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Ten Major Issues In Providing A Repository Service In Australian Universities, Margaret Henty

IR Research

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Institutional Repositories: Evaluating The Reasons For Non-Use Of Cornell University's Installation Of Dspace, Philip Davis, Matthew Connolly

IR Research

Problem: While there has been considerable attention dedicated to the development and implementation of institutional repositories, there has been little done to evaluate them, especially with regards to faculty participation.

Purpose: This article reports on a three-part evaluative study of institutional repositories. We describe the contents and participation in Cornell's DSpace and compare these results with seven university DSpace installations. Through in-depth interviews with eleven faculty members in the sciences, social sciences and humanities, we explore their attitudes, motivations, and behaviors for non-participation in institutional repositories.

Results: Cornell's DSpace is largely underpopulated and underused by its faculty. Many of its …

The Evolving Nature Of Faculty Publications, Jan Novak, Leslie Pardo

IR Research

Technology increasingly drives the evolving nature of the library's role in managing faculty publications. Libraries not only create physical archives of faculty scholarship, but take no the active role of facilitating immediate access to content. Trends in legal scholarship, including new formats such as blogs and podcasts and the open access initiatives, compel libraries to develop creative solutions such as enhanced bibliographies, searchable databases, and digital repositories to manage access, preseve, and disseminate faculty writings.

Guidelines For The Creation Of Institutional Repositories At Universities And Higher Education Organisations, Atilio Gonzalez, Antonio Porcel

IR Research

The Institutional Repository (IR) is understood as an information system that collects, preserves, disseminates and provides access to the intellectual and academic output of the university community. Nowadays, the IR is a key tool of the scientific and academic policy of the university.