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Creating A Multipurpose Digital Institutional Repository, Suzanne A. Cohen, Deborah J. Schmidle
Creating A Multipurpose Digital Institutional Repository, Suzanne A. Cohen, Deborah J. Schmidle
Suzanne Cohen
DigitalCommons@ILR is a multipurpose institutional repository (IR) for scholarship produced by faculty at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Unlike most IRs, it also functions as a subject-based repository for workplace-related information. This paper will discuss the issues involved in the implementation of DigitalCommons@ILR, including the choice of software, collection scope and policies, organization, and staffing. Keys to success in developing repository content, including building administrative support and developing partnerships, will be noted.
The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?
The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?
Jean-Gabriel Bankier
Universities have always been one of the key players in open access publishing and have encountered the particular obstacle that faces this Green model of open access, namely, disappointing author uptake. Today, the university has a unique opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate the model of the institutional repository. This article explores what is not working about the way we talk about repositories to authors today and how we can better meet faculty needs. More than an archive, a repository can be a showcase that allows scholars to build attractive scholarly profiles, and a platform to publish original content in emerging …
The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?
The Institutional Repository Rediscovered: What Can A University Do For Open Access Publishing?
Irene Kamotsky
Universities have always been one of the key players in open access publishing and have encountered the particular obstacle that faces this Green model of open access, namely, disappointing author uptake. Today, the university has a unique opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate the model of the institutional repository. This article explores what is not working about the way we talk about repositories to authors today and how we can better meet faculty needs. More than an archive, a repository can be a showcase that allows scholars to build attractive scholarly profiles, and a platform to publish original content in emerging …