Hi Mary Anne, there have been a number of projects in the UK that have looked at this issue.
Three current pieces of work of relevance to your question the SWORD project http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/SWORD This SWORD project has developed an Atom based api for remote deposit to repositories. 'SWORD is bundled with the current release of DSpace, and will be part of forthcoming versions of EPrints, Fedora and IntraLibrary ' see also: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue54/allinson-et-al/ the IncReASe project http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/increase/index.html This project is looking at scenarios and tools around deposit to an institutional repository and a funding council repository the FeedForward project http://legolas.cetis.ac.uk/ 'FeedForward is a JISC-funded project <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_rep_pres/tools/feedforw ard.aspx> to develop an application that enables individuals to make better use of the information environment, with a unified workflow that enables the selection, scanning, sorting, annotation and sharing of resources from a range of sources, both 'informal' (such as blogs) and 'formal' (such as bibliographic databases and institutional repositories).' This (alpha) tool includes support for SWORD and supports some degree of desktop deposit. The team also put together a simple demostration tool 'Filebalst' for the CRIG Repository Challenge at Open Repositories 2008. kind regards, John Robertson Maryanne Kennan wrote: > G'day, > > Is anyone aware of, or doing any, work that might enable disiplinary > repositories to "pick up" records from institutional repositories in some > kind of automated way? I have a request from a faculty member for > information, and I remember reading something, but can't find it. In the > course of my research I have come across researchers particularly in our > university those who use arXiv or SSRN who would ike to tick a box when > uploading the the IR, that would send the record off holus bolus to the DR > of choice. Any leads appreciated > > Regards > Mary Anne > > > -- > PhD Candidate > Information Systems, Technology and Management > Australian School of Business > The University of New South Wales > NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA > Email: [email protected] > > This email is intended only for the use of the individual named above and > may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are > not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and > delete this message. Views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender and are not necessarily the views of the Faculty of > Business (incorporating the AGSM), UNSW. Before opening any attachments > please check them for viruses and defects. > -- R. John Robertson skype: rjohnrobertson Repositories Research Officer (JISCCETIS), Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement University of Strathclyde Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 3072 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/johnr/ The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263
