University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Strategies for Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of Three Evolving Initiatives

Palmer, Carole L.; Teffeau, Lauren C.; Newton, Mark P.

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Title
Strategies for Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of Three Evolving Initiatives
Author(s)
  • Palmer, Carole L.
  • Teffeau, Lauren C.
  • Newton, Mark P.
Issue Date
2008
Keyword(s)
Institutional repositories
Abstract
As an evolving part of the profession of librarianship, institutional repository development is still in the process of establishing guiding principles and best practices. There is no one path to follow and few established cases from which to learn about development options and risks. This case study presents a close examination of the approaches taken at three university libraries, comparing choices, strategies, and conditions driving development activities. The most pronounced differences stem from how the initiatives are balancing content acquisition and service provision. Across cases, intellectual property concerns are prevalent, and repository goals and policies are often implicit, with the value of the repository for faculty and the university emerging in multiple ways. The complex planning, management, and technical work of repository developers is increasingly dependent on coordination with liaison librarians and their existing relationships with faculty. The three cases suggest a range of productive responses to the many challenges facing institutional repositories, as they mature, expand, and integrate further with library operations, and continue their important contribution to the ever-changing enterprise of scholarly communication.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/10675
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Copyright 2008 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 57 (2) Fall 2008: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future PRIMARY
Library Trends 57 (2) Fall 2008: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future. Edited by Sarah L. Shreeves and Melissa H. Cragin