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Digital Repository of Ireland
Taisclann Dhigiteach na hÉireann

The Digital Repository of Ireland is housed in the Royal Irish Academy
Agency overview
FormedJune 24, 2015 (2015-06-24)[1]
JurisdictionIreland
Headquarters19 Dawson Street Dublin 2
Employees15
Agency executive
  • Natalie Harrower, Director

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a digital repository for Ireland's humanities, social science and cultural heritage data.[2] It was designed as an open access infrastructure that allows for interactive use and sustained growth. Three institutions, Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), and Maynooth (now Maynooth University or MU), currently manage the repository and implement its policies, guidelines and training.[3] The Department of Education and Skills has primarily funded DRI since 2016 through the Higher Education Authority and the Irish Research Council.[3] As of 2018, DRI is home to over 28,000 items.[4]

Structure

The governing body for DRI is a Management Board which is composed of representatives of each of the academic institutions, who serve three-year terms[5]. The Core Implementation Team (CIT) is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Repository as well as strategy development, coordination and project delivery[6]. The CIT is composed of the DRI Director, DRI Principal Investigators and Institutional representatives, and the DRI Programme Manager in RIA. In addition, an International Advisory Group of eight experts ensures DRI maintains ties with other digital repositories across the globe[7]. The International Advisory Group meets annually to provide oversight and feedback and sustain best practices.

DRI staff is composed of professionals from diverse backgrounds such as librarians, digital archivists, educators, and software engineers who support all aspects of governance, operations and management, and taskforces. As of 2018, there are fifteen full-time staff members[8].

The DRI has three main areas of focus: Technology, Policy, and Education and Outreach[3]. The technological software protects and preserves the data while allowing easy searching and navigation through the material. Development of policy protocols for data generation and preparation for archiving is a core remit of DRI. Education and Outreach include a training programme and direct contact with the public through workshops and newsletters.

Projects

DRI has been involved with many projects since inception.[9]

  • DECIPHER / Storyscope - Launched January 2013
  • Linked Logainm: Location LODer - Launched September 2013
  • The DRI-INSIGHT RTÉ project - Launched September 2013
  • Irish Record Linkage, 1864-1913 - Launched December 2013
  • The Social Repository of Ireland - Launched January 2014
  • PLoT - Launched February 2014
  • Inspiring Ireland - Launched March 2014 - won overall award, open source award, and the promoting Ireland award at the eGovernment Awards at Dublin Castle in 2015[10]
  • MoTIF Project - Launched May 2014
  • DAH Programme - Launched 2014
  • CMC LINE-UP Platform: Linked Irish NEw mUsic Platform - Launched January 2015
  • Research Data Alliance H2020 Project - Launched September 2015
  • Inspiring Ireland 1916 - Launched January 2016
  • Frongoch and 1916 - Launched December 2016
  • Atlantic Philanthropies Active Curation Project - Launched August 2017

References

  1. ^ "About DRI". Digital Repository of Ireland. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. ^ Nick, Callan. "Digital Repository of Ireland Launched". merrionstreet.ie. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ^ a b c "About DRI | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. ^ "Digital Repository of Ireland Search Results". repository.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  5. ^ "DRI Board | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  6. ^ "Core Implementation Team | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  7. ^ "International Advisory Group | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  8. ^ "DRI Team | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  9. ^ "PROJECTS | Digital Repository Ireland". www.dri.ie. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  10. ^ "DRI, Failte Ireland big winners at eGovernment Awards - TechCentral.ie". TechCentral.ie. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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