Digitizing a gap: a state‐wide institutional repository project

Graham, John-Bauer; Skaggs, Bethany Latham; Stevens, Kimberly Weatherford

doi:10.1108/00907320510611366

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“…The early case studies included the introduction of Trinity University Library's project, 4 Rochester Institute of Technology's experience, 5 and the Network of Alabama Academic Library's efforts. 6 All of the authors had various levels of involvement in the planning and setting-up of their institutional repositories, which provided them with ideas and information to describe the background of their project undertaking. Each experience details the entire process of repository development by their libraries and specifies every development step from the assessment of users' needs to the marketing of the repositories.…”

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Current Trends in Institutional Repositories for Institutions Offering Master's and Baccalaureate Degrees

Xia

Opperman

2010

Serials Review

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This article describes the current practices of institutional repositories at master's and baccalaureate institutions (M&BIs) in the United States. The focus includes repository content composition, operational style, development history, and accessibility. The research studies a group of institutional repositories through the analysis of their content elements. The article also discusses important management issues and identifies challenges. This research can provide a valuable resource to other libraries of similar type and size for the planning and implementation of new repositories, as well as assess the current environment of institutional repositories. Serials Review 2010; 36:10-18.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Current Trends in Institutional Repositories for Institutions Offering Master's and Baccalaureate Degrees

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2010

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“…Generally speaking, due to the use of ICT, the global system of scientific communication developed and new opportunities were presented for the faculty, staff and students to share their work with a number of people without the reliance on the traditional publishing venues (Graham et al , 2005). The widespread availability of electronic content created opportunities for new forms of research and scholarship that are qualitatively different from the traditional way of using academic publications and research data (Arms and Larsen, 2007).…”

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ICT‐supported communication of scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb

Vrana

2010

New Library World

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PurposeInformation and communication technology (ICT) has a great influence on the global system of scientific communication. The existing system is changing towards a new communication paradigm based on the exchange of scientific information in electronic information environment. Scientists are already experiencing changes in the ways they create, find, share, process, store and use scientific information. The aim of this paper is to present results from the research among scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb (Croatia), regarding changes they experienced during the use of ICT in scientific communication.Design/methodology/approachThe first part of the paper offers an introduction followed by a view on the impact of ICT on scientific communication in the second part. The third part presents the research among scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia, and the findings of that research. An online survey consisting of 37 closed and open‐type questions was used as a method of research after an e‐mail invitation calling for participation was sent to scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty.FindingsParticipants in the research used ICT for the communication with their colleagues in Croatia and abroad and for the preparation of research, although much less for publishing of the results of their work.Practical implicationsThe outcome of the research will serve as an orientation for the planning of a future research on communication into the electronic information environment among the members of the Croatian academic community.Originality/valueThe paper aims to demonstrate the influence of ICT on scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia. As ICT has become more prevalent at universities in Croatia, it is necessary to investigate how it really influences daily activities of academic community members. Each new research contributes to a better understanding of the change of the old communication paradigm based on paper publications under the influence of ICT.

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“…In Han's (2004, p. 356) analysis of a content management system, he revealed that the University of Arizona Library developed a number of digital projects and “a group was formed to include people with expertise in computer technology, metadata and systems analysis”. Similarly, the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries initiated a series of “training workshops on topics ranging from the physical mechanics of scanning to creating metadata” (Graham et al , 2005, p. 340) in the realization of their cornerstone project. Mittal and Mahesh (2008) connoted that regular training programmes are commonly practiced amongst digital libraries and IR centres in India.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dealing with DSpace: the experience at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Winter

Bowen-Chang

2010

New Library World

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PurposeThe paper seeks to examine the challenges of implementing DSpace at the Main Library at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and highlights the creation of a digitization project at the Main Library that was used to promote DSpace to faculty members on the St Augustine Campus.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the Main Library's decision to implement an institutional repository using the DSpace platform, looking at the submissions of the Michael Goldberg Collection of Postcards and the University of the West Indies theses abstracts over a period of one year.FindingsThe paper reveals that significant attention must be given to factors such as selection, content management, finance, training, metadata, security and copyright in setting up an institutional repository on the DSpace platform. It also concludes that the Main Library is yet to explore fully the capabilities of the DSpace software. Despite the constraints, it is clear that there are enormous benefits to be derived from utilizing DSpace to promote the intellectual output of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine and consequently the Main Library will continue to map a way forward in the realm of DSpace.Originality/valueThe research draws upon the DSpace experience of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine and serves as a model for future projects in the implementation of the DSpace software, particularly in developing countries.

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Digitizing a gap: a state‐wide institutional repository project

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Current Trends in Institutional Repositories for Institutions Offering Master's and Baccalaureate Degrees

Current Trends in Institutional Repositories for Institutions Offering Master's and Baccalaureate Degrees

ICT‐supported communication of scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb

Dealing with DSpace: the experience at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine

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