.jiscinvolve.org
http://is4oa.org
http://aoasg.org.au
https://www.openaire.eu
http://chorusaccess.org
http://www.driver-community.eu
http://www.medoanet.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
Scholarly Publishing Links
http://jlsc-pub.org
http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org
http://www.openaccesspublishing.org
http://www.librarypublishing.org
http://hybridpublishing.org
http://www.pubs-for-dev.info
http://www.sparc.arl.org/theme/campus-based-publishing
http://www.sspnet.org
http://www.aaupnet.org
References

Click on the heading above for further references.

Jobs
News
References
Give a person a fish and you feed that person for a day.
Teach a person to fish and you feed that person for a lifetime.

Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.
Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for.
Digital-dividends.png
Slhe.png
5-laws-modern.png
Bullshit.jpg
Uk-capacity-planning.jpg
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