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Institutional repository

January 01, 1970

For other uses of "scholarly repositories", see Disciplinary repository.

An institutional repository (IR) is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution.[1] Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published works to increase their visibility and collaboration with other academics[2] However, most of these outputs produced by universities are not effectively accessed and shared by researchers and other stakeholders[3] As a result academics should be involved in the implementation and development of an IR project so that they can learn the benefits and purpose of building an IR.[citation needed]

An institutional repository has been defined as "a set of services that a university offers to members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members."[4] For a university, this includes materials such as monographs, eprints of academic journal articles—both before (preprints) and after (postprints) undergoing peer review—as well as electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). An institutional repository might also include other digital assets generated by academics, such as datasets, administrative documents, course notes, learning objects, academic posters or conference proceedings. Deposit of material in an institutional repository is sometimes mandated by an institution.[5]

Some of the main objectives for having an institutional repository are to provide open access to institutional research output by self-archiving in an open access repository, to create global visibility for an institution's scholarly research, and to store and preserve other institutional digital assets, including less formally published grey literature such as theses, working papers or technical reports.

Functions edit

Institutional repositories can be classified as a type of digital library. Institutional repositories perform the main functions of digital libraries by collecting, classifying, cataloging, curating, preserving, and providing access to digital content.

Institutional repositories enable researchers to self-archive their research output and can improve the visibility, usage and impact of research conducted at an institution.[6][7] Other functions of an institutional repository include knowledge management, research assessment, and open access to scholarly research.[7]

In 2003, the functions of an institutional repository were described by Clifford Lynch in relation to universities. He stated that:

"... a university-based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution."[6]

The content of an institutional repository depends on the focus of the institution. Higher education institutions conduct research across multiple disciplines, thus research from a variety of academic subjects. Examples of such institutional repositories include the MIT Institutional Repository. A disciplinary repository is subject specific. It holds and provides access to scholarly research in a particular discipline. While there can be disciplinary repositories for one institution, disciplinary repositories are frequently not tied to a specific institution. The PsyDok disciplinary repository, for example, holds German-language research in psychology, while SSOAR is an international social science full-text server.[6] Content included in an institutional repository can be both digitized and born-digital.[8]

Open-access repositories edit

Main article: Open-access repository
See also: Open access by country

Institutional repositories that provide access to research to users outside the institutional community are one of the recommended ways to achieve the open access vision described in the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. This is sometimes referred to as the self-archiving or "green" route to open access.

Developing an institutional repository edit

Steps in the development of an institutional repository include choosing a platform[9] and defining metadata practices.[10] Designing an IR requires working with faculty to identify the type of content the library needs to support[11] Marketing and promoting the Institutional repository is important to enhance access and increase the visibility of the researchers. Libraries will also need to target their marketing efforts to different groups of stakeholders. They may generate faculty interest by describing how an IR can support research or improve future findability of articles[12]

Software edit

Most institutional repository software platforms can use OAI-PMH to harvest metadata.[13] For example, DSpace supports OAI-PMH.[14]

A 2014 survey commissioned by Duraspace found that 72% of respondents indicated that their institutional repository is hosted by a third party.[15]

Aggregators edit

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) states in its manifesto that "Each individual repository is of limited value for research: the real power of Open Access lies in the possibility of connecting and tying together repositories, which is why we need interoperability. In order to create a seamless layer of content through connected repositories from around the world, open access relies on interoperability, the ability for systems to communicate with each other and pass information back and forth in a usable format. Interoperability allows us to exploit today's computational power so that we can aggregate, data mine, create new tools and services, and generate new knowledge from repository content."[16]

Interoperability is achieved in the world of institutional repositories by using protocols such as OAI-PMH. This allows search engines and open access aggregators, such as BASE, CORE and Unpaywall,[17] to index repository metadata and content and provide value-added services on top of this content.[18]

The Digital Commons Network aggregates by discipline some 500 institutional repositories running on the Bepress Digital Commons platform. It includes more than two million full-text objects.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Crow, Raym (2002). "The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper". ARL (223): 1–4.
  2. ^ Ukwoma, Scholastica C.; Dike, V. W. (2017). "Academics' Attitudes toward the Utilization of Institutional Repositories in Nigerian Universities". Portal: Libraries and the Academy. 17 (1): 17–32. doi:10.1353/pla.2017.0002. ISSN 1530-7131. S2CID 64042164.
  3. ^ Safdar, Muhammad (2021-01-01). "Students' Perception about Institutional Repository and Impact of Electronic Contents on their Research: A Pakistani Perspective". Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal).
  4. ^ Lynch, Clifford (2003). "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" (PDF). ARL Bimonthly Report (226). Association of Research Libraries. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ Harnad, Steve; McGovern, Nancy (2009). "Topic 4: Institutional repository success is dependent upon mandates". Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 35 (4): 27–31. doi:10.1002/bult.2009.1720350410. hdl:2027.42/62145. ISSN 1550-8366.
  6. ^ a b c Smith, Ina (2015). Open access infrastructure. UNESCO Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-92-3-100075-1.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Ina (2015). Open access infrastructure. UNESCO Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-92-3-100075-1.
  8. ^ Smith, Ina (2015). Open access infrastructure. UNESCO Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-92-3-100075-1.
  9. ^ Callicott, Burton B.; Scherer, David; Wesolek, Andrew (2015). Making Institutional Repositories Work. Purdue University Press. p. 1. hdl:20.500.12657/31579. ISBN 978-1-61249-422-7.
  10. ^ Mering, Margaret (2019-06-14). "Transforming the Quality of Metadata in Institutional Repositories". The Serials Librarian. 76 (1–4): 79–82. doi:10.1080/0361526X.2019.1540270. ISSN 0361-526X.
  11. ^ Marsh, Corrie; Wackerman, Dillon; Stubbs, Jennifer A.W. (2017-05-01). "Creating an Institutional Repository: Elements for Success!". The Serials Librarian. 72 (1–4): 3–6. doi:10.1080/0361526X.2017.1297587. ISSN 0361-526X. S2CID 63263227.
  12. ^ Marsh, Corrie; Wackerman, Dillon; Stubbs, Jennifer A.W. (May 2017). "Creating an Institutional Repository: Elements for Success!". The Serials Librarian. 72 (1–4): 3–6. doi:10.1080/0361526X.2017.1297587. ISSN 0361-526X. S2CID 63263227.
  13. ^ "OAI-PMH Metadata Delivery for Catalogs and Institutional Repositories". EBSCO Connect. 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  14. ^ "OAI - DSpace 6.x Documentation - LYRASIS Wiki". wiki.lyrasis.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  15. ^ "Managing Digital Collections Survey Results". www.dlib.org. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  16. ^ "The Case for Interoperability for Open Access Repositories" (PDF). COAR. July 2011. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  17. ^ Dhakal, Kerry (15 April 2019). "Unpaywall". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107 (2): 286–288. doi:10.5195/jmla.2019.650. PMC 6466485.
  18. ^ Knoth, Petr; Zdrahal, Zdenek (2012). "CORE: Three Access Levels to Underpin Open Access". D-Lib Magazine. 18 (11/12). doi:10.1045/november2012-knoth.

Further reading edit

  • Finlay, Stephen Craig, ed. (2021). The complete guide to institutional repositories. Chicago: ALA Editions. ISBN 9780838948101.
  • Callicott, Burton B.; Scherer, David; Wesolek, Andrew, eds. (2015). Making institutional repositories work. West Layfayett: Purdue University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1wf4drg. ISBN 9781557537263.
  • Bluh, Pamela; Hepfer, Cindy, eds. (2013). The institutional repository: benefits and challenges. Chicago: Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, American Library Association. ISBN 978-0838986615.
  • Buehler, Marianne (2013). Demystifying the institutional repository for success. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. ISBN 9781843346739.

External links edit

  • Ranking Web of World Repositories
  • List of repository software on Libopedia
  • Practical guidelines for starting an institutional repository
  • Peter Suber (ed.). "(Institutional repositories)". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. OCLC 1040261573. News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research

January 01, 1970
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For other uses of scholarly repositories see Disciplinary repository An institutional repository IR is an archive for collecting preserving and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution particularly a research institution 1 Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published works to increase their visibility and collaboration with other academics 2 However most of these outputs produced by universities are not effectively accessed and shared by researchers and other stakeholders 3 As a result academics should be involved in the implementation and development of an IR project so that they can learn the benefits and purpose of building an IR citation needed An institutional repository has been defined as a set of services that a university offers to members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members 4 For a university this includes materials such as monographs eprints of academic journal articles both before preprints and after postprints undergoing peer review as well as electronic theses and dissertations ETDs An institutional repository might also include other digital assets generated by academics such as datasets administrative documents course notes learning objects academic posters or conference proceedings Deposit of material in an institutional repository is sometimes mandated by an institution 5 Some of the main objectives for having an institutional repository are to provide open access to institutional research output by self archiving in an open access repository to create global visibility for an institution s scholarly research and to store and preserve other institutional digital assets including less formally published grey literature such as theses working papers or technical reports Contents 1 Functions 2 Open access repositories 3 Developing an institutional repository 4 Software 5 Aggregators 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksFunctions editInstitutional repositories can be classified as a type of digital library Institutional repositories perform the main functions of digital libraries by collecting classifying cataloging curating preserving and providing access to digital content Institutional repositories enable researchers to self archive their research output and can improve the visibility usage and impact of research conducted at an institution 6 7 Other functions of an institutional repository include knowledge management research assessment and open access to scholarly research 7 In 2003 the functions of an institutional repository were described by Clifford Lynch in relation to universities He stated that a university based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials including long term preservation where appropriate as well as organization and access or distribution 6 The content of an institutional repository depends on the focus of the institution Higher education institutions conduct research across multiple disciplines thus research from a variety of academic subjects Examples of such institutional repositories include the MIT Institutional Repository A disciplinary repository is subject specific It holds and provides access to scholarly research in a particular discipline While there can be disciplinary repositories for one institution disciplinary repositories are frequently not tied to a specific institution The PsyDok disciplinary repository for example holds German language research in psychology while SSOAR is an international social science full text server 6 Content included in an institutional repository can be both digitized and born digital 8 Open access repositories editMain article Open access repository See also Open access by country Institutional repositories that provide access to research to users outside the institutional community are one of the recommended ways to achieve the open access vision described in the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access This is sometimes referred to as the self archiving or green route to open access Developing an institutional repository editSteps in the development of an institutional repository include choosing a platform 9 and defining metadata practices 10 Designing an IR requires working with faculty to identify the type of content the library needs to support 11 Marketing and promoting the Institutional repository is important to enhance access and increase the visibility of the researchers Libraries will also need to target their marketing efforts to different groups of stakeholders They may generate faculty interest by describing how an IR can support research or improve future findability of articles 12 Software editMost institutional repository software platforms can use OAI PMH to harvest metadata 13 For example DSpace supports OAI PMH 14 A 2014 survey commissioned by Duraspace found that 72 of respondents indicated that their institutional repository is hosted by a third party 15 Aggregators editThe Confederation of Open Access Repositories COAR states in its manifesto that Each individual repository is of limited value for research the real power of Open Access lies in the possibility of connecting and tying together repositories which is why we need interoperability In order to create a seamless layer of content through connected repositories from around the world open access relies on interoperability the ability for systems to communicate with each other and pass information back and forth in a usable format Interoperability allows us to exploit today s computational power so that we can aggregate data mine create new tools and services and generate new knowledge from repository content 16 Interoperability is achieved in the world of institutional repositories by using protocols such as OAI PMH This allows search engines and open access aggregators such as BASE CORE and Unpaywall 17 to index repository metadata and content and provide value added services on top of this content 18 The Digital Commons Network aggregates by discipline some 500 institutional repositories running on the Bepress Digital Commons platform It includes more than two million full text objects See also editDigital Assets Repository at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt Current research information system CRIS Category Open access archives Library publishing Registry of Open Access Repositories Scholarly commons CORE research service References edit Crow Raym 2002 The Case for Institutional Repositories A SPARC Position Paper ARL 223 1 4 Ukwoma Scholastica C Dike V W 2017 Academics Attitudes toward the Utilization of Institutional Repositories in Nigerian Universities Portal Libraries and the Academy 17 1 17 32 doi 10 1353 pla 2017 0002 ISSN 1530 7131 S2CID 64042164 Safdar Muhammad 2021 01 01 Students Perception about Institutional Repository and Impact of Electronic Contents on their Research A Pakistani Perspective Library Philosophy and Practice E journal Lynch Clifford 2003 Institutional Repositories Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age PDF ARL Bimonthly Report 226 Association of Research Libraries Retrieved 3 January 2022 Harnad Steve McGovern Nancy 2009 Topic 4 Institutional repository success is dependent upon mandates Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 35 4 27 31 doi 10 1002 bult 2009 1720350410 hdl 2027 42 62145 ISSN 1550 8366 a b c Smith Ina 2015 Open access infrastructure UNESCO Publishing p 7 ISBN 978 92 3 100075 1 a b Smith Ina 2015 Open access infrastructure UNESCO Publishing p 20 ISBN 978 92 3 100075 1 Smith Ina 2015 Open access infrastructure UNESCO Publishing p 19 ISBN 978 92 3 100075 1 Callicott Burton B Scherer David Wesolek Andrew 2015 Making Institutional Repositories Work Purdue University Press p 1 hdl 20 500 12657 31579 ISBN 978 1 61249 422 7 Mering Margaret 2019 06 14 Transforming the Quality of Metadata in Institutional Repositories The Serials Librarian 76 1 4 79 82 doi 10 1080 0361526X 2019 1540270 ISSN 0361 526X Marsh Corrie Wackerman Dillon Stubbs Jennifer A W 2017 05 01 Creating an Institutional Repository Elements for Success The Serials Librarian 72 1 4 3 6 doi 10 1080 0361526X 2017 1297587 ISSN 0361 526X S2CID 63263227 Marsh Corrie Wackerman Dillon Stubbs Jennifer A W May 2017 Creating an Institutional Repository Elements for Success The Serials Librarian 72 1 4 3 6 doi 10 1080 0361526X 2017 1297587 ISSN 0361 526X S2CID 63263227 OAI PMH Metadata Delivery for Catalogs and Institutional Repositories EBSCO Connect 2018 Retrieved 2021 06 12 OAI DSpace 6 x Documentation LYRASIS Wiki wiki lyrasis org Retrieved 2021 06 12 Managing Digital Collections Survey Results www dlib org Retrieved 2016 05 16 The Case for Interoperability for Open Access Repositories PDF COAR July 2011 p 2 Retrieved 24 September 2013 Dhakal Kerry 15 April 2019 Unpaywall Journal of the Medical Library Association 107 2 286 288 doi 10 5195 jmla 2019 650 PMC 6466485 Knoth Petr Zdrahal Zdenek 2012 CORE Three Access Levels to Underpin Open Access D Lib Magazine 18 11 12 doi 10 1045 november2012 knoth Further reading editFinlay Stephen Craig ed 2021 The complete guide to institutional repositories Chicago ALA Editions ISBN 9780838948101 Callicott Burton B Scherer David Wesolek Andrew eds 2015 Making institutional repositories work West Layfayett Purdue University Press doi 10 2307 j ctt1wf4drg ISBN 9781557537263 Bluh Pamela Hepfer Cindy eds 2013 The institutional repository benefits and challenges Chicago Association for Library Collections amp Technical Services American Library Association ISBN 978 0838986615 Buehler Marianne 2013 Demystifying the institutional repository for success Oxford Chandos Publishing ISBN 9781843346739 External links editRanking Web of World Repositories List of repository software on Libopedia Practical guidelines for starting an institutional repository Peter Suber ed Institutional repositories Open Access Tracking Project Harvard University OCLC 1040261573 News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Institutional repository amp oldid 1210090843, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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