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Challenges & Rewards With An Institutional Repository, Christopher D. Burns, Fred C. Pond

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

UVM Libraries launched ScholarWorks @ UVM in 2013 to collect, preserve and disseminate scholarly works of faculty, students as well as make collections, reports and other materials more discoverable and available.

This institutional repository has grown to over twenty collections, comprising of student dissertations and theses, public health projects, historic botanical research, Vermont history, faculty publications and more.

Challenges include varied participation across campus, impacting work flow in library positions, and adding another library service.

Author’s works enjoy increased discoverability from all over the world, from low income countries to individuals that seek information without the benefit of library resources. …

Annual Report Of The Indiana Universiy Maurer School Of Law Digital Repository, 2017/18, Richard Vaughan

Digital Repository Annual Reports

A brief annual report documenting the use and growth of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Jerome Hall Law Library, Digital Repository. Includes lists of the most downloaded documents and attached Excel spreadsheets of data.

Open Access At Clemson University, Christopher Vinson, Yang Wu

Presentations

An overview of Open Access practices and resources at Clemson University during Open Access Week 2018.

Understanding The Role Of Institutional Repository In Digital Preservation In Academic Libraries: A Review Of Literature, O. P. Saini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

One of the leading objectives of the libraries is to provide the latest and timely information to its clientele and keep them updated with the new arrivals related to their subject areas. However, a limited storage capacity of libraries is throwing a challenge before librarians from the beginning of libraries. The latest developments in the libraries for information management, preservation, and dissemination involve a high rate of computer technologies. Institutional Repository (IR) is a new breed which has the potential to store any amount of information in little space and preserve it for a long-term perspective. Therefore, many of the …

Scholarworks Committee Report 2017-2018, Maura Valentino

ScholarWorks Reports

Annual report from the committee to work on ScholarWorks.

The Evolving Institutional Repository--The Teenage Years, Amy E. Gay, Erin Rushton

Library Scholarship

This poster was presented at SUNYLA 2018. It shares the growth of the Open Repository at Binghamton (the ORB) from its conception to its current state, including how the collections have grown with both scholarly research, visual exhibits and other creative scholarly output.

Submitting Data To The Institutional Repository, Denise I. O'Shea

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

Article that describes the submission process for scholarly data within the Montclair State University Institutional Repository.

Digitalcommons@Lesley Quarterly Report & Impact Infographic - August 2017, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman

Philip M. Siblo-Landsman

This report outlines how the Digital Team at Lesley University Library approached the adoption of the Digital Commons platform. It discusses the methods used to migrate content from the university’s previous institutional repository (IR), Scholarship@Lesley, as well as other online platforms containing scholarly and creative works. It also outlines the achievements and goals for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The Emergence Of Institutional Repositories: A Conceptual Understanding Of Key Issues Through Review Of Literature, O. P. Saini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

It is the responsibility of the libraries to keep update its users by incorporating different technologies or tricks among the services offered to users. The libraries are managing diversified collection in both electronic and physical formats including the theses and dissertations awarded by their respective parent institutes in physical form. The academic libraries are directed by the Indian government through a mandate to protect and preserve the theses and dissertation in electronic form and provide access to the public domain. Institutional Repositories (IRs) have the perspective to store any amount of information electronically. Therefore, many of the academic libraries are …

Bohemian Rhapository: Developing A Music Program Archive In The Ir, Rachel Wishkoski, Dylan Burns

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

The Caine College of the Arts (CCA) Music Program Archives preserves artifacts of student, faculty, and guest artist musical contributions to scholarly and creative activity at Utah State University. This collection recognizes the value of campus musical history and community through collaboration between the Music Department, its liaison librarian, and the digital scholarship librarian.

Founded in 2008, DigitalCommons@USU is the University's institutional repository (IR). It is currently the 3rd largest Digital Commons instance in the nation, containing over 63,000 items.

CCA and the Music Department are extremely underrepresented in the IR. This project - started March 2017 - is …

The Role Of Institutional Repositories In Making Lost Or Hidden Cultures Accessible, A Study Across Four African University Libraries, Andrew Watson Malekani, George Kavishe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was undertaken to uncover the potential role that Institutional Repositories (IR) can offer to preserve in the long term the special collections (especially cultural heritage materials) so as to reap the advantages that these collections offer in terms of intellectual development in Africa.

The study involved use of scoping review which involves five stages: research question, identifying the relevant study, selecting the study, developing a narrative review (charting data), summarizing (collating) data and an optional consultation step. The study also involved a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) involving participants in the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme at the University …