Digital Repositories Committee : 2020-11-09 Meeting notes

10 minutes

DAMS + MWG metadata timelines

Alyssa

• Lia agreed that a small group for DAMs metadata would be useful

• Based on the time of year, we’d like to form this group in January

• Lia will bring it to MWG and ask for 1-2 participants, aiming for a small group

• What will representation look like from both groups?

15 minutes

DAMS Self Evaluation 2.0

Beth, Azalea

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tQ3m38GIwqapcRxQNvsH3ifVOz4AFLEcamwwAb7UHxc/edit?usp=sharing

• Alyssa will inquire with DRC about expectations/timelines related to data, and will send eval to them to complete

• Azalea + Eric will share with Archivists' Round Table

15 minutes

Investigating Alma Digital

All

• Ex Libris approached COLD about Alma Digital and a system-wide trial

  • Sac State has an Esploro license; Alma D tools are already built into Alma, just without the ability to upload files (inventory manager roles, etc.);

  • Benefits: existing expertise, does have viewers (still and multimedia, iiif), datastream file management,

  • Current DAMS is Content DM, exploring as a potential replacement, analysis involves any loss of functionality when migrating 1 to 1 from DM to Alma D; Trying to test public interface without opening up test collections to the public; Can run a Controlled Digital Lending process (manages items/access); Adjustable metadata templates; Out of the box support for MARC + DC; Same MD editor that is used by tech services; Batch tools; Norm rules;

  • Remaining questions about Alma D: permanent URLs/handles; OAI-PMH harvesting; Integration with external tools (APIs); Google indexing;

• Rosetta: sounds like Alma D has grown out of pieces of Rosetta; One of the early benefits of Rosetta is the ability to construct collections (with landing pages);

• DRC would like us to do an analysis and make a recommendation

  • Possible evaluation based on DAMS specifications report built out by Steve, Kevin and Alyssa

  • Questions to posit in the analysis: What are the limitations? Functionally and discovery-wise; How does it differ from Rosetta?; Why are they offering this now? Balancing market needs, out of the box tools, and the need to maintain control of data;

  • May be worth asking Ex Libris for a consortial test sandbox

• Product page: https://exlibrisgroup.com/products/alma-library-services-platform/digital-resources/

• We can potentially apply our DAMS evaluation rubric to for a base analysis, and an executive statement;

10 minutes

Other/Announcements

All

• Hyrax installation at CSUSM

• 2019 SWAT report on costs