An introduction to AIRDIP

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An introduction to AIRDIP

• Diana Massam, Hilary Jones, Andy Priest
• Intute Executive
• 18th January 2008
• Academy Intute Resource Database Integration
  Project

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What well cover

• What is AIRDIP? Project background, progress,
  future plans DIANA
• Demonstration of AIRDIP cataloguing
  interface HILARY
• Demonstration of AIRDIP search interface Centre
  for Bioscience TERRY
• Questions / comments

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Project Background

• Summary of original Project Aims
• To facilitate interoperability across Intute, the
  Academy and its Subject Centres
• To rationalise resource provision to the Higher
  Education Academy and Intutes respective
  audiences
• Allow easy sharing of resource metadata between
  Subject Centres and Intute
• Ensure cataloguing consistency and quality and
  explore cataloguing facility for Subject Centres.
• Scope of revised project from July 07
• 4 Subject Centres involved Biosciences, Medev,
  Health Sciences Practice, Palatine
• Delivery of resource cataloguing guidelines and
  cataloguing interface
• Data migration from subject centres to Intute
• Data transfer direct from Intute for Medev
  records
• Data cleansing, followed by addition of
  educational metadata by subject centres
• Development of search client to be installed and
  embedded in subject centre websites

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AIRDIP Overview
Jan 08
July 07
Cataloguing Guidelines
Transition planning
Test Migration 1
Main Migration
Cataloguing Interface
Data Cleansing
Implement search Embedding features
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Future

• Next Stage
• Remaining AIRDIP Subject Centres to install and
  test search client software
• Data cleansing to be completed records then live
  in AIRDIP database
• Subject Centres will add their own educational
  metadata to the live records
• Transition
• Intute will catalogue additional 500 records on
  behalf of subject centres
• Establish cataloguing workflow for ongoing record
  creation / updating
• Investigate mechanism for automatic updating of
  AIRDIP from Intute database where required
• Establish longer term communication channels for
  Subject Centres / Intute
• Develop visual identifiers for shared records
  i.e. HEA logo display in Intute catalogue
• A model for future Intute / HEA collaboration?