Tag Archives for Institutional Repository
The Evolving Institutional Repository Landscape – A Choice White Paper
With this study, “The Evolving Institutional Repository Landscape,” Choice is inaugurating a series of research papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. Researched and written by industry experts and published with underwriting … Continue reading
Lessons Learned in Partnerships and Practice: Adopting Open Source Institutional Repository Software (Practice Article)
This case study examines three specific projects and workflows providing access to digital undergraduate honors theses, university serials, and music concert recordings. Lessons learned during the project include the success strategies for partnership formation along with the identification of project … Continue reading
User Engagement with Digital Archives for Research and Teaching: A Case Study of Emblematica Online
Researchers increasingly engage with the digital archives built by libraries, archives, and museums, but many institutions still seek to learn more about researchers’ needs and practices with these digital collections. This paper presents a user assessment study for Emblematica Online, a … Continue reading
Making the Mission Visible: Altmetrics and Nontraditional Publishing
Whereas traditional book and journal publishing remain the gold standard for many post-secondary institutions, nontraditional publishing is just as prolific at the flagship university in Maine. The university has strong land and sea grant missions that drive a broad research … Continue reading
Integrating the IR into Strategic Goals at the University of Toledo: Case Study
The purpose of this case study is to demonstrate a current model as well as explore future models for integrating institutional repositories in higher education goals at the University of Toledo. Read More