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Building An Institutional Repository In Hard Times, Michael Holt, Fatih Oguz, Deborah Davis, Cliff Landis
Building An Institutional Repository In Hard Times, Michael Holt, Fatih Oguz, Deborah Davis, Cliff Landis
Cliff Landis
This poster presents an overview of an exploratory research initiative to examine and assess the viability of developing an institutional repository system at a teaching-oriented four-year university with minimal monetary commitment. A need has been identified for an institutional repository and necessary steps have been taken to implement it. Several departments worked together to create a prototype Institutional Repository using DSpace, an open source repository software. This repository represents a unique endeavor, in that it has been instituted at a non-research based university and has chosen to involve students in the planning, design, implementation, and documentation stages of the project. …