Alicia Ikerd writes on code4lib
> 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.
How would they "provide" that?
> 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.
I am not sure what the "gateway" is here. I can certainly host files
for you to harvest on RePEc. You can also have the faculty member
maintain a RePEc archive on a server hosted by myself. I can set
up such a facility. In fact, I have been meaning to do it for some time.
If digital commons can provide the files, provided that they can be
harvested by any means, I can store them on a server of mine in
a form that RePEc's remi software will be able to access.
> 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 recommend myself. Just get in touch with me and I will
see what I can do for you.
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Written by Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel on his 22013th day.
Received on Wed Sep 10 2025 - 03:48:49 EDT