University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Introduction: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future

Shreeves, Sarah L.; Cragin, Melissa H.

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Title
Introduction: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future
Author(s)
  • Shreeves, Sarah L.
  • Cragin, Melissa H.
Issue Date
2008
Keyword(s)
Institutional repositories
Abstract
Institutional repositories (IRs) currently exist in a rapidly shifting landscape without a clear consensus on their role in the academic environment. Low self-archiving rates have dampened hopes that IRs would have an impact on scholarly publishing models. Preservation programs, a stated goal of many IRs, are often not well established. In many cases, IRs are not part of a larger vision for services the library can provide to the institution, but are isolated projects without a strong base of support. Institutions are beginning to explore the role of IRs in the collection of materials like data sets. Given this environment, where will IRs be in the next five or ten years? This issue of Library Trends contains an impressive slate of articles from prominent practitioners and researchers in the field, who offer a range of perspectives on the current state of IRs in academic institutions and reflections on their future.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2008 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 57 (2) Fall 2008: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future. Edited by Sarah L. Shreeves and Melissa H. Cragin