DAIS - Digital Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Organization

Organization scheme of the DAIS – Digital Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

See also:

• Mission
• General information
• Workflows
• Metadata
• Item lifecycle
• Preservation policy
• Terms of Service
• Helpdesk

DAIS is owned by the Serbian academy of Sciences and Arts and its institutes, whixh are responsible for the content of the repository. The content is organized into communities and collections: each participating institution has its own community and a number of sub-communities and collections. Each institute and SASA are free to decide about content types to be included and prioritized, content organization (collection tree) within their communities, and content access and sharing policies. Deposition and curation rules, as well as the overall repository policy, including the metadata policy, are agreed at the repository level.

The participating institutions appoint a number of repository managers, who accept or reject submissions, control the quality of metadata, provide support to end-users, collect feedback, and communitcate with the development team.

The software platform for DAIS has been developed and is hosted and maintained by the University of Belgrade Computer Centre (UoB-RCUB). UoB-RCUB also provides a set of in-house developed tools for repository managers and general users. UoB-RCUB is responsible for hosting, regular back-up, software upgrades and development, user support and training, and the implementation of interoperability standards and communication with major international infrastructures and aggregators (OpenAIRE, BASE, CORE, WorldCat, Unpaywall).

UoB-RCUB has appointed a dedicated team (TRAP-RCUB) responsible for repository development. The team also serves as a steering body. TRAP-RCUB members collect and evaluate information about new developments in the area and they also receive inputs from the designated community through formal and informal channels. Development plans are devised in collaboration with repository managers. The steering group meets at least once a month to discuss further actions. Decisions are taken by majority vote and are based on a feasibility assessment, paying special attention to the time (hours) required to develop a feature, the number of users benefiting from the action, and the global developments in the area (e.g. standards or expected technical improvements).

Team members collaborate closely with the OpenAIRE, BASE and CORE teams, either through e-mail correspondence or through dedicated online meetings. These collaborations make it possible to assess planned upgrades and improvements from the perspective of aggregators and to modify them towards achieving an optimal interoperability.