Developing the Irish National Trusted Digital Repository for the Humanities and Social Sciences: an interdisciplinary approach

Submitted by natalieharrower on Tue, 2013-02-26 10:46
Author(s)
First Name: 
Natalie
Last Name: 
Harrower
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy
First Name: 
Sharon
Last Name: 
Webb
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
First Name: 
Jimmy
Last Name: 
Tang
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
First Name: 
Damien
Last Name: 
Gallagher
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
First Name: 
Eoin
Last Name: 
Kilfeather
Affiliation: 
Dublin Institute of Technology
First Name: 
Seathrun
Last Name: 
Ó Tuairisg
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway
First Name: 
Sandra
Last Name: 
Collins
Affiliation: 
Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy
Keywords: 
social sciences, humanities, open access, Hydra, education, interdisciplinary, preservation, community outreach
Track: 
General conference
Paper
Abstract: 

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is an interactive, trusted digital repository for social and cultural content held by Irish institutions. By providing a central internet access point and interactive multimedia tools, the DRI will facilitate engagement with contemporary and historical data, allowing the public, students, and scholars to research Ireland’s cultural heritage and social life in ways never before possible. Since its initial conception, the DRI has taken a holistic approach to the practice of use and reuse, by targeting open source and community driven software, by carrying out extensive consultations across our interdisciplinary stakeholder community and by complementing the infrastructure and policy development with a comprehensive training programme to realise wide usage.

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