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Making Institutional Repositories Work (Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Callicott, Burton B.; Scherer, David; Wesolek, Andrew. Series: Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
Quickly following what many expected to be a wholesale revolution in library practices, institutional repositories encountered unforeseen problems and a surprising lack of impact. Clunky or cumbersome interfaces, lack of perceived value and use by scholars, fear of copyright infringement, and the like tended to dampen excitement and adoption.
This collection of essays, arranged in five thematic sections, is intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories—to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository.
Making Institutional Repositories Work takes ... Read more
Quickly following what many expected to be a wholesale revolution in library practices, institutional repositories encountered unforeseen problems and a surprising lack of impact. Clunky or cumbersome interfaces, lack of perceived value and use by scholars, fear of copyright infringement, and the like tended to dampen excitement and adoption.
This collection of essays, arranged in five thematic sections, is intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories—to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository.
Making Institutional Repositories Work takes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Series
Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557537263
SKU
V9781557537263
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About
Burton B. Callicott is a reference librarian at the College of Charleston, where he is cochair of the institutional repository committee and oversees faculty contributions, training for faculty/student access, and manages workflow. David Scherer is the scholarly repository specialist at Purdue University, USA where he oversees the primary institutional repository of the university, Purdue e-Pubs, and serves as a ... Read more
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