Special Digital Repository Practice - Developing a Service-Oriented Database of Cases of Emergency Management at Jinan University

Abstract

This paper introduces the special digital repository practice at Jinan University, which is the developing a Service-Oriented Database of Cases of Emergency Management (SODCEM). We described the development process of SODCEM, including users’ needs analysis, program application, program implementation, metadata definition, development platform selection, users’ service and outcome. The practice achieved its primary goal, providing long-term preserved resources for targeted users from emergence management, such as researchers, government officials and even the public. It helped the librarians who attended this project to make great progress on digital resources collection and processing. The practice significantly increased the library reputation on special digital repository, curation and services among the academic community in the university, which enriched the role of the library in the information era and appealed to the targeted user groups. The implementation and relevant experience have implications for academic libraries and other institutions to conduct similar programs.

Keywords:

• Digital repository
• long-term preservation
• academic libraries
• emergency management

Acknowledgements

The main participants contributing to SODCEM, included but are not limited to Lina Zhu, Xiaoling Zhao, Yuanxin Zhong, Qiandong Zhu, Liping Xiao, Jianning Qin, Tianzhang Li, Xiaoqiang Wang, Xiaona Zhang, Lian Ruan, Wengang Lu and Huiling Wang. We thank the anonymous teacher for her agreement on referring to her letter.

Additional information

Funding

The program of SODCEM was funded by Innovative Libraries Grants from Elsevier Foundation. It was also supported by Research Program on Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform from Jinan University and the MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (grant number 15YJC870030).