Hi Code4Lib Community,
I am a librarian at DePauw University. We have a faculty member who has
been hosting his scholarly works through our IT servers. Our IT has been
hosting the files/objects (both the papers and the RDF files) and the root
directory (https/website) that acts as a gateway to these works so that
RePec (an economic indexing website) can harvest rdf and associated
metadata and feed it through RePec. This faculty member has recently been
informed that his work can no longer be hosted / supported by our IT.
Here at the library we have moved his actual digital objects (the scholarly
papers themselves) to our institutional repository, Digital Commons.
Digital Commons has confirmed they can provide us with the needed rdf files
and metadata for RePec to harvest for their index. The problem we're
hitting is the automation point or the "gateway" to get these systems to
harvest more easily knowing we can no longer host the root directory that
RePec operates heavily on. Has anyone in this listserv been in a similar
situation? We're currently looking at using an anonymous FTP option. Do any
of you have recommendations for anonymous FTP harvesting to RePec?
I can be reached at this email address: aliciaikerd_at_depauw.edu but am also
happy to schedule a Zoom meeting too.
-Alicia
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Alicia Ikerd
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Coordinator of Library Technology
DePauw University
(765) 658-4410
Received on Tue Sep 09 2025 - 14:10:45 EDT