Top Priorities in IT and Digital Projects at Georgia Tech
Tyler WaltersGeorgia Tech Library and Information Center
For ASERL ITDIIG – September 24, 2009
GALILEO Knowledge RepositoryConsortial Digital Repositories
GKR: http://GKR.library.gatech.edu
•Survey & focus groups
•Searchable metadata repository
•IR-hosting DSpace service for four partner USG insts.
•IR-related services
•Two-day conference and workshop on statewide & consortial repositories
~Guide to Statewide and Consortial Repositories~
MetaArchive Cooperative(Digital Preservation)
•1st Private LOCKSS Network
•Replicates files / geographic distribution
•Monitors and replaces files
•Affordable / Achievable
•PLNs are spreading / viable approach
Consortial Digital RepositoriesMetaArchive: http://GKR.library.gatech.edu
Digital Curation and Preservation Architecture
– Sun Infinite Archive Solution – Sun StorageTek 2540 disk array (16 TB)– SL 500 Tape Library (combined 529 TB)– Managed by Sun’s SAM server and ZFS software
• For management of GT digital assets, including consortially-held assets, and future research data initiatives
Links: Top Priorities in IT and Digital Projects
1) Consortial Digital Repositories– GKR: http://GKR.library.gatech.edu – MetaArchive Cooperative: http://metaarchive.org
2) ePublishing, Content, and Curation Services– VREs: http://vre.upei.ca/dev/
• i.e. http://islandlives.ca/ -- http://www.islandstudies.ca/
– Publishing: (http://epage.library.gatech.edu) • www.itidjournal.org -- http://www.gttower.org/
3) MetaSearch and Discovery– http://finder.library.gatech.edu/ – http://tsquare.gatech.edu
4) Digital Curation and Preservation Architecture