STARGATE SCoPE (Selecting Collections for Possible Exposure ) is a brief investigation into the demand for and practicalities of running a Gateway within the context of the JISC Information Environment

SCoPE’s primary aims are:

• to build on the STARGATE project (including the technical specification)
• to develop a business case for a SRG service by:
  • investigating the market for a SRG service (what collections can be exposed)
  • assessing the cost and benefits of such as service (why such collections would use such a service)
  • making suggestions about how to promote the uptake of a SRG service.

We consider there to be two main use cases for the deployment of static repositories:

• a collection holder use case
• a service provider use case

These are available: as a word document or as a pdf /a

SCoPE is currently surveying relevant collection holders in the UK and consulting with a group of domain experts.