TAACCCTRepository Services

David Walker & Rick Lumadue

California State UniversityMERLOT

Introduction

• What is SkillsCommons?• Tour of the site• How to contribute materials• Goal: Preparing for your submissions

What is SkillsCommons?

• The official repository for TAACCCT OER• Digital preservation service• The start of a bigger project

1. Capture and Preserve2. Enable easy & reliable discovery3. Demonstrate the adoption of TAACCCT OER 4. Sustain the TAACCCT OER collection and

community of developers and users

What is SkillsCommons?

• Technology– DSpace: open source repository system– Hosted on Amazon Cloud

• CSU / MERLOT– Librarians– Educators– Technologists

Tour of the site

http://skillscommons.org

Contribute materials

• Prepare your materials– CC license– Format (esp. audio and video)

• Cataloging– Describe the submission– Upload files– Review– Submit

Cataloging considerations

• Type of material– Learning resources– Program support materials

• Level of contribution– Course– Individual item (e.g., simulation)

• Single submission or Batch submission

Questions

Rick LumadueProject Directorrlumadue@calstate.edu

David WalkerCSU Director Systemwide Dig. Lib. Servicesdwalker@calstate.edu