Repository revolution
Once upon a time, the institutional repository (IR) was quite a different beast. Originally set up by universities to manage and disseminate manuscripts created…
INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
Preparing for impact
‘You know that expression, “Build it and they will come”? Well, that’s not true for institutional repositories,’ said Tom Cramer, chief technology strategist and…
Repositories play their part in institutions
Institutional repositories (IRs) play a key role in open-access policies and programmes – and in showcasing an institution’s activities.‘Institutional repositories are evolving; initially they…
The repository jigsaw
For many years, physicists have been using the disciplinary archive arXiv.org to deposit preprints and postprints of their research articles. In 2000, a small…
Collecting research output
The positive stance that many research councils take on author and institution self-archiving is a familiar topic. But this goes beyond passive support of…