Scholar@UC

Scholar@UC is a digital repository that enables the University of Cincinnati community to share its research and scholarly work with a worldwide audience. Faculty and staff can use Scholar@UC to collect their work in one location and create a durable and citeable record of their papers, presentations, publications, datasets, or other scholarly creations.

Scholar@UC uses Samvera's Hyrax gem. The source for UC's Hyrax-based app can be found at https://github.com/uclibs/scholar_uc

The Univeristy of Cincinnati's implementation of Scholar@UC can be found at https://scholar.uc.edu.

Installing the Scholar@UC application

Option #1: Run Scholar@UC in your local Rails environment

Install system dependencies

***Our Hyrax 7.x based app requires the following software to work:

• Solr version >= 5.x (tested up to 6.2.0)
• Fedora Commons digital repository version >= 4.5.1 (tested up to 4.6.0)
• A SQL RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL), though note that SQLite will be used by default if you're looking to get up and running quickly
  • libmysqlclient-dev (if running MySQL as RDBMS)
  • libsqlite3-dev (if running SQLite as RDBMS)
• Redis, a key-value store
• ImageMagick with JPEG-2000 support
• FITS version 0.8.x (0.8.5 is known to be good)
• LibreOffice

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/uclibs/scholar_uc.git ./path/to/local
   • Note: Solr will not run properly if there are spaces in any of the directory names above it
     (e.g. /user/my apps/scholar_uc/)
2. Change to the application's directory: e.g. cd ./path/to/local
3. Make sure you are on the develop branch: git checkout develop
4. Copy the sample files: script/copy_config_local.sh
5. Install bundler (if needed): gem install bundler
6. Run bundler: bundle install
7. Start fedora: fcrepo_wrapper -p 8984
8. Start solr: solr_wrapper -d solr/config/ --collection_name hydra-development
9. Start redis: redis-server
10. Run the database migrations: bundle exec rake db:migrate
11. Start the rails server: rails server
12. Visit the site at [http://localhost:3000] (http://localhost:3000)

Running the Tests

bundle exec rake spec

Need Help?

Have a question or comment about Scholar@UC? Contact [email protected].

Application Status

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