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Case Studies
White Paper: Behind a Law School's Decision to Implement an Institutional Repository, James M. Donovan and Carol A. Watson (2008)
An institutional repository [IR] is a means to collect the intellectual digital output of an organization. This white paper discusses creating a business case for...
Build it and they will come?: assessing the impact of 'academic-friendly' practices on institutional repository growth at Southern Cross University, Kerri L. Burn and Katie Wilson (2008)
Despite a proliferation of institutional repositories being established in recent years, and the significant financial and staffing resources invested in them, many have not fulfilled...
Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of DSpace, Philip M. Davis and Matthew J.L. Connolly, D-Lib Magazine (2007)
Problem: While there has been considerable attention dedicated to the development and implementation of institutional repositories, there has been little done to evaluate them, especially...
Open Source or Off-the-Shelf? Establishing an institutional repository for a small institution, Mark Sutherland and Peta Hopkins, Paper presented at the Information Online 2007 13th Exhibition and Conference, Sydney, 30th January – 1st February 2007. Australian Library and Information Association. (2007)
Effective management of digital assets as well as increasing research exposure and impact are particular challenges faced by smaller institutions with limited infrastructure and resources....
Digital Commons
White Paper: Behind a Law School's Decision to Implement an Institutional Repository, James M. Donovan and Carol A. Watson (2008)
An institutional repository [IR] is a means to collect the intellectual digital output of an organization. This white paper discusses creating a business case for...
Build it and they will come?: assessing the impact of 'academic-friendly' practices on institutional repository growth at Southern Cross University, Kerri L. Burn and Katie Wilson (2008)
Despite a proliferation of institutional repositories being established in recent years, and the significant financial and staffing resources invested in them, many have not fulfilled...
At WKU, New Technology Changes the Way Library Works, Dan Modlin, WKYU Radio Broadcast (2007)
BOWLING GREEN, KY (2007-09-21) Advances in technology are leading to important changes in libraries across the country--and WKU is a case in point. A new...
Digital Commons -- An Introduction, Paul Royster (2007)
The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") and ProQuest to Expand bepress's Role with Digital Commons™, the World’s Leading Hosted Institutional Repository, The Berkeley Electronic Press (2007)
Berkeley, CA – August 10, 2007 - ProQuest and The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") today announced that they have reached an agreement for bepress to...
Institutional Repositories
Secrets of Success: Identifying Success Factors in Institutional Repositories, Elizabeth Yakel, Soo Young Rieh, Karen Markey, and Xingxing Yao, 4th International Conference on Open Repositories (2009)
There is little agreement on which factors lead to successful institutional repositories. Researchers primarily cite content recruitment and services as key factors; however, there has...
The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship — A Call to Action, Karla Hahn, Charles Lowry, Clifford Lynch, and David Shulenberger (2009)
Making the Case for an Institutional Repository to Your Provost, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Courtney Smith, and Kathleen Cowan (2009)
The End of Institutional Repositories & the Beginning of Social Academic Research Service: An Enhanced Role For Libraries, Stuart Basefsky (2009)
The concept of the institutional repository (IR) is too narrowly focused to develop the value that universities should be extracting from its existence. Is it...
White Paper: Behind a Law School's Decision to Implement an Institutional Repository, James M. Donovan and Carol A. Watson (2008)
An institutional repository [IR] is a means to collect the intellectual digital output of an organization. This white paper discusses creating a business case for...
Institutional Repositories - Return on Investment
Secrets of Success: Identifying Success Factors in Institutional Repositories, Elizabeth Yakel, Soo Young Rieh, Karen Markey, and Xingxing Yao, 4th International Conference on Open Repositories (2009)
There is little agreement on which factors lead to successful institutional repositories. Researchers primarily cite content recruitment and services as key factors; however, there has...
Open Access Scholarship
The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship — A Call to Action, Karla Hahn, Charles Lowry, Clifford Lynch, and David Shulenberger (2009)
The End of Institutional Repositories & the Beginning of Social Academic Research Service: An Enhanced Role For Libraries, Stuart Basefsky (2009)
The concept of the institutional repository (IR) is too narrowly focused to develop the value that universities should be extracting from its existence. Is it...
Publishing Original Content in an Institutional Repository, Paul Royster, Serials Review (2007)
Institutional repositories (IRs) have been developed and promoted primarily as a means to re-publish scholarly content previously published elsewhere—usually in journals, festschriften, or collections of...
At WKU, New Technology Changes the Way Library Works, Dan Modlin, WKYU Radio Broadcast (2007)
BOWLING GREEN, KY (2007-09-21) Advances in technology are leading to important changes in libraries across the country--and WKU is a case in point. A new...
Institutional Repositories and the Principle of Open Access: Changing the Way We Think about Legal Scholarship, Carol Parker (2007)
Open access to scholarship, that is, making scholarship freely available to the public via the Internet without subscription or access fees, is a natural fit...
Research Distribution Strategy
The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship — A Call to Action, Karla Hahn, Charles Lowry, Clifford Lynch, and David Shulenberger (2009)
Making the Case for an Institutional Repository to Your Provost, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Courtney Smith, and Kathleen Cowan (2009)
Self Archiving
Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of DSpace, Philip M. Davis and Matthew J.L. Connolly, D-Lib Magazine (2007)
Problem: While there has been considerable attention dedicated to the development and implementation of institutional repositories, there has been little done to evaluate them, especially...
Open Source or Off-the-Shelf? Establishing an institutional repository for a small institution, Mark Sutherland and Peta Hopkins, Paper presented at the Information Online 2007 13th Exhibition and Conference, Sydney, 30th January – 1st February 2007. Australian Library and Information Association. (2007)
Effective management of digital assets as well as increasing research exposure and impact are particular challenges faced by smaller institutions with limited infrastructure and resources....