This summary comparison of DRS & DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard) is provided as a useful starting point for members of the Harvard community as they consider the use of a digital repository for their content.
| DRS (Digital Repository Service) | DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard) | |
|---|---|---|
| Repository description | DRS is a managed preservation repository with bundled delivery services. | DASH is an open access repository with public discovery. |
| Who should use it? | Harvard units with long-term stewardship responsibility for collections | Individual members of the Harvard academic community who create original content |
| What is it for? | Long term preservation and access of managed collections | Access to scholarly works, such as author's final manuscripts, created by Harvard affiliates |
| Who is the administrator of the system? | Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT-LTS) | Harvard University Library Office for Scholarly Communication (HL-OSC) |
| Requirements | Requires publicly discoverable description of content (bibliographic data) Files may be public, restricted, or dark. | Requires publicily discoverable description of content (bibliographic data) Files may be public, restricted, or dark. |
| Who is the steward of the content in the repository? | The Harvard collection units share responsibility with HUIT-LTS. | HL-OSC |
| What are the responsibilities for the stewards of the content? | The collection unit commits to DRS service costs in perpetuity. The collection units create and maintain bibliographic and administrative metadata. The collection units provide discovery and reference services for the content. The collection units are responsible for rights management. LTS is responsible for the long term preservation of the content for access. | OSC commits to DASH services in perpetuity. OSC maintains bibliographic and administrative metadata provided by the author. OSC provides public discovery of all metadata in the repository. The author is responsible for rights management. |
| Costs | Storage costs are charged to the collection unit. Repository management costs are covered by LTS through the library assessment (shared costs). | No costs are currently charged to the author. Repository management costs are covered by OSC. |
| Contact | Library Technology Services 5-3724 | Office for Scholarly Communication 5-4089 |