Natasha Simons is a Senior Data Management Specialist with the Australian National Data Service based at Griffith University. Prior to her current role, she was a Senior Project Manager in the eResearch Services unit at Griffith and managed several projects that built technical infrastructure to support the university’s researchers. She is also a librarian and spent eight years working at the National Library of Australia in Canberra prior to working at Griffith. Natasha is a member of the Council of Australian University Librarians Research Advisory Committee and enjoys contributing back to her profession by participating in conferences, workshops, online discussions and formal publications. Joanna Richardson is Library Strategy Adviser in the Division of Information Services at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Previously she was responsible for scholarly content and discovery services including repositories, procurement, research publications and resource discovery. Joanna has also worked as an Information Technology Librarian in university libraries in both North America and Australia, and has been a lecturer in library and information science. Recent publications have been centred on resource discovery and research data management frameworks.

• New Content in Digital Repositories: The changing research landscape List of tablesList of abbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordAbout the authorsChapter 1: IntroductionAbstract:Types of repositoriesResearch accessibilityResearch accountabilityData sharingLearning life cycleMultimediaDigital sustainabilityRethinking repositories to meet new challengesChapter 2: New content types in repositoriesAbstract:Changing nature of repository content typesFilmStreaming mediaArtwork as researchResearch datasetsResearch outputs in learning and teachingStudent-generated contentWeb archivingUser as content creatorProjectsLegacy collectionsChapter 3: Developing and training repository teamsAbstract:IntroductionSelecting staffSkills identified in authors’ surveyExpertise required with new types of contentResearch data and its specialised requirementsExpertise required in copyright and rights managementTraining and developmentSustaining teamsChapter 4: Metadata schemas and standards for diverse resourcesAbstract:What is ‘metadata’?Metadata standards and schemasMetadata for research dataMetadata for people and organisationsMetadata for film and creative worksStandard approach to metadataGuidelines for selecting a metadata schemaChapter 5: Persistent identifiers for research data and authorsAbstract:What are persistent identifiers?Guidelines for selecting persistent identifiersDigital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for research dataSolving name ambiguity: identifiers for people and groupsChapter 6: Research data: the new goldAbstract:The data delugeRepositories and research dataMaking the case for open access to research dataFurther resourcesChapter 7: Exposing and sharing repository contentAbstract:IntroductionThe OAI-PMHOther ways of exchanging repository contentRepository directories and discovery portalsChapter 8: Selecting repository softwareAbstract:IntroductionFunctionality to be consideredOpen-source versus commercialConsidering a collaborative approachCloud hostingRepository certificationConclusionChapter 9: Repository statistics altmetricsAbstract:Repository content and usage statisticsShortcomings in repository statisticsAltmetricsChapter 10: ConclusionAbstract:BibliographyIndex

"...this up-to-date, clear and well-written primer provides a practical perspective on key aspects of digital repositories and what librarians and archivists need to be thinking about as they plan to ingest new content." --The Australian Library Journal,Vol. 63, No. 2, 2014