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Ahammad, Nur. "Open source digital library on open educational resources." Electronic Library 37, no. 6 (2019): 1022–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-11-2018-0225.
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Purpose This paper aims to explain the implementation procedure of DSpace at the Library of Independent University, Bangladesh. This paper shows how DSpace is promoting open educational resources (OER) movement and demonstrates the ease of implementing DSpace in an institution. Moreover, the purpose of this paper is to encourage library professionals to participate in the OER movement by implementing DSpace in their libraries. Design/methodology/approach The requirements for implementing DSpace have been shown in this paper. It also describes the system model of an academic repository (DSpace)/digital library (DL). In addition, the paper describes the legal issues for submitting an item in DSpace and self-submission process of an item as well as shows impact of DSpace on OER. Findings Open source software and Open Access Institutional Repository software has a fundamental role in promoting OER. DSpace is perfect for building a DL or an institutional repository in libraries, especially for developing country libraries because this demands low cost and it is easy to implement in libraries as well as is user-friendly. Originality/value This paper will help to understand the role of the library community and librarians about OER. It will also show the impact of DL on OER. In addition, this paper encourages librarians to participate in OER movement.
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Chiranjeevi, L. M., and R. Naik R. "A Digital Library and Repository Services of State University Libraries in Karnataka." Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science 13, no. 2 (2024): 77–82. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12577280.
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<em>The paper deals with the digital library and Repository services in top 10 old universities in Karnataka State, which presently exist. This research aims to identify digital library initiatives and repositories of Karnataka State universities. The University's Digital libraries initiative and repositories were identified through a literature study and internet searching and browsing. </em><em>The resulting digital repositories and libraries were investigated to learn more about their contents. It has been discovered that open-source software is frequently used, particularly when building institutional repositories. In the last two decades, the digital revolution has changed many traditional libraries in the state of Karnataka into digital libraries. Karnataka's inaugural Digital Library and Repository effort started primarily to preserve academically connected information, such as journals and theses.</em>
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Somanagouda, Shankargouda Patil, M. Kamble Supriya, A. Malagi Sneha, Lavappa Pagad Rakshita, and Bagewadi Pooja. "Preserving Knowledge in a Click: The Strategic Impact of Institutional Repository Software on Modern Libraries." Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science 14, no. 2 (2025): 155–62. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15354557.
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<em>Institutional repository (IR) software is crucial for libraries as it provides a centralised platform for managing, storing, and disseminating digital content. This research explores the role of IR software in the digital age, analyzing scholarly publications from databases like Scopus, Web of Science, Taylor & Francis, and Google Scholar. IR software enhances open access initiatives, research visibility, and institutional branding. However, challenges like limited technical expertise, funding constraints, metadata quality issues, and faculty engagement hinder its adoption. The study suggests a multi-stakeholder approach for the effective implementation of IR systems. </em>
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Nath Halder, Sambhu, and Suvra Chandra. "Essentials of Institutional Digital Repository in Academic Library: A Case Study." Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services 3, no. 2 (2013): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2013.3.2.387.
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Present research covers a systematic study of Institutional Digital Repository in Jadavpur University. This study has shown that the large number of people needs a global awareness and understanding of institutional digital repository and different aspects associated with it, such as, software, sources for user’s awareness, motivators for developing a repository, demand of the users in changing paradigm from traditional to digital environment, etc. In the present days, libraries are also adopting the latest technologies to provide best possible services in user friendly form. This paper also describes the potential role of institutional repositories and its easiness and simplicity of use are attracting more patrons to the use of institutional repositories. Only a wide range of user awareness is needed to proper usage of its beauty. Eventually, it is recommended that the library authority should continue to organise seminars, workshops and user awareness programme to educate potential users on the relevance of Institutional Digital Repository to the academic community.
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Jana, Sukanta. "A Digital Library and Repositories Services of Universities in West Bengal State." International Journal of Library and Information Science studies 9, no. 1 (2023): 40–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/ijliss.15/vol9n14046.
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The paper deals with the digital library and Repositories services in top twelve universities in West Bengal State, which are existing today. The purpose of this research is to identify digital libraries initiative and repositories of West Bengal universities available in the public domain. The digital libraries initiative and repositories were identified through a study of the literature, as well as internet searching and browsing. The resulting digital libraries and repositories were explored to study their collections. Use of open source software especially for the creation of institutional repositories is found to be common. The Digital revolution of the past two decades has transformed many conventional libraries in to Digital Libraries in the West Bengal State. The initial initiative of Digital Library and Repository in West Bengal State started mainly for the preservation of academic related information, Journal, Thesis etc.
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Nyaichyai, Lila. "Available DSpace Repositories in Nepal: Describing their Local Adoptions." Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Academic Journal 6, no. 1 (2023): 94–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/craiaj.v6i1.55388.
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Digital library making has been basic requirements for the modern libraries. Instead of documents in papers, information is acquired and managed in some digital platform. One of the digital library platforms is DSpace, started in 2002. The collection of digital documents in DSpace is named DSpace repository. The main collection in DSpace repository is institutionally generated digital documents; hence, it is also synonymously termed as institutional repository. This study explored the existing Institutional Repository System (IRS) that was built in DSpace software in Nepal. Nepal, in South Asia, developed IRS in 2009. Literature suggested extensive studies about IRS in other South Asian countries, while Nepal was reported rarely. Moreover, Nepal was described as scanter than reality. There are nine IRS built-in DSpace in Nepal, enriching the collection from 101 to 15218. Except for three IRS, all other five IRS have their customized userinterface. They are on the way to improving their collection. Open Learning Education (OLE) Nepal has the highest collection and has diversified types of collections for kids. It is developed as Children's Digital Library. Except for three IRS, all are academic. So, these IRS have accommodated documents for academic purposes. They served students, teachers, researchers, and scholars.
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Dr., Arjun Baburao Anandkar. "Academic Libraries And Research Support Services." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 10, no. 1 (2022): 165 to 174. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7180134.
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<em>The advancement in technology and development of Library Science professional’s skill will able to serve researcher community effectively. There are many advanced e-resources, databases, Reference management tools, which are helping for research supports service in a effective way. Use of shodhagangotri for preparing synopsis. Bibliographic service, inter library loan service, Reference management software, plagiarism checking service, grammar checking services , digitization of manuscripts, rare books collection, building digital library, Institutional repository, use of National Digital library of India , Research Alerts service. Schedule training and conducting workshop of research related activities will improve the service attitude of academic libraries towards research and researcher. </em>
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Muhammad, Abdulmuminu, and Hassan Muhammad Suleiman. "Building and Development of Cloud Computing Services for Library Management System and Institutional Repository in University Libraries in Nigeria." International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management 7, no. 1 (2025): 475–81. https://doi.org/10.35629/5252-0701475481.
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Library management system software’s (LMS Koha) and Institutional repositories (IR Dspace) are one of the fastest growing mediums of accessing digital information resources in Academic Libraries today, considering their potential in intellectual out visibility and accessibility online in remote location, feature open access with flexibility to run, build, design, distribute and redesign to a specific need of the University library, they are on cloud service avoiding the risk of losing once data/file or thinking of minimizing space. Naturally libraries without much financial resources need a less cost effective way to automate their services. Free/Open source software are revolutionary concept among computer programmers and users. To a certain extent free/open source solutions could provide an alternative solution to costly commercial application software’s. This study is to building and development cloud computing service for library management system and institutional repository in the University libraries in Nigeria and have successfully built and develop LibLimekoha and Dspace institutional repository.
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Muhammad, Abdulmuminu, and Hassan Muhammad Suleiman. "Building and Developmentof Cloud Computing Services for Library Management System and Institutional Repository in University Libraries In Nigeria." International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management 7, no. 4 (2025): 454–60. https://doi.org/10.35629/5252-0704454460.
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Library management system software’s (LMS Koha) and Institutional repositories (IR Dspace) are one of the fastest growing mediums of accessing digital information resources in Academic Libraries today, considering their potential in intellectual out visibility and accessibility online in remote location, feature open access with flexibility to run, build, design,distribute and redesign to a specific need of the University library, they are on cloud service avoiding the risk of losing once data/file or thinking of minimizing space. Naturally libraries without much financial resources need a less cost effective way to automate their services. Free/Open source software are revolutionary concept among computer programmers and users. To a certain extent free/open source solutions could provide an alternative solution to costly commercial application software’s. This study is to building and development cloud computing service for library management system and institutional repository in the University libraries inNigeria and have successfully built and develop LibLimekoha and Dspace institutional repository.
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Mr., Santosh B. Bhagwat, and Vandana S. Gavali Dr. "Emerging technological advancement in modern academic libraries: An Overview." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 4, no. 19 (2023): 16–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8133626.
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Present paper highlights information regarding components of an ICT, five laws of library science in ICT environment, how the concept of the library changed over the period of time due to invention of printing press and advancement in information and communication technology as well as an overview about various emerging technological development applicable in modern academic libraries. These emerging technological advancement like library management software, library website, library user group on social media platform, library app, digital/online library, institutional repository, Google forms, QR Code, cloud computing, internet of things helps to provide library services in an appropriate way to meet information need of present techno savvy user community.
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Mr., Santosh B. Bhagwat, and Vandana S. Gavali Dr. "Emerging technological advancement in modern academic libraries: An Overview." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 4, no. 19 (2023): 16–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8133650.
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Present paper highlights information regarding components of an ICT, five laws of library science in ICT environment, how the concept of the library changed over the period of time due to invention of printing press and advancement in information and communication technology as well as an overview about various emerging technological development applicable in modern academic libraries. These emerging technological advancement like library management software, library website, library user group on social media platform, library app, digital/online library, institutional repository, Google forms, QR Code, cloud computing, internet of things helps to provide library services in an appropriate way to meet information need of present techno savvy user community.
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Tupan, Tupan. "TREN PENELITIAN REPOSITORI INSTITUSI DI ERA DIGITAL: ANALISIS BIBLIOMETRIK BERBASIS DATA SCOPUS." Journal of Documentation and Information Science 3, no. 2 (2020): 197–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.33505/jodis.v3i2.155.
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Analyzed trends in institutional repository research in the digital era. The purpose of this study is to find out: (a) trends in the publication of research results from institutional repositories by year; (b) the most productive core journal publishes the results of institutional repository research; (c) distribution of language repository publications; (d) state-based institutional repository research distribution; (e) the most productive institutions publish institutional research repositories; (f) the most productive researchers publish research on institutional repositories; (g) the highest frequency of occurrence of keywords. Research uses bibliometric methods. The results showed that the trend of the distribution of research on institutional reposotions indexed at the peak of Scopus occurred in 2014, namely 84 publications (13.15%). Of the 21 highest journals that published the results of the institutional repository research, it was shown that Lecture Notes in Computer Science were the most published public institution repositories, namely 23 publications (3.6%), followed by the Electronic Library with 18 publications (2.8%), and D Lib Magazine 16 publications (2.5%). Publication of the results of research on institutional repositories indexed in Scopus data base was published in twelve languages and most of them were English. The institutional research repository trend indexed in Scopus is mostly in the form of articles and published by the United States of America. Abrizah, A. From the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is the most productive researcher and has published the results of 6 institutional repository studies and has been cited 614 times. The mapping results using vosviewer software show that the trend of institutional repository research is divided into 7 clusters with the most occurrence of keywords being Institutional Repositories, then Institutional Repositories, Digital Libraries and Open Access.From the results of the institutional repository research trends that have been conducted can be used for the development of further research.
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Mjeni, Sophia Tsenga, and Paul Maku Gichohi. "Analysis of empathy of digital institutional repository service provision at selected universities in Meru County." International Journal of Professional Practice 13, no. 1 (2025): 58–71. https://doi.org/10.71274/ijpp.v13i1.343.
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Postgraduate students consult institutional repository services continuously in course of doing their research and scholarship journey. The provision of digital institutional repository services in libraries is therefore, expected to be professional, with customer-centred orientation. Careful consideration ought to be made to ensure the needed repository services are readily available. In these circumstances, empathy is showcased by the perceived usefulness of repository services through allowing virtual and multiple accessibility. In spite of that, post-graduate students detaching from accessing IR services continue to become common. This article aimed to assess the empathy of digital institutional repository service provision at selected universities in Meru County. Using the SERVQUAL model, the study adopted convergent embedded research design of mixed methods. The target population was 910 respondents; comprised students and library heads of sections. Purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used in drawing a sample size of 101 respondents, which comprised 10 head of section-librarians, and 91 post-graduate students. Data was collected by means of questionnaires and interview schedule for the students and the librarians respectively. The reliability of research instruments was ascertained using Chrobach alpha coefficients. Quantitative data was analysed using SPSS, and then computed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while the qualitative data was analysed thematically. The findings of the study indicated that, empathy level in the institutional repository was satisfactory. Empathy was supported by staff: listening keenly to student’s needs, offering timely solutions where needed, integrity, openness, honesty, work ethics, code of conduct and also short procedures for retrieving information materials in the repository. However, results indicated lack of notifications when new documents are published, and failure of the repository website to remind a student on previous searches. Consequently, system librarians in collaboration with universities’ ICT manager should add retrieval and notification features in the DSpace software.
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C. Dearborn, Carly, Amy J. Barton, and Neal A. Harmeyer. "The Purdue University Research Repository." OCLC Systems & Services 30, no. 1 (2014): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oclc-07-2013-0022.
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Purpose – The purpose of this case study is to discuss the creation of robust preservation functionality within PURR. The study seeks to discuss the customization of the HUBzero platform, composition of digital preservation policies, and the creation of a novel, machine-actionable metadata model for PURR's unique digital content. Additionally, the study will trace the implementation of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model and track PURR's progress towards Trustworthy Digital Repository certification. Design/methodology/approach – This case study discusses the use of the Center for Research Libraries Trusted Repository Audit Checklist (TRAC) certification process and ISO 16363 as a rubric to build an OAIS institutional repository for the publication, preservation, and description of unique datasets. Findings – ISO 16363 continues to serve as a rubric, barometer and set of goals for PURR as development continues. To become a trustworthy repository, the PURR project team has consistently worked to build a robust, secure, and long-term home for collaborative research. In order to fulfill its mandate, the project team constructed policies, strategies, and activities designed to guide a systematic digital preservation environment. PURR expects to undertake the full ISO 16363 audit process at a future date in expectation of being certified as a Trustworthy Digital Repository. Through its efforts in digital preservation, the Purdue University Research Repository expects to better serve Purdue researchers, their collaborators, and move scholarly research efforts forward world-wide. Originality/value – PURR is a customized instance of HUBzero®, an open source software platform that supports scientific discovery, learning, and collaboration. HUBzero was a research project funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) and is a product of the Network for Computation Nanotechnology (NCN), a multi-university initiative of eight member institutions. PURR is only one instance of a HUBzero's customization; versions have been implemented in many disciplines nation-wide. PURR maintains the core functionality of HUBzero, but has been modified to publish datasets and to support their preservation. Long-term access to published data are an essential component of PURR services and Purdue University Libraries' mission. Preservation in PURR is not only vital to the Purdue University research community, but to the larger digital preservation issues surrounding dynamic datasets and their long-term usability.
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Bansode, Sadanand Y., and Rahul Rohidas Viswe. "ICT Literacy among Library Professionals working in the University Libraries in Maharashtra, India : a Study." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 37, no. 5 (2017): 353. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.37.11723.
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<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The purpose of this study is to assess the information communication technology (ICT) literacy of the library professionals working in university libraries in Maharashtra. The study gives an overview of the present level of ICT literacy among library professionals and it helps to know the need for training and orientation in the areas such as ICT-based resources, services and tools to the library professionals working in university libraries in Maharashtra. A structured questionnaire based survey was conducted to analyse the ICT literacy among library professionals. The </span><span>findings of the study reveal that, the ICT literacy level of the library professionals working in university libraries </span><span>in Maharashtra is satisfactory. Majority of library professionals have acquired the basic ICT literacy skills which is required to handle day to day library operations, but still few library professionals need to enhance their literacy level in the area of open source library automation software, digital library software and institutional repository software etc. The study suggests that, university libraries should organise in-house training and orientation programs on ICT-based resources and services or depute their library professionals to attend the training and orientation programs on regular intervals, in order to enhance the ICT Literacy level of library professionals. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Bansode, Sadanand Y., and Rahul Rohidas Viswe. "ICT Literacy among Library Professionals working in the University Libraries in Maharashtra, India : a Study." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 37, no. 5 (2017): 353. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.37.5.11723.
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<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The purpose of this study is to assess the information communication technology (ICT) literacy of the library professionals working in university libraries in Maharashtra. The study gives an overview of the present level of ICT literacy among library professionals and it helps to know the need for training and orientation in the areas such as ICT-based resources, services and tools to the library professionals working in university libraries in Maharashtra. A structured questionnaire based survey was conducted to analyse the ICT literacy among library professionals. The </span><span>findings of the study reveal that, the ICT literacy level of the library professionals working in university libraries </span><span>in Maharashtra is satisfactory. Majority of library professionals have acquired the basic ICT literacy skills which is required to handle day to day library operations, but still few library professionals need to enhance their literacy level in the area of open source library automation software, digital library software and institutional repository software etc. The study suggests that, university libraries should organise in-house training and orientation programs on ICT-based resources and services or depute their library professionals to attend the training and orientation programs on regular intervals, in order to enhance the ICT Literacy level of library professionals. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Rasmussen, Karsten Boye. "Digital curation after digital extraction for data sharing." IASSIST Quarterly 42, no. 3 (2018): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/iq944.
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Welcome to the third issue of volume 42 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 42:3, 2018).
 The IASSIST Quarterly presents in this issue three papers from geographically widespread countries. We call IASSIST ‘International’, so I am happy to present papers from three continents in this issue with papers from Zimbabwe, Italy and Canada.
 The paper 'The State of Preparedness for Digital Curation and Preservation: A Case Study of a Developing Country Academic Library' is by Phillip Ndhlovu, who works as the institutional repository librarian and liaison librarian, and Thomas Matingwina, who is a lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Service at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Modern day libraries have vast amounts of digital content and the authors noted that because these collections require very different management than the traditional paper-based materials, the new materials’ longevity is endangered. Their study assessed the state of preparedness of the NUST Library for digital curation and preservation, including the assessment of awareness, competencies, technology infrastructure, digital disaster preparedness, and challenges to digital curation and preservation. They found a lack of policies, lack of expertise by library staff, and lack of funding.
 You might conclude that investigating your own organization and reaching the very well known conclusion that 'we need more money!' is not so surprising. However, you have to take note that the Jeff Rothenberg statement from 1995 that 'Digital information lasts forever – or five years, whichever comes first' has not yet sunk in with politicians and administrators, who will immediately associate the term 'digital' with 'saving money'. This study shows them why this is not a valid connotation. It is a study of a single institution, and as the authors note it cannot be generalized even to other academic libraries in Zimbabwe. However, other libraries - also outside Zimbabwe - have here a good guide for making their own assessment of the digital preparedness of their institution. 
 The second paper was - as was the paper above - presented at the IASSIST conference in 2018 and is also about the transition from media known for thousands of years to new media and digital forms. Peter Peller presented the paper 'From Paper Map to Geospatial Vector Layer: Demystifying the Process'. He is the Director of the Spatial and Numeric Data Services unit at Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary in Canada. 
 The conversion of raster images of maps to vector data is analogous to OCR technologies extracting words from scanned print documents. Thereby the map information becomes more accessible, and usable in geographic information systems (GIS). An illustrative example is that historical geospatial information can be overlaid in Google Earth. The description of the entire process incorporates examples of the various techniques, including different types of editing. Furthermore, descriptions of the software used in selected studies are listed in the appendix. It is mentioned that 'paper texture and ink spread' can be responsible for introducing noise and errors, so remember to keep the old maps. This is because what is considered noise in one context might become the subject for interesting future research. In addition the software for extracting information will most certainly improve.
 For once both the author and we at IASSIST Quarterly have been quite fast. The data for the third paper was collected in late 2017 and the results are presented here only a year later. In October 2017 a message appeared on the IASSIST mail list with the start of the sentence 'I would share the data but...' It quickly generated many ways of completing that sentence. Flavio Bonifacio - who works at Metis Ricerche srl in Torino, Italy - quickly launched a questionnaire sent to members of the mail list and to others from similar communities of interested individuals. The questionnaire was an extension of an earlier one concerning scientists' reuse and sharing of data. The paper includes many tabulations and models showing the background as well as the data sharing attitudes found in the survey. A respondent typology is developed based upon the level of propensity for sharing data and the level of experiencing problems in data sharing into a 2-by-2 table consisting of 'irreducible reluctant', 'reducible reluctant', 'problematic follower', and 'premium follower'. 
 In the Nordic countries we tend to have the impression that certain services are publicly available and for free. This impression is plainly superficial because we Nordic people also know very well that 'there is no such thing as a free lunch'! All services must be paid for in one way or another. If you have many services that carry no direct cost, it is probably because you - and others - paid for them beforehand through taxation. Because of cuts in the public economy one of the things Flavio Bonifacio wanted to investigate was the question 'Is there a market for selling data-sharing services?' The results imply that 'reducible reluctants' can be a target for services that reduce the problems of that group.
 Submissions of papers for the IASSIST Quarterly are always very welcome. We welcome input from IASSIST conferences or other conferences and workshops, from local presentations or papers especially written for the IQ. When you are preparing such a presentation, give a thought to turning your one-time presentation into a lasting contribution. Doing that after the event also gives you the opportunity of improving your work after feedback. We encourage you to login or create an author login to https://www.iassistquarterly.com (our Open Journal System application). We permit authors 'deep links' into the IQ as well as deposition of the paper in your local repository. Chairing a conference session with the purpose of aggregating and integrating papers for a special issue IQ is also much appreciated as the information reaches many more people than the limited number of session participants and will be readily available on the IASSIST Quarterly website at https://www.iassistquarterly.com. Authors are very welcome to take a look at the instructions and layout:
 https://www.iassistquarterly.com/index.php/iassist/about/submissions
 Authors can also contact me directly via e-mail: kbr@sam.sdu.dk. Should you be interested in compiling a special issue for the IQ as guest editor(s) I will also be delighted to hear from you.
 Karsten Boye Rasmussen - November 2018
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Hancock, Kristy. "Academic Libraries can Expand Institutional Repository Holdings with Gold Open Access Publications Collected Through Web Scraping." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 19, no. 4 (2024): 111–14. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip30614.
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A Review of: Clark, B. (2023). Proactive institutional repository collection development techniques: Archiving gold open access articles and metadata retrieved with web scraping. Journal of Library Administration, 63(6), 743–765. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2240190 Objective – To describe a method for collecting gold open access publications from the web and packaging them for batch deposit in an institutional repository. The goal of this project is to expand institutional repository holdings and increase the comprehensiveness of the collection with gold open access content. Design – Web scraping and analysis of institutional repository usage metrics. Setting – A library at a public doctoral university with very high research activity in Alabama, United States. Subjects – Articles and metadata from the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) website and the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Participle Physics (SCOAP3) repository. MDPI is an open access publisher of over 400 journals spanning all disciplines. All articles published in MDPI journals are made freely and immediately accessible on the MDPI website. SCOAP3 is a global partnership of libraries, funding agencies, and research centers that support open access publishing in the field of high-energy physics. The SCOAP3 repository contains research funded by the organization and published in open access journals. Methods – The MDPI website and SCOAP3 repository were selected because they contained a substantial amount of scholarship by University of Alabama affiliates. On the MDPI website, an author affiliation search across all journals retrieved University of Alabama publications. The Python library Beautiful Soup was used with the parser package lxml to collect articles and metadata. The first script iterated through the pages of search results, downloaded article PDFs, and wrote abstract page URLs to a text file. The second script collected metadata by iterating through the text file of abstract page URLs, parsing the HTML of each URL, and writing Dublin Core metadata to a CSV file. Articles already archived in the institutional repository were removed from the CSV file, and the remaining metadata were reviewed for errors. To pair each PDF with the correct metadata, the file names of all PDFs were added to the CSV file. Article PDFs and the metadata file were packaged using the DSpace CSV Archive and batch deposited in the University of Alabama’s institutional repository. In SCOAP3, an author affiliation search retrieved University of Alabama publications. The browser automation software Selenium was used to collect articles and metadata. The first script iterated through the pages of search results and wrote article record page URLs to a text file. The second script downloaded article PDFs and extracted DOIs to use for PDF file names. The third script collected metadata by using the article record page URLs to query the SCOAP3 metadata harvesting API and writing MARCXML metadata to a CSV file. To pair each PDF with the correct metadata, the DOI column in the CSV file was duplicated, and the “.pdf” extension added to each DOI. The metadata in the CSV file was reviewed for errors, and citations and keywords were added manually. Articles and the metadata file were packaged and deposited using the MDPI method. The impact of SCOAP3 content on institutional repository downloads from the physics and astronomy collection was measured in the 100 days preceding and following the deposits. Main Results – 1,005 articles with corresponding metadata were collected from the MDPI website and SCOAP3 repository. After removing duplicate articles that were already archived in the University of Alabama institutional repository, 937 articles (272 from MDPI, 665 from SCOAP3) were deposited. The amount of faculty research available in the institutional repository increased from 1,639 articles before the project to 2,513 articles, or 37.3%. 678 articles were added to the physics and astronomy collection, which reflects the fact that most of the deposited articles were from a subject repository. The rest of the deposited articles were from MDPI and spanned various disciplines. The next best represented collections were civil, construction, and environmental engineering (26 articles); biological sciences (26 articles); electrical and computer engineering (24 articles); and geography (22 articles). The SCOAP3 articles also contributed to a significant increase in downloads from the physics and astronomy collection. Total downloads increased from 5,765 in the 100 days preceding the deposits to 7,243 in the 100 days following the deposits, with SCOAP3 articles representing 3,421 downloads, or 47.2%. Conclusion – This project was successful in proactively increasing the amount of scholarship in the institutional repository without faculty or researcher participation. This semi-automated workflow requires considerable technical skills but is manageable for one person. Since the articles and metadata were freely accessible and issued under permissive Creative Commons licenses, there was no need to consult publisher self-archiving policies or solicit permission to copy the articles to the institutional repository. This project did not make any research openly accessible that was otherwise unavailable or behind a paywall, but the added publications contribute to making the institution’s scholarly record more complete. This approach may be particularly helpful for academic library staff looking to build the holdings of a brand-new institutional repository, or for those dealing with an underpopulated institutional repository due to low self-archiving rates. Additional repositories containing a substantial amount of University of Alabama scholarship will be identified and considered for web scraping, to continue expanding the institutional repository holdings. The MDPI website and SCOAP3 repository will also be re-scraped in the future for research added since this project.
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Ahmed, Shamshad, and Atta Ur Rehman. "Perceptions and Level of ICT Competencies: A Survey of Librarians at Public Sector Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries 18, no. 1 (2016): 01–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.47657/2016181951.
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This paper intends to explore the level of ICT competencies, and the training needs for updating these competencies among library professionals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It also looks at the various approaches utilized by these professionals for acquiring ICT skills and problems faced by them in this regard. Descriptive survey research method has been used for conducting this study. The population for this study comprised of 105 library professionals working in the 14 public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study revealed that the status of ICT competencies among library professionals in the region is unsatisfactory. Self-study is their main avenue of acquiring ICT skills and insufficient staff in the libraries is their main problem. Further training in establishing & maintaining a digital library software and using institutional repository software is their foremost training need for updating their ICT competencies. The results can be utilized by library administrators to organize regular ICT training programs to train library staff in modern ICT resources as per their needs and to eradicate any hurdle in updating staff ICT competencies. This study provides valuable insight into the level of the ICT competencies of library professionals in KPK, and provides a framework for the development of ICT competencies of library professionals in KPK and elsewhere. It would lead to the provision of qualitative and standardized library services to the patrons and would enable library professionals to benefit from modern ICT resources in the field of library and information science.
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Ahmed, Aquil, Sulaiman Alreyaee, and Azizur Rahman. "Theses and dissertations in institutional repositories: an Asian perspective." New Library World 115, no. 9/10 (2014): 438–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-04-2014-0035.
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Purpose – Institutional repositories constitute an integral part of present day digital libraries allowing global access to scholarly publications and provides an opportunity for future research enhancement and long term preservation of information. Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) represent a growing segment of available content in institutional repositories where they contribute to the impact and ranking of their institutions. The present study traces the growth and development of online e-theses repositories in Asia within the broader framework of open access. Design/methodology/approach – The present study tries to discover the composition of ETD repositories in Asia based on the seven key parameters, i.e. country, types, language, disciplines, software, content types and repository policies. To achieve the stated objectives, the ETD repositories developed by Asian countries were identified by selecting the database of OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) and the retrieved data were thoroughly analyzed for the necessary information. Findings – Theses and dissertations are considered an important part of information resources in any institution. They are often the only source of research work. Unfortunately, access to these valuable unpublished resources is often restricted to parent institution only. The authors found that ETD repositories are addressing this problem by making institutional knowledge available online and thereby not only increasing its visibility and use, but also making them contribute to the impact and ranking of their institutions. Asian countries are beginning to embrace the idea of digitizing, archiving and making their theses and dissertations available online. The study found that more than half of all IRs listed in the directory of OpenDOAR contain ETDs. ETD system is growing fast in some Asian countries. However, the number of universities having e-theses repositories is meager considering the large number of quality academic and research institutions across Asian countries. Practical implications – The paper argues that ETD repositories not only benefit students and institutions by enhancing education and expanding research, but also by increasing a university’s visibility and use and thereby contributing to the impact and ranking of its parent institutions. Originality/value – The study hopes to heighten awareness of research being conducted in Asia and its contribution to a global knowledge base. Some of the suggestions to improve the existing conditions and strengthen the growth rate of ETDs in Asia are also presented.
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Wang, Fang. "Building an Open Source Institutional Repository at a Small Law School Library: Is it Realistic or Unattainable?" Information Technology and Libraries 30, no. 2 (2011): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v30i2.3008.
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Digital preservation activities among law libraries have largely been limited by a lack of funding, staffing and expertise. Most law school libraries that have already implemented an Institutional Repository (IR) chose proprietary platforms because they are easy to set up, customize, and maintain with the technical and development support they provide. The Texas Tech University School of Law Digital Repository is one of the few law school repositories in the nation that is built on the DSpace open source platform.1 The repository is the law school’s first institutional repository in history. It was designed to collect, preserve, share and promote the law school’s digital materials, including research and scholarship of the law faculty and students, institutional history, and law-related resources. In addition, the repository also serves as a dark archive to house internal records.
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Gichiri, Peter, K. F. Ng’etich, N. J. Omwoha, and Jane Maina. "Institutional repositories in Kenya: The case of the Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium member Libraries." African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research 2, no. 1 (2017): 172–99. https://doi.org/10.71064/spu.amjr.1.2.29.
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Billions of shillings worth of domestic researches are conducted every year in Kenya, endup in library shelves and office drawers in the institutions and arerarely disseminated.As a result, immediate steps must be taken to share the research output for development. A major recent innovation in research sharing within the domain of libraries isinstitutional repositories. In 2011, cumulatively of over 65% of libraries in Kenya had embraced or were in the process of establishing digital repositories in their institutions while 35% had not.Thisstudy aimed atestablishingthe currentstatus of institutional repositories in Kenya.This study used Diffusion of innovation Theory (DOI)to develop a theoretical framework to guide the study andmixed method design to collect and analyze data from sample of111 Institutional repository administrators purposively sampled. SoGoSurvey, an online platform was used to collect and analyze the results real-time as received from respondents. It also presented the analyzed data in tables, totals, percentages, charts and graphs. The findings revealed that the Kenyan Government had a stake for the successes of the implementation of digital institutional repositories since majority of libraries in KLISC were government institutions. The findings also showed that digital repositories were managed by librariansin different library departments and not necessarily digital repository librarians.The high rate of repository managers with other designations was alsoaclear sign that repository management had not acquired a fully recognized professional status in Kenya. In addition,the results indicated that although majority of KLISC member libraries had established or were in the process of establishing institutionalrepositories, there were still a sizable number of libraries that are yet to develop institutional repositories. Key Words: Institutional Repositories, Libraries, Consortium
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Mandal, Sukumar. "Import Metadata through EPrints for Institutional Digital Repository." Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology 9, no. 2 (2019): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.287.
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Digital library is a collection of electronic objects. Information retrieval is a part of digital library system. Digital library can be developed through open source software and tools. Institutional digital repository is also an important field in present and next generation automated and digital library system. Now, this paper is present how to import metadata formats from different database by EPrints for the development of institutional digital repository. There are different types of metadata formats available in open source environment but this paper is shows some high and matured level software for development and designing this integrated framework. However, in this section has a show how to data import from Koha, Emerald, D-Space, and Vu-Find for the better management of digital information services among the users as well as library professionals.
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O'Connor, Steve. "The economics of repository libraries in the context of the future conventional libraries." Library Management 26, no. 1/2 (2005): 18–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435120510572824.
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PurposeThis paper sets out to explore the place of the repository library in today's information world.Design/methodology/approachThis paper argues that it is important to view repository libraries anew and to re‐invigorate the debate as to their value and their place in the digital world. The paper is also set in the context of the Caval Archival Records Management Centre (CARM), located in Melbourne, Australia.FindingsThere seem to be three basic roles for the repository in the emerging digital world. First, there is a role managing the low‐use legacy collections that will never be digitised, providing access to them in some defined service and pricing model. Second, there is a role to manage the vast array of learning objects that are being developed institutionally for online learning programs on behalf of existing institutional libraries and their learning and teaching units. Third, it can be argued that the peer review process is under severe pressure in the emerging digital world.Originality/valueAscertains that repository libraries need to debate a new, more active and involved role in their information communities. Much will be gained from a rigorous re‐examination of the economics of systems rather than of individual repositories.
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Kurhanskyi, Ivan. "Axiological Vectors of Functioning of the Library Digital Repository in a Higher Education Institution." Ukrainian Journal on Library and Information Science, no. 14 (December 23, 2024): 33–43. https://doi.org/10.31866/2616-7654.14.2024.318304.
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The aim of the article is to define main value orientations, according to which the institutional repository of the library in a higher education institution can develop as a socially oriented means of providing open access in the concept of open science. Research methods. In this study, general scientific methods of cognition (analysis, synthesis, abstraction), semantic analysis of the documentary flow of scientific publications, the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete in order to determine and highlight a value component as an essential feature of the digital repository functioning, content analysis of scientific publications to identify main axiological components in functioning of the library institutional repository in a higher education institution are applied. The scientific novelty is to determine axiological vectors of functioning of the library digital repository in a higher education institution, caused by interaction with certain external factors and existence of a system of general rules for the library activities in a higher education institution in its various aspects, main value guidelines, according to which the institutional repository of the library in a higher education establishment will develop as a socially oriented means of providing open access in the concept of open science. Main conclusions. The digital repository of the library in a higher education institution is a socially oriented information product, which, additionally to outlining technological aspects, requires the definition of axiological vectors of its functioning in the context of the open science policy, the principles of the university academic community and the value orientations of the library activity in the higher education establishment and its staff. The conceptual approach in the study of digital transformations of libraries in higher education institutions should be the library humanism, as well as among the methodological approaches to its study should be the value (axiological) one, which can allow to avoid a technocratic approach to the development and use of digital repositories of libraries in higher education establishments.
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Julhijah, Pajar. "Institutional Repository Perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi (Studi Kasus di Perpustakaan Universitas Panca Bhakti)." LIGHT : Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 1, no. 2 (2021): 78–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.20414/light.v1i2.4364.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the problems contained in the Panca Bhakti University Library in building an Institutional Repository and to find out the stages in developing an Institutional Repository at the Panca Bhakti University Library. The method used in this research is descriptive analytical research method. The results obtained in this study were the finding of obstacles in building an Institutional Repository at the Panca Bhakti University Library, namely copyright, HR, and plagiarism issues. The steps taken by the Panca Bhakti University Library are analyzing the needs of its users, human resources that focus on the management of institutional repositories, facilities and infrastructure that increase capacity to support the implementation of activities in digital libraries, the last of which is the repository content providing scientific works from the academic community. Panca Bhakti University.
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Arnomo, Ilham. "Perbandingan Perangkat Lunak Repository Institusi : Studi Kasus pada Repository Institusi di Indonesia." Inform : Jurnal Ilmiah Bidang Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi 3, no. 1 (2018): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.25139/inform.v3i1.674.
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The purpose of this research is to analyze the technical comparison on SLiMS (Senayan Library Management System) software with Eprints and DSpace, so it will be proved technically whether SLiMS (Senayan Library Management System) can meet the criteria and standards as institutional repository software or not? . The research methodology used is an experimental approach in which researchers conduct direct experiments of SLiMS, Eprints and DSpace software starting from the installation stage, data entry, IP public provision to perform comparative analysis of the technical features of the three software. The results show that the SLiMS software (Senayan Library Management System) can meet the criteria and standards as the institutional repository software, because SLiMS (Senayan Library Management System) features the main required of an institutional repository software that functions as an asset management system digital collecting, preserving, preserving and publishing or disseminating scientific work of academic research of a college.
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Mjeni, Sophia Tsenga, Paul Maku Gichohi, and David Gichoya. "The Aspect of Assurance of Digital Institutional Repository Service Provision to Postgraduates Students at Selected Universities in Meru County." International Journal of Professional Practice 11, no. 4 (2023): 36–51. https://doi.org/10.71274/ijpp.v11i4.342.
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Theses, dissertations, reports and other research works by university communities are housed in digital institutional repositories in the library department. Postgraduate students are expected to utilize these resources; hence, the nature of services provided therein is critical. The provision of digital institutional repository service in university libraries is expected to be courteous, professional, and credible. Professionalism is demonstrated through politeness, trustworthiness, honesty, friendliness, respectfulness and competence of the institutional repository staff serving users. These attributes usually communicate assurance and heighten customer satisfaction. The feeling of assurance is also reinforced by the experience that a user gets when interacting with the repository website; for example, the friendliness of the webpages. However, incidences of users getting disinterested and losing patience with institutional repositories have continued to be reported.This paper reports part of findings of a large study which aimed to determine how adopting SERVQUAL model can improve digital institutional repository information services to postgraduate students at universities in Meru County. This paper assessed the assurance of digital institutional repository service provision. It employed a descriptive survey research design. The target population constituted library head of sections and post-graduate students. Purposive sampling was employed to get librarians, while simple random sampling, to select students. A sample size of 101 was adopted. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. Data quality was achieved by checking construct, content and face validity, while reliability was ascertained using Cronbach alpha. Data was analysed descriptively and thematically. The study found that the level of assurance in digital institutional repositories at universities in Meru County was moderate. Assurance aspects are supported by elements like: knowledgeable staff, customer-centric service, adequate ICT infrastructure, resources and facilities; customer awareness; and adequate funding. The study recommended creation of awareness, staff training and upgrading the repository technology to enhance assurance aspects.
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Phillips, Mark E., Pamela Andrews, and Ana Krahmer. "Understanding Connections: Examining Digital Library and Institutional Repository Use Overlap." Publications 7, no. 2 (2019): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications7020042.
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The University of North Texas Libraries’ Digital Collections are situated as a unified whole within their preservation infrastructure, with three separate user interfaces serving the content to different audiences. These separate interfaces are: The UNT Digital Library (DL), The Portal to Texas History, and The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Situated within each interface are collections, and hosted within these collections are digital objects. One collection, the UNT Scholarly Works Repository, specifically serves UNT’s research and creative contributions and functions as the Institutional repository (IR) for the University of North Texas. Because UNT Scholarly works is seated as a collection amongst other collections, users can access faculty research, not just out of an interest in research from specific faculty members, but also as it ties into the user’s broader understanding of a given topic. With flexible infrastructure and metadata schema that connect collections beneath the umbrella of the wider preservation infrastructure, the UNT DL employs full-text searching and interlinked metadata to strengthen and make visible the connections between objects in different collections. This paper examined how users navigated between other collections within the UNT IR, as well as within the UNT DL. Through this examination, we observed patterns between how users navigated between objects, understood which collections may have related to one another, examined why some unique items were used more than others, and viewed the average number of items used within a session.
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Savitskaya, Tatiana E. "Partnership of Digital Libraries Hathi Trust Digital Library: the New Mode of Cooperation." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 67, no. 1 (2018): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2018-67-1-83-90.
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There is analysed the activities of digital libraries partnership Hathi Trust Digital Library (HTDL), arose in October 2008 in the United States as a collaborative repository of digital collections of library systems of 13 universities in the U.S. Middle West and digital collections of 11 universities in California (now numbering 124 libraries). In the United States — the leader of IT-technologies — has been accumulated the vast experience in the field of organization of electronic resources, carried out a large-scale reorganization of library industry, the results of which are not sufficiently covered in the domestic library science. For the first time, the Russian library community is invited to learn the specific experience of the formation and operation of the partnership of digital libraries HTDL, based on the principle of institutional cooperation and coordination of management solutions in the conservation and maintenance of electronic collections.The main tasks of the distributed data warehouse belonging to the partnership group of large research libraries are: providing access to the digital collection first of all for collective users, libraries — co-founders; preservation of intellectual heritage through reliable and accessible electronic representation, improvement of open technological infrastructure. The HTML concept is based on the conscious preservation of the specificity of research libraries, when the user is offered a body of special catalogued literature, and the ranking of search results is not influenced by the commercial interests. It is noted that HTDL is built on the basis of an extensive network of interlibrary entities in the United States with extensive cooperation in the field of administration, cataloguing, and storage of printed materials.There are considered the priority achievements of Hathi Trust Digital Library: development of the new models of interlibrary cooperation, efficient distributed management structure, transparent scheme of payment calculation of infrastructure maintenance. The dynamics of the development of this resource from the moment of formation to the present time is analysed.
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Dubinsky, Ellen. "Does open access make cents? Return on investment in the institutional repository." College & Research Libraries News 80, no. 5 (2019): 281. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.80.5.281.
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Access to information resources is a traditional library service. Public libraries were the first to provide unfettered access to print information resources to a general population. It is not a stretch to recognize those institutions as the earliest providers of open access (OA). Now the term open access is generally defined as the free and immediate online availability of research and scholarship, adapting to the widespread change in delivery format from print to digital. OA as a library service—most commonly in support of the scholarly communication process—has become a priority for most academic libraries. Academic libraries and librarians are increasingly engaged in both providing and promoting OA, primarily through institutional repository (IR) services with roles as creators, disseminators, publishers, and preservers of scholarly content.
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Atasi, Sinhababu, Gakhar Heenam, and Chakravarty Rupak. "Building Digital Repositories with the Open- Source Software Invenio: Use of SaaS Model Zenodo." International Journal of Information Studies & Libraries 7, no. 1 January - June 2022 (2022): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7123706.
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Owing to the prevailing ‘unfair’ digital divide, libraries worldwide are unable to build and manage institutional repositories for preserving and sharing the research output of academia. This paper evaluates and demonstrates how libraries can practically harness the completely free SaaS service model based on public cloud deployment model infrastructure to fill this divide and achieve the larger goal of open science. The paper highlights the process and steps of using Zenodo, a FREE and OPEN platform, powered by Invenio (Free Open-Source Software) RDM infrastructure, to establish a trusted repository with the provision of self-archiving. To test the KPIs and functionalities, a live online community ‘dlispu’ was built on the Zenodo platform and the archiving process was executed. The findings of the study reveal that libraries can easily adopt Green Open Access, thus strengthening the scholarly communication cycle without any upfront and subsequent cost. This immediately outweighs the limitations of the digital divide. The positive outcomes of the study pave the way for the libraries with resource insufficiencies in making research more findable, shareable, and reproducible, with confidence. The findings of the study also reveal that the Zenodo repository is a OAI- PMH-compliant repository supporting metadata harvesting and interoperability.
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Luo, Jiebei. "Using Google apps to manage embargo records: Automating institutional repository reminders." College & Research Libraries News 79, no. 3 (2018): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.79.3.137.
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Using multiple Google apps, the Lucy Scribner Library at Skidmore College creates an automated reminder to manage embargo records of the scholarly works deposited in the college’s institutional repository (IR), Creative Matter. This cloud-based embargo reminder can be applicable to other academic libraries that employ Digital Commons or similar IR platforms without built-in embargo reminder functions.
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Subangi, Dr M. C., ,. Dr P. Sujatha, and Mr M. Mohan. "Design and Development of institutional Repository Using D-Space Digital Library Software at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur,TNAU-A Study." INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 08, no. 12 (2024): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem39561.
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The case study focuses on the design and development of an institutional repository at the Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, using the DSpace digital library software. The current work discusses the University Research Project (URP) carried out at the Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur, TNAU, India, which involved the establishment of an institutional repository. The initiative aims to expand the Institute's research output's exposure and accessibility, which will improve researcher collaboration and information sharing. The paper outlines the steps involved in the development process, including selecting the appropriate hardware and software, configuring the system, creating metadata schemas, and establishing access controls. The study also discusses the challenges encountered during the development process and the solutions that were implemented to overcome them. The study highlights the benefits of using DSpace to preserve and disseminate digital content, such as research articles and theses, and provides full-text search and retrieval capabilities. They also highlights the benefits of using DSpace for institutional repositories, including the ability to accommodate different types of digital content and support interoperability with other systems. Overall, this case study provides insights into the successful implementation of DSpace for institutional repositories and also highlights the problems faced during customization of metadata, interface and workflow as per the requirements of the institution. The study can serve as a useful reference for other institutions planning similar projects. Keywords: DSpace, Institutional Repository, Open Access, Scholarly Communications, Digital Preservation, Digital Library.
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Maness, Jack, Kim Pham, Fernando Reyes, and Jeff Rynhart. "A Vertical Cooperation Model to Manage Digital Collections and Institutional Resources." Publications 8, no. 2 (2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications8020023.
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The technology space of the University of Denver Libraries to manage digital collections and institutional resources isn’t relegated to one department on campus – rather, it distributed across a network of collaborators with the skills and expertise to provide that support. The infrastructure, which is comprised of an archival metadata management system (Archivespace), a digital repository (Node.js + ElasticSearch), preservation storage (ArchivesDirect), and a streaming server (Kaltura) is independently but cooperatively managed across IT, library departments and vendors. The coordinated effort of digital curation activities still allows each group to focus on the service they have the most vested interest in providing. This paper will talk about the different management and development practices involved in developing our integrated infrastructure to provide digital collections as a service.
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Ibrahim, Dikuma, Muhammad Bizi, and Ali Usman. "COMPARING E-PRINT AND FEDORA DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE E-PRINT OR FEDORA? A BETTER OPEN SOURCE REPOSITORY PLATFORM FOR LIBRARIES." International Journal of Advanced Research in Public Policy, Social Development and Enterprise Studies 4, no. 1 (2021): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.48028/iiprds/ijarppsdes.v4.i1.06.
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Judicious system analysis is essential in considering budget allocations to libraries. This paper studies two open-source digital library software namely E-print and Fedora, The present study compares and highlights the similarities among the software. The paper attempts to suggest based on the merits and demerits to enable librarians to take wiser decision in terms of open sources software for a repository.
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Cechich, Alejandra, Agustina Buccella, Daniela Manrique, and Lucas Perez. "Towards Building Reuse-Based Digital Libraries for National Universities in Patagonia." Journal of Computer Science and Technology 18, no. 02 (2018): e10. http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/16666038.18.e10.
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This article presents a case study exploring the use of software product lines and reference models as mechanisms of a reuse-based design process to build digital libraries. As a key component in a modern digital library, the reference architecture is responsible for helping define quality of the resulting repository. It is true that many efforts have been addressed towards providing interoperability; however, repositories are expected to provide high levels of reuse too, which goes beyond that of simple object sharing. This work presents the main steps we followed towards building a reusable digital library capable of accommodating such needs by (i) providing mechanisms to reuse resources, and (ii) enabling explicit sharing of commonalities in a distributed environment.
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Deepika, P. Kale, and Yuvraj G. Jadhav Dr. "Library System And Services In Engineering Colleges With Special Reference To Goa State." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 10, no. 1 (2022): 681 to 692. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223496.
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The study attempted to analyse the library system of engineering colleges affiliated with Goa University. The survey was carried out with the objectives of assessing the present status of the library staff, sources and services and the current status of library automation available in the libraries of engineering colleges in the Goa state. Based on the result of the study, it is recommended that librarians take the initiative to make the library fully automated and develop a rich collection of e-resources. All engineering college libraries should give importance to maintaining a digital Institutional Repository and provide web-based OPAC service keeping in mind the need of the academic community.
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Antasari, Indah Wijaya. "User Satisfaction To The Quality Of Repository Services At An Academic Library: Applying Libqual+." IQRA` Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi (e-Journal) 18, no. 2 (2024): 215. https://doi.org/10.30829/iqra.v18i2.21611.
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<div><p>Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Prof Saifuddin Zuhri's Library has a collection of theses, dissertations, and research reports from print to digital, which can be accessed through the institution's repository. Thesis and repository services are needed by final-year students who are completing thesis assignments. This paper assesses the quality of repository services using the LibQual+TM standard as set by the Association of Research Libraries (see http://libqual.org). The research method is quantitative, with the UIN student population from semester 8 and semester. The number of samples was 93 taken randomly. The results showed that the quality of repository services got an average value of 3.12 on a scale of 4.0, which indicates The lowest value of 2.76 shows that although users are satisfied as a whole, they still feel that the facilities in the institutional repository are incomplete with several proposals for improving the benefits of institutional repositories. Student suggestions for improvment include: an adequate internet network, an easy search menu, instruction of the functions of the repository and more intensive promotion of the repository to heighten access to research information. This study contributes heightened understanding for the value of digitized repository services in academic libraries as a vital information literacy tool for college students.</p></div>
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Arnomo, Ilham. "STUDI BANDING PERANGKAT LUNAK APLIKASI GANESHA DIGITAL LIBRARY (GDL) SEBAGAI REPOSITORY INSTITUSI BERBASIS OPEN SOURCE." JURNAL TEKNIK INFORMATIKA 12, no. 1 (2019): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jti.v12i1.8632.
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The purpose of the research is to analyze the technical features of the Ganesha Digital Library (GDL) application with DSpace and Eprints, so that it will be proved technically whether the GDL application can meet the standards and criteria as the application software repository institution ?. Using experimental approach research methods by installing GDL, DSpace and Eprints application to further analyze and compare the technical features of the three applications. The results show that GDL application meet standards and criteria as institutional repository application, since they have most of the technical features of institutional repositories including the features of the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting); has a dublincore metadata standard; and has been licensed to open source (General Public License) GPL that is needed for the utilization, use and development of institutional repository applications according to the needs of a college institution.
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Longshak, Joseph E., IfeanyiChukwu F. Ohaju, and Pauline C. Obikaonu. "Library Support for the Creation and Management of Research and Intellectual Output of Central Banks and International Financial Institutions (CBIFI)." International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation XI, no. VIII (2024): 811–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.51244/ijrsi.2024.1108065.
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Central banks and International Financial Institutions (CIBFIs) play a crucial role in maintaining price stability and promoting economic growth and development at a time of rapid technological advancements and expanding knowledge. The research, data sets, publications, and other intellectual outputs created by CIBFIs are valuable resources that need to be preserved and safeguarded. Central bank libraries safeguard and promote the intellectual property while promoting research and publication. Libraries affiliated with CIBFI, such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Library, have difficulties in effectively handling both physical and digital resources in the age of digitalisation. Restrictions on key documents are imposed due to concerns about deterioration, and the absence of a centralised institutional repository prevents collaboration and promotes research. Lack of unique digital identifiers and value-added services reduce the global visibility and impact of CBN research. This study investigates the methods that CBIFI libraries use to support to the creation and management of intellectual output in their orgnisations. By doing so, they enhance long-term preservation, ensure persistent access, promote global visibility, increase utilisation, and monitor the effect of institutional research.
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Maia, Maria, Caio Coneglian, and Milton Shintaku. "Propositional study of a model for quality evaluation in technical memory deposits in a Digital Library implemented in DSpace." RDBCI: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação 21 (December 21, 2022): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/rdbci.v21i00.8671927/31965.
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Introduction:One of the forms of dissemination of technical memory occurs through Digital Libraries and Digital Repositories. These information environments can be developed and customized from various software. In Brazil, DSpace is one of the main systems used in the creation of Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories, thus providing opportunities for the representation, dissemination, access and use of the information made available from these tools. Given such relevance, the information available in these information environments needs to be of quality, in order to ensure numerous contributions to organizations, as well as to their users.Objective:Considering the need to ensure the quality of the information available in Digital Libraries, this study aims to propose a model to foster the improvement of the quality of technical memory deposits in Digital Libraries implemented from the DSpace. Methodology:This is a qualitative and descriptive study, which makes use of the bibliographic survey technique in national and international databases.Results:Based on the bibliographic survey it was possible to propose the model of evaluation of the quality of deposits in Digital Libraries developed from the DSpace, thus presenting contributions to improve the qualityof the information available in these environments so relevant to the dissemination of knowledge. Conclusion:The proposed model will allow interested parties to evaluate the quality of deposits made in Digital Libraries, especially those created through the DSpace software.
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Steeves, Vicky, Rémi Rampin, and Fernando Chirigati. "Using ReproZip for Reproducibility and Library Services." IASSIST Quarterly 42, no. 1 (2017): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/iq18.
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Achieving research reproducibility is challenging in many ways: there are social and cultural obstacles as well as a constantly changing technical landscape that makes replicating and reproducing research difficult. Users face challenges in reproducing research across different operating systems, in using different versions of software across long projects and among collaborations, and in using publicly available work. The dependencies required to reproduce the computational environments in which research happens can be exceptionally hard to track – in many cases, these dependencies are hidden or nested too deeply to discover, and thus impossible to install on a new machine, which means adoption remains low. In this paper, we present ReproZip , an open source tool to help overcome the technical difficulties involved in preserving and replicating research, applications, databases, software, and more. We will examine the current use cases of ReproZip , ranging from digital humanities to machine learning. We also explore potential library use cases for ReproZip, particularly in digital libraries and archives, liaison librarianship, and other library services. We believe that libraries and archives can leverage ReproZip to deliver more robust reproducibility services, repository services, as well as enhanced discoverability and preservation of research materials, applications, software, and computational environments.
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Omeluzor, Saturday U., and Nelson Edewor. "Assessing the University Virtual Library Spaces for Digital Information Services in Nigeria." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 45, no. 1 (2025): 35–42. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.20348.
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The university Virtual Library Space VLS is increasingly becoming a strategic source for information access. The digital libraries are opening up avenue to information for the virtual library users whose number is increasing exponentially. This current study assessed the use of VLS at the university library in Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was used with a population of 233 academic librarians at the federal, state and private universities in South-South zone of Nigeria. With a sample size of 213 (91.4 %) of the population who responded to the online questionnaire that were analysed, the findings shows that university libraries are at the threshold of increasing access to digital information with advancement in VLS. The finding showed that most university libraries in Nigeria have developed one form of virtual/digital space such as ILS, ERM, social media sites, library website, web catalog, institutional repository and library Blog. The findings revealed that more than 50 % of the respondents attested that they have used VLS frequently on daily, weekly, monthly and bi-monthly to disseminate digital information such as e-books, e-journals, dataset, lecture notes, students projects, e-thesis and dissertations, inaugural lectures, laboratoryresults and conference proceedings. The findings further showed that the major challenges facing the use of VLSat the university library were inadequate funding, lack of training, poor technical support, irregular power supply,poor internet connectivity, lower bandwidth and inadequate ICT infrastructure. The study concluded with specificrecommendations to enhance the use of VLS at the university library for the benefit of library patrons.
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., Sukumar Mandal. "Designing Altmetrics Enabled Discovery Services through DSpace." Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services 9, no. 1 (2019): 117–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2019.9.1.582.
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Discovery service is very important in an automated and digital library system. There are different types of this services are available in an online environment such as google scholar, research gateway, ebsco, summon, exlibris primo, worldcat and etc. This is very popular service and enable customization in different fields such as end user accounts, branding, embedding your chat service, turning off and on certain resources, custom search boxes, embedded widgets, facets modifications, language choices, and content and underlying technology infrastructure philosophies may vary, but the results are largely the same. Altmetrics is a part of discovery services to developing any online based institutional digital repository for enhancing the library and information services among the research scholars, users, students, and teachers also. The objective of this paper is to explore and access the altmetrics enabled services from the DSpace user interface for fulfilling the discovery services in an integrated digital library system. Apart from this it also describe some well-known altmetrics enabled tools available in an online environment. Now, this integrated framework is very helpful for each and every sphere of institutional digital repository for designing and developing the altmetrics enabled discovery services through an open source software DSpace.
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Pathak, Sandeep. "Book Review - Dharmaraj K. Veer and Shivaji Sontakke, Advancement and Challenges for College Libraries in IT Era (New Delhi: Studera Press, 2018)." Liberal Studies 3, no. 2 (2018): 277–79. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3592725.
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The edited book under review is divided into seven different sections examining the imperatives, process and status of development of library and information technology, especially the use of the e-Resources, library automation software, to make library an open source digital repository. Besides, the contributing authors have analyzed the role of library management and librarian during visit of The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
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Kropocheva, N. M. "REPOSITORIES OF HIGHER PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC LIBRARIES." Library Mercury, no. 2(26) (December 24, 2021): 118–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.18524/2707-3335.2021.2(26).245130.
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On the basis of the content analysis of substantial filling of repositories of participating libraries of network of educational libraries, key indicators of activity of library institutions of institutions of the higher pedagogical education in the context of respect for the principles of open science are considered. Scientific metrics of the above principles are given, determining scientific searches in line with differentiation of the typical composition of the institutional repository digital content in accordance with the following requirements: determination of quantitative indicators of scientific and educational materials loaded into repositories; Establishing the structure of funds, sub-funds, thematic collections and institutional repositories; Identification of their distribution on the Internet. On the basis of the established sample of libraries of higher educational institutions, general statistical indicators of the typical content of institutional repositories are established and presented. The activities of scientific libraries of higher educational institutions in the process of improving the presentation of user and analytical services in the content, which will promote published documents, will make it possible to monitor the number of views and downloads of documents in institutional repositories. Viewing the web pages of institutional repositories of libraries confirmed the author’s statement: library structures form and technologically accompany the process of meaningful formation of institutional repositories by means of developing thematic electronic collections, expanding the base of educational resources and recording the results of scientific research in the public domain. So, in the structure of information support for training and scientific research in institutions of higher pedagogical education carried out by library structures, we observe two innovative trends: traditional communication channels of perception of the library institution are expanded in accordance with modern requirements and principles of open science, in particular, through an increase in the typical composition of digital content and a modification of the information and analytical range of activities of scientific libraries of institutions of higher pedagogical education.
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Masaa Kavila, Pauline, Paul Maku Gichohi, and Faith Mwendwa Mwiti. "Effect of Institutional Digital Repository Information Services on Utilisation of Library Resources by Postgraduate Students at Selected University Libraries in Kenya." Journal of Information and Technology 4, no. 3 (2024): 18–26. https://doi.org/10.70619/vol4iss3pp18-26.
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Purpose: Every year, Kenya does local studies worth billions of shillings, which are rarely disseminated outside of the institutions' office drawers and library shelves. Therefore, research findings should be shared for advancement right away. Institutional repositories are a significant recent development in the field of research exchange within libraries. Effective utilization of these services is essential for postgraduate students to access relevant resources, expand their knowledge, and complete quality research projects. However, gaps in the use of information services by postgraduate students have been observed, indicating the need for a deeper understanding of their usage patterns, preferences, and challenges. This study examines how postgraduate students in selected Kenyan universities utilise institutional digital repositories to support their academic needs. Methods: The study was grounded in the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DIT) focusing on 2,452 individuals - 2,372 postgraduate students and 80 librarians from the University of Embu, Kenya Methodist University, Kirinyaga University, Meru University of Science and Technology, and Chuka University. A random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 493 respondents, including 475 postgraduate students and 18 librarians. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires for students and interviews with selected librarians to provide both quantitative and qualitative insights. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods, while qualitative data was presented narratively. Results: Findings revealed that digital repository services (β=0.109, p < 0.05) had significant positive effects on library utilization. Conclusion: The study concludes that Digital Institutional Repositories (DIRs) are essential in supporting postgraduate students' effective use of library services. It recommends the university management together with the ICT department should ensure the provision of reliable internet connectivity to facilitate the seamless use of digital resources, Initiative for regular training and workshops should be organised by the library administration. To provide librarians with knowledge of digital resources, information services, and efficient user support and service delivery. Additionally, Librarians should create more awareness of DIR functionalities among postgraduate students to maximize their engagement and benefit from these resources.
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Gross, Stephanie L. "YAIR (Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository): How rethinking an open-source institutional repository is changing the visibility of faculty, students, and administration." College & Research Libraries News 82, no. 3 (2021): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.3.129.
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The director of libraries conceived of Yeshiva University’s institutional repository (IR) in 2018 in part as a cost-effective alternative to Digital Measures, a scholarly productivity tracking program used to determine faculty eligibility for tenure. It was mandated in Yeshiva University’s first Strategic Plan 2016-2010, under Strategic Imperative 2: Advance Faculty Development and Excellence in Teaching and Research. The IR would be a secure, prestigious, university-sanctioned platform for showcasing, documenting, and sharing intellectual output across the globe. It was important that most of the work would be open access, with accompanying Creative Commons Non-Commercial No-Derivatives licenses. In addition to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students would be given a platform to self-archive their intellectual output. Both faculty and students would have the option to opt-out from making their work public, or at least limiting the visibility to the university public only.
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Satish, S. "Development of Institutional Repository Using DSpace at ICMR- National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: An Overview." Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology 9, no. 2 (2019): 96–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.268.
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Institutional repositories is converting the intellectual output of an institution to digital form. It contains collecting, archiving, preserving of Institute intellectual output in the digital form, as the archives are thesis, publications, reports, dissertation, teaching materials, presentations, video, images, photographs, printed material, newspaper clippings. ICMR-NIE has started its digital library service from 2015. This paper discusses the setup of a digital institute repository at ICMR-NIE using the open source software D-Space for the long-term preservation of the institutional materials. It benefits the institute by raising the institute’s profile for a broader dissemination, increased use, and enhances the Institute research materials to the staff, scholars, students and faculty members.