Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Digital Library Services; and Institutional Repositories
Strategies and Frameworks for Institutional Repositories and the New Support Infrastructure for Scholarly Communications
| Title: | Strategies and Frameworks for Institutional Repositories and the New Support Infrastructure for Scholarly Communications (ID: CSD4745) | | Author(s): | Tyler Walters | | Source: | D-Lib Magazine | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | "Institutional repositories (IRs) are proliferating as they become an indispensable component for information and knowledge sharing in the scholarly world [1]. As their numbers increase worldwide, a new phase of IR development is emerging. Moving beyond their initial functions, IRs no longer serve solely as a place to store, organize, and access content. With rapidly changing technologies, users now desire and expect transportable content that can be utilized within various digital environments and reused in multiple formats, and they need forums for the rapid exchange of ideas with both on-campus and external communities. In response, universities and the libraries hosting IRs are looking for ways to weave their repositories into the "information fabric" of their campuses' academic and business processes and catalyze changes in scholarly communications more broadly." | | View this resource: | |
De–unifying a Digital Library
| Title: | De–unifying a Digital Library (ID: CSD4004) | | Author(s): | Arthur H.J. Sale (University of Tasmania) | | Source: | First Monday | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2005) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The University of Tasmania decided to explore using a unified digital library for all its research output: journal articles, conference papers, higher degree theses, and other types. This decision is in advance of the state of the Australian national indexing systems. The digital library also uses OAI–PMH protocols for harvesting, which one of the national repositories does not as yet. The paper describes the context, reasons for the University's decision, consequences and outcomes, and the development of software to talk to the Australian Digital Theses Program. | | View this resource: | |
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