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Systems Computing: FEDORA-based Institutional Repository

Building a FEDORA-based Institutional Repository

Fedora is one of several highly functional open source frameworks or platforms that are now available to those who want to rapidly build an institutional repository or digital library. This presentation will discuss Rutgers University Libraries’ (RUL) experience with developing capabilities on the FEDORA platform. Our objective is to develop an integrated, highly functional, open-source system that can be used as a digital library or institutional repository. This talk will cover some of the highlights of the RUL architecture including the collection model and supporting services for workflow, collection and preservation. The multi-portal architecture will be illustrated by showing how major projects such as the New Jersey Digital Highway, Institute of Jazz Studies Oral Histories, and the RU Repository use the same basic architecture and underlying repository.

Biography: Ronald Jantz

Ron Jantz is the Social Sciences Data Librarian at Alexander Library, Rutgers University. He has a Master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Library Service from Rutgers University. Ron is applying his technology and library experience in order to improve access to digital materials. His research interests are in digital libraries and digital preservation, with an emphasis on special formats such as numeric data and digital maps. Ron has been a Co-PI on grants for developing the New Jersey Environmental Digital Library and the Eagleton Poll Archive for public opinion data. He has also collaborated with others at Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) to design the Fedora-based architecture for the RUL digital repository.