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 metadata standards for academic publishing.
- Professional understanding of open access digital repository systems management.
- Professional understanding of web 2.0 communication technologies.
- 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 open access digital repository management.
- Expert with metadata standards for academic publishing.
- Professional understanding of open access digital repository systems management.
- Professional understanding of web 2.0 communication technologies.
- 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 open access digital repository systems management.
- 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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