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Boise State University

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

2009

Research distribution

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Beyond The Institutional Repository: Campus Research Distribution Strategies, Marilyn K. Moody May 2009

Beyond The Institutional Repository: Campus Research Distribution Strategies, Marilyn K. Moody

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

The idea that universities and libraries ought to be more involved in developing a university's research distribution policy and developing strategies for the distribution of research and scholarship is one that is sparking a lot of interest among provosts and other university administrators. The February 2009 report by the AAU, ARL, CNI, and NASULGC, ”The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship--A Call to Action” has been a particularly significant influence.

Institutional repositories provide an important infrastructure for developing research distribution strategies, but many other aspects such as scholarly communication issues, copyright issues, campus publishing policies and strategies, …