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The Future Of Institutional Repositories At Small Academic Institutions: Analysis And Insights, Mary J. Wu
The Future Of Institutional Repositories At Small Academic Institutions: Analysis And Insights, Mary J. Wu
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Institutional repositories (IRs) established at universities and academic libraries over a decade ago, large and small, have encountered challenges along the way in keeping faith with their original objective: to collect, preserve, and disseminate the intellectual output of an institution in digital form. While all institutional repositories have experienced the same obstacles relating to a lack of faculty participation, those at small universities face unique challenges. This article examines causes of low faculty contribution to IR content growth, particularly at small academic institutions. It also offers a first-hand account of building and developing an institutional repository at a small university. …