Technical and Automated
Services
Who We Are
What We Do
Organizational Structure
Promote Universal Access to the World’s Knowledge (direct, instant,
convenient,
RUCore
Web
Acquisitions
easy
and ubiquitous
architecture
Presence
Electronic
TAS Budget
R&D
Resource
and Facilities
RUcore
Networking,
TAS Grant
Support
LearningCataloging
and ResearchManagement
through responsive
services thatcollections
are innovative
server and
Article Linking
Management
management
and increase
theanduniversity’s
impact.
storage
Weeding
Research
Data
Repository
ETDs
Binding
collection
Metadata
Faculty
LMS
Digital
metadata
deposits
Support and Enhance the State and
its
Residents,
as part of Rutgers,
the State
Collection
NJDH/NJEDL
Security and
Buildingof New Jersey
University
General
Identity Mgt
collections
Technical Infrastructure
KUALI-OLE LMS to integrate catalog and repository and services in design/development,
such as ontology service to replace authority control
SOLR/Lucene Federated Search Engine
RUcoreidentity
Fedora-management for “one stop shop” and integrationLibrary
Online
NetID based
with other
Rutgers
SIRSI/Dynix LMS
Based Repository
Presence
services (LMS, MyRutgers, etc.)
Robust, sophisticated infrastructure. 47 TB digital storage, virtualized servers, PDF, image
and streaming services
20,000+ resources
Smallest collection, with <200 deposits. Currently
working on adding Optimality Archive in Linguistics
(12,000+ deposits) and preparing for Open Access Policy.
Download ratio of 54:1
Most popular collection. 2600+ documents. Mandatory
for all Graduate Schools. Download ratio of 80:1
Classic texts, Almost 700 maps, Digital Exhibits
NJDH – Statewide cultural heritage portal with almost
12,000 resources and 28 public libraries, historical
societies, museums and state agencies. 6:1 Download
ratio
Number of RUcore Downloads Per Calendar Year
400000
349350
350000
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000
76999
46558
50000
0
6713
9820
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
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NJEDL – New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
RUresearch
RUresearch is the research data component of RUcore, the Rutgers
University Community Repository. RUresearch provides:
– Consulting on Data Management Plans and data best practices
– Permanently archiving data in the RUresearch data portal
– Work on larger and more complex data needs in grant-funded projects
The RUresearch Data Team
• Cross-departmental team of programmers and developers, metadata
experts, and librarians with disciplinary expertise
• Write and manage grants and serve as peer reviewers and consultants for
granting agencies, including the National Science Foundation
• Collaborate with faculty to make data available and increase faculty
research impact
RUresearch benefits
• Permanent preservation using industry best practices.
• Flexible metadata that can adapt to disciplinary standards and
special project needs, ensuring maximum discoverability of relevant
research.
• A permanent URL that can be used to cite data, indexing in Google
and Google Scholar, and links to publications based on the data, all
of which can increase visibility and citation of Rutgers research.
• Policies can include embargo and restriction of files that contain
sensitive data.
• Architecture that preserves and relates all components of the
research project throughout the data life cycle, from grant
proposals and descriptions of the data collection process (e.g. lab
notes, survey instruments), to software code and related
publications and presentations.
RUresearch: Grant Support
The Libraries can also partner with faculty on grant-funded projects to:
• Create custom portals to data for a project
• Create custom descriptive metadata schemes to provide access to the
unique aspects of a project's data
• Create tools for interactive data analysis and collaboration
The Libraries partnered with the Graduate School of Education to produce the
Video Mosaic Collaborative.
• Contact us at rucore_research@email.rutgers.edu or visit
rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/research to initiate a data consultation.
GSE Collaboration : Video Mosaic Collaborative
RU Analytic
Public Interfaces
• OPAC
• Mobile
Staff Interfaces
• Workflows
• Director’s Station
Joining the Team
• Integrating RWJ into the RUL ILS
RWJ
ALCOHOL
ALCHL/NJ
ALEXANDER
ANNEX
ART
CAMDEN
KILMER
LSM
CHANG
CHEMISTRY
Rutgers University
Libraries
DANA
DOUGLASS
MATH
MEDIA
HUNGARIAN
MUSIC
JAZZ
RU-ONLINE
PHYSICS
SERC
SMLR
SPCOL/UA
TSB
WHITMAN
Joining the Team
• Configure policy tables to add RWJ
• Load RWJ bib records exported from UMDNJ
Voyager
• Migrate user records, circulation transactions,
and other data as needed
Where we’re headed
SirsiDynix
GEAC
KUALI-OLE
Rutgers Libraries ILS migration path is KUALI-OLE
Benefits of KUALI-OLE
• Improve services and expand access to resources for our
user community
• Provide opportunity to break down silos of information
and integrate our ILS and local repository into one
catalog
• Better ability to customize the software to meet our
needs
• Realize economies of scale by providing the opportunity
to shift the considerable expense of maintaining
individual ILSs to one statewide system
• Integrate with the state academic libraries
through VALID
VALID Current Status
• Install and test potential open-source discovery
interfaces for VALE community review and selection
• Review cataloging, borrowing, and collection
maintenance policies to enable seamless,
transparent lending and ensure we have a robust
physical collection
• Prepare our individual ILS databases
for implementation of a discovery
interface and migration to KUALI-OLE
Online Presence:
Rejuvenate, Integrate, Mobilize
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Continuous dialog with patrons
Ethnographic study, focus and test groups
Simple yet elegant design
Disintermediation (direct management of
content by Librarians)
• JiT help with catalogs, databases, and services
• Integrated access to all digital content
New Website This School Year
Biggest challenge: Search
• RUL collaborating on a new Kuali OLE
LMS design & development
• Manage without a discovery layer
• Yet provide the most concentrated and
focused search interface we can
• Usability study underway
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Baby Steps in a Mobile World…
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or…
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On the Bus to the Library…
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A Lot More to Get “Mobilized”…
• Library catalog services
– Renew, hold, ILL, … complete service, eventually
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Mobile-optimized databases
Use content on tablets
Locate stacks
Check and reserve public PCs
Alert messages
Participate in common Rutgers mobile apps
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