Introduction to SkillsCommons.org

1. TAACCCT
Repository Services
David Walker &
Rick Lumadue
California State University
MERLOT

2. Introduction
• What is SkillsCommons?
• Tour of the site
• How to contribute materials
• Goal: Preparing for your submissions

3. What is SkillsCommons?
• The official repository for TAACCCT OER
• Digital preservation service
• The start of a bigger project
1. Capture and Preserve
2. Enable easy & reliable discovery
3. Demonstrate the adoption of TAACCCT OER
4. Sustain the TAACCCT OER collection and
community of developers and users

4. What is SkillsCommons?
• Technology
– DSpace: open source repository system
– Hosted on Amazon Cloud
• CSU / MERLOT
– Librarians
– Educators
– Technologists

5. Tour of the site
http://skillscommons.org

6. Contribute materials
• Prepare your materials
– CC license
– Format (esp. audio and video)
• Cataloging
– Describe the submission
– Upload files
– Review
– Submit

7. Cataloging considerations
• Type of material
– Learning resources
– Program support materials
• Level of contribution
– Course
– Individual item (e.g., simulation)
• Single submission or Batch submission

8. Questions
Rick Lumadue
Project Director
rlumadue@calstate.edu
David Walker
CSU Director Systemwide Dig. Lib. Services
dwalker@calstate.edu