User testing results: a simple analysis
The series of blog posts on user testing requires some summary, even if it is best not to be over-analytical about the results of user tests, especially if you were responsible for designing the tests....
View ArticleFrom DepositMO to DepositMOre: what’s in a name?
Hands up those who know what the MO stands for in DepositMO. I see a few familiar hands, from people who know the project or have been attentive to this blog. What about those new to the project – can...
View ArticleDepositMOre: the timeline so far
Que Sera, Sera, but timing is everything, so they say. DepositMOre follows on directly from the DepositMO project, but temporally the linkage was not quite as expected. Here we review how the project...
View ArticleDepositMOre: new deposit tools follow the content
DepositMO 2, Spiderman 3, Scream 4? There’s a reason JISC doesn’t do sequels, and not just because it isn’t in the business of funding films. And there’s a reason this project is DepositMOre and not...
View ArticleQuestions of more for institutional repositories: the final story (nearly) of...
On the questions of more content for institutional repositories, how they can obtain it, how we contextualise the process, how much IRs want more full-text content and how much of it they want. Since...
View ArticleYouTube Import Plugin: workflow and implementation
What content in the wilds of the Web would repository managers ideally like to add to their institutional repositories? That was the first question we posed to repository partners at the outset of the...
View ArticleYouTube Import Plugin: feedback from repository partners
The YouTube Import Plugin for EPrints resulted from a request by repository partners at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Goldsmiths University of London for the DepositMOre project to...
View ArticleUnpacking large image collections: Polynomial Texture Map (PTM) Extension...
This project’s YouTube Import Plugin performs what we called the ‘grunt’ work of large file import and metadata completion, saving the depositor time and effort. A video import will typically be a...
View ArticlePolynomial Texture Map (PTM) Extension: feedback from archaeology users
The Polynomial Texture Map (PTM) Extension application for EPrints is an example that begins to tackle the effective organisation, description and presentation of multiple research data objects...
View ArticleLeeds builds a new digital library: role of the Watch Folder tool
The University of Leeds is building a new digital library based on EPrints, and began its investigation by using the Watch Folder produced by the DepositMO project, reporting progress on the use of...
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