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Institutional Repositories A Brief Overview

Institutional Repositories A Brief Overview. Institutional repositories are…. Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution. Crow, Raym. The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper . 2002

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Institutional Repositories A Brief Overview

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  1. Institutional RepositoriesA Brief Overview

  2. Institutional repositories are… • Digital collections that preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of an institution. Crow, Raym. The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper. 2002 • … a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. Lynch Clifford A. Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age. 2003 Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  3. Characteristics of institutional repositories • Institutionally defined rather than subject-based repository • Web-based system for storage of and access to scholarly material • Long-term stewardship of intellectual assets • Support the process of scholarly communication • Open and interoperable Mark Ware Consulting Ltd.Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories: Final Report.2004 Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  4. Potential contents of an institutional repository • Pre-prints and post-prints • Technical reports, working papers • Theses & dissertations • Books or chapters of books • Research databases • Conference proceedings • Teaching materials • Presentations • Sound and video files • Digital research materials( e.g. simulations, code) Ware, Mark. Institutional repositories -- the state of play. PLAS Conference, 2004. Mark Ware Consulting Ltd. Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories: Final Report.2004 Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  5. Institutional repository functions • Scholarly communication • e-Publishing • Education • Increase institutional and faculty prestige • Collection management • Long-term preservation • Knowledge management • Research assessment exercises Mark Ware Consulting Ltd.Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories: Final Report.2004 Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  6. MIT DSpace application Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  7. MIT Dspace Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  8. MIT Dspace Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  9. MIT dspace Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  10. MIT dspace Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  11. A UNT Institutional Repository? • Does UNT need an institutional repository? • What benefits could it bring? • What are the barriers to implementing? • We propose a pilot project using DSpace technology • TxCDK: project coordinator and technology development • UNT Libraries: facilitator with faculty • Initial contributors • College of Engineering • School of Library and Information Sciences • Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Program Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

  12. Resources for more information • major papers: 1. Crow, R.(2002) The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper. Retrieved Feb.10, 2005, From http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/IR_Final_Release_102.pdf 2. Lynch C. A.(2003). Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age. Retrieved Feb.11, 2005, from http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html 3. Mark Ware Consulting Ltd.(2004). Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories: Final Report. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2005, from http://www.palsgroup.org.uk/palsweb/palsweb.nsf/0/8c43ce800a9c67cd80256e370051e88a/$FILE/PALS%20report%20on%20Institutional%20Repositories.pdf 4. AAHSL Charting the Future Committee.(2004). An Overview of Institutional Repositories. Retrieved Feb.16, 2005, from https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/216/3/IR_AAHSL.pdf • some of the implementations of Dspace in U.S. universities: MIT's digital repository, URL https://dspace.mit.edu/index.jsp Cornell University DSpace digital repository , URL http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/index.jsp The digital repository of Drexel University, URL http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/index.jsp The digital repository of the University of Wisconsin, URL http://minds.wisconsin.edu/index.jsp Institutional Repositories: A Brief Overview

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