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Michele Gibney

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Making Local Knowledge Visible: An Ir In Kosovo, Michele Gibney Jun 2019

Making Local Knowledge Visible: An Ir In Kosovo, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

In 2017, a joint international effort commenced under the direction of the President of University for Business and Technology (UBT) in Kosovo with colleagues from Linnaeus University (Sweden) and University for the Pacific (USA) to define, create and populate a Knowledge Center for UBT which would include an institutional repository (IR). Enlivened by discussion and feedback from the intended recipients, the needs and goals of a UBT IR were identified. Of course, creating and populating an IR is a lengthy process with many potential problems and varied approaches. Discussion of best practices was undertaken early and currently, the UBT Knowledge …