From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse

This article describes the development of the Haplo standards-based, open source repository software, from Cayuse, that meets the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) principles, and which captures all research, regardless of what it is, with a focus on prioritizing the capture of...

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Main Authors: Jenny Evans, Nina Watts, Taylor Mudd, Tom Renner
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2022-09-01
Series:Insights: The UKSG Journal
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Online Access:https://insights.uksg.org/articles/582
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description This article describes the development of the Haplo standards-based, open source repository software, from Cayuse, that meets the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) principles, and which captures all research, regardless of what it is, with a focus on prioritizing the capture of ‘practice research’ – ‘… an umbrella term that describes all manners of research where practice is the significant method of research conveyed in a research output.’ in the arts and architecture. This research has been neglected by the repository landscape and surrounding discoverability infrastructure, which has traditionally focused on text-based research publications in the STEM disciplines where there is a policy mandate (and funding) for open access. As practice research has not been captured effectively in repositories, it has not been possible for it to be preserved for long-term access via appropriate integrated digital preservation solutions. This story of collaboration between the University of Westminster and Haplo (now Cayuse), puts researchers at the centre of development, using a co-design approach, while ensuring the Research and Scholarly Communications team (then based within the Library and Archives Service) at the University were driving this work in alignment with sector-wide standards. The role of user engagement, advocacy and inclusive policy development is highlighted and illustrates that this underpins, and is crucial to, successful software development. While the successes are documented and celebrated, the challenges are acknowledged and the lessons learned are shared.
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spelling doaj.art-f67582a3c64e45ab8eb2a9429f2dde282022-12-22T04:30:17ZengUbiquity PressInsights: The UKSG Journal2048-77542022-09-013510.1629/uksg.582519From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from CayuseJenny Evans0Nina Watts1Taylor Mudd2Tom Renner3Research Environment and Scholarly Communications Lead, University of WestminsterRepository and Open Access Manager, University of WestminsterSenior Software Engineer, Cayuse LLC(Previously Haplo Services Ltd.)This article describes the development of the Haplo standards-based, open source repository software, from Cayuse, that meets the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) principles, and which captures all research, regardless of what it is, with a focus on prioritizing the capture of ‘practice research’ – ‘… an umbrella term that describes all manners of research where practice is the significant method of research conveyed in a research output.’ in the arts and architecture. This research has been neglected by the repository landscape and surrounding discoverability infrastructure, which has traditionally focused on text-based research publications in the STEM disciplines where there is a policy mandate (and funding) for open access. As practice research has not been captured effectively in repositories, it has not been possible for it to be preserved for long-term access via appropriate integrated digital preservation solutions. This story of collaboration between the University of Westminster and Haplo (now Cayuse), puts researchers at the centre of development, using a co-design approach, while ensuring the Research and Scholarly Communications team (then based within the Library and Archives Service) at the University were driving this work in alignment with sector-wide standards. The role of user engagement, advocacy and inclusive policy development is highlighted and illustrates that this underpins, and is crucial to, successful software development. While the successes are documented and celebrated, the challenges are acknowledged and the lessons learned are shared.https://insights.uksg.org/articles/582haplocayusedigital repositoriesopen source softwarepractice researchnon-text outputs
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From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
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digital repositories
open source software
practice research
non-text outputs
title From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
title_full From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
title_fullStr From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
title_full_unstemmed From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
title_short From legacy to next generation: a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source Haplo repository from Cayuse
title_sort from legacy to next generation a story of collaboration to push the boundaries of the open source haplo repository from cayuse
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cayuse
digital repositories
open source software
practice research
non-text outputs
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