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Dpanther: Benefits And Challenges Of Building And Managing Your Own Digital Repository, Kelley Rowan, Rebecca Bakker Jul 2017

Dpanther: Benefits And Challenges Of Building And Managing Your Own Digital Repository, Kelley Rowan, Rebecca Bakker

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This article addresses the benefits and challenges associated with building your own digital repository platform and managing content, technical hurdles, and partners. The authors discuss the advantages of building a repository that can evolve as standards in the field do and how to handle the problems that arise when you are both the metadata manager and technical support. The authors also discuss difficulties their partners have experienced with the platform and lessons learned. It is the hope that this information will provide those who may be either managing a digital repository or considering a new digital platform, relevant information that …


Mets Editor: The Basics, For Use With Dpanther, Kelley F. Rowan Aug 2015

Mets Editor: The Basics, For Use With Dpanther, Kelley F. Rowan

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This presentation was created for the purpose of an FIU libraries' workshop specifically for administrators of dPanther. This presentation covers specific problems in creating metadata with the METS editor for upload to dPanther and how to resolve these issues.