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The JoRD project was a feasibility study conducted by the Centre for Research Communications to assess the potential and scope of a centralised service that would collate and disseminate information about journal data policies. A survey of existing policies was carried out, stakeholders were consulted and a range of business models were suggested. The study found that the data sharing environment is in a confused state, and that guidance which would aid the use, reuse and reproduction of data would be of benefit to all stakeholders. The presentation will outline the current state of journal data sharing policies, views and practices of stakeholders and their requirements.

This proposal provides an overview of research management roles provided by the University of Glasgow’s open source institutional repository, Enlighten (http://eprints.gla.ac.uk) - and how these have evolved. As an embedded repository Enlighten now supports a range of activities beyond our original Open Access aims to provide freely available access to as many our research outputs as possible. It’s also our publications database, provides support the university’s submission to the UK’s national assessment exercise, REF2014 and ensures our compliance with research funder polices. Underpinning all of these roles are the twin principles of re-use and additional value.

A favorite slogan of the repository world is “the coolest thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else.” However, that “someone else” and their cool projects might never exist if others don’t understand what your repository contains or how to access and manipulate your content. Not only is training important to ensuring long-term repository sustainability, it is a vital component of any strategic vision for digital content development.

Drawing on their experiences in corporate, academic, and community-based training, the authors discuss the ways that training can address these issues, lower stress and uncertainty, and forge the long-term connections that sustain our communities and repositories.

Technological obsolescence is a well known phenomenon and organizations require enormous amounts of resources, both human and financial, to deal with this challenge. This issue becomes even more challenging for memory institutions which are dealing with a wide range of digital resources. In this paper we propose a tiered model for preserving digital content at memory institutions that is built on an assessment which considers three factors: resource type, archival responsibility, and level of projected preservability. This model allows institutions to assess and rank digital resources in terms of preservation needs and helps institutions to bundle preservation strategies accordingly. This model is simple to apply and flexible enough to be usable by a variety of memory institutions. Although we describe the way in which we have implemented the model at the University of Alberta Libraries, the model does not dictate the method of implementation or the specific preservation strategies to be employed.