Repository Management User Profile - Repository Engineer

Repository Management User Profile - Repository Engineer

Prepared by: Management FRG

Last Revised: Jan 2018

Status: Draft

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Approved by:

Demographics/User Characteristics

  • Familiar with Hyrax, Samvera and Fedora repository technologies

  • Familiar with repository concepts and standards

  • Familiar with metadata standards and encoding

  • Familiar with related Library/broader Emory systems infrastructure

  • Familiar with file systems and permissions management models

  • Familiar with cloud/distributed environments

  • Familiar with storage environments 

  • Familiar with repository system services and deposit workflow processes

  • Familiar with the mission of digital libraries and institutional repositories

Frequency of Repository Use

  • Daily to weekly

General Motivators/Goals

  • Providing technical oversight for the overall repository product solution

  • Working with Library staff system users to develop and support features in the interface

  • Integration of repository system services with other Library/Emory systems

  • Troubleshooting technical issues impacting digital repository products and content

  • Supporting user and group permissions infrastructure

  • Coordinating repository system upgrades and enhancements

Key Repository Management Tasks

  • Maintains system roles, user, and group permissions for the overall repository

  • Develops integrations with external Emory/Library systems

  • Maintains integrations with storage services

  • Works with Metadata Specialists to maintain metadata profiles over time

  • Maintains preservation activities and utilities over time

  • Troubleshoots issues related to ingest, indexing, display, and permissions

Repository Content/Information Desired

  • User management dashboard/interface

  • Staff activity audits and processing reports

  • Storage utilization reports

  • Overall repository health/preservation reports

  • Administrative Set management

  • Repository inventory reports

Library/Unit Interactions

  • Primary affiliation is the Emory Libraries or LITS

  • Provides repository support to all depositing Libraries