Institutional Repositories
Content and Culture in an Open Access Environment

Catherine Jones (Author)

9781843343073, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 31 May 2007

224 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg

"There is a place for such an overview and this book goes a long way towards fulfilling its aim. …covers a wide range of factors that have influenced the development of the institutional repositories in a logical dispassionate manner. With each factor she covers all aspects; every group of stakeholders, all material types are covered, and infrastructure, metadata, preservation, and possibilities of data interchange are aired." --Library Management

A practical guide to current Institutional Repository (IR) issues, focussing on content - both gaining and preserving it and what cultural issues need to be addressed to make a successful IR. Importantly, the book uses real-life experiences to address and highlight issues raised in the book.

The changing information environment
The organisational view
Content decisions
Curation
Experiences
Looking into the future
Conclusions.

Subject Areas: IT, Internet & electronic resources in libraries [GLF], Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]