A DRIVER's Guide to European Repositories; Five studies of important Digital Repository related issues and good practices

Edited by Kasja Weenink, Leo Waaijers and Karen van Godtsenhoven
ISBN 9789053564110 and printed copies are available for purchase from Amsterdam University Press.

Within the DRIVER project, three strategic studies on digital repositories and related topics have been carried out. The production of the studies was coordinated by SURF, the collaborative organisation for higher education and research aimed at breakthrough innovations in ICT in the Netherlands, in close association with Amsterdam University Press and the following DRIVER partners: CNRS (FR ), the University of Gent (BE), ICM (PL), the University of Goettingen, the University of Bielefeld (GER), UKOLN and the University of Nottingham (UK). The studies are published by Amsterdam University Press.

This study aims to promote the creation, further development and networking of repositories. It contains comprehensive and current information on digital repository-related issues that are particularly relevant to repository managers, decision makers and funding agencies. DRIVER has identified five specific, complex and long-term issues which are essential to the establishment, development or sustainability of a digital repository:
-The business of digital repositories, by Alma Swan
-The population of repositories, by Vanessa Proudman. The case studies for this chapter can be found here.
-Intellectual property rights, by Wilma Mossink
-Data Curation, by René van Horik
-Long Term Preservation for repositories, by Barbara Sierman

The success of a repository depends on the degree to which these five issues have been addressed. The study focuses on inter- and transnational approaches which go beyond local interests, thereby making it applicable to a variety of situations. The report will assist stakeholders to confront immediate, short term and long term challenges and can help them take advantage of established practices sharing of good practice.

Last updated: 14-Nov-2008