Institutional Repositories - 126 Resources

Overview
Publications (76)
Presentations (29)
Podcasts (16)
Blogs (5)

Overview

Institutional repositories first gained attention in 2002, when universities began offering in-house services to manage and disseminate their digital materials. These repositories evolved in response to faculty needs, changes in electronic scholarly publishing, and the affordability of digital preservation. No single blueprint for an institutional repository exists—they range from MIT’s DSpace to the Caltech Collection of Open Digital Archives (CODA).

EDUCAUSE has identified links concerning the institutional repositories that may be useful to the higher education community. Many of these links have been contributed by EDUCAUSE members. If you would like to include additional resources on this page, send the information to contribute@educause.edu.

Articles and Papers

The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, 2002. This paper examines institutional repositories strategically, from two complementary perspectives: 1) as a natural extension of academic institutions' responsibility as generators of primary research seeking to preserve and leverage their constituents' intellectual assets; and 2) as one potentially major component in the evolving structure of scholarly communication.

Filling Institutional Repositories: Practical strategies from the DAEDALUS Project Ariadne, 2004. The author describes some strategies that can be used to help populate an institutional repository.

Institutional Repositories: Enhancing Teaching, Learning, and Research /ir/library/pdf/DEC0303.pdf EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee, 2003.

Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age ARL Bimonthly Report, February 2003. The author provides an overview of institutional repositories, discusses their strategic importance, examines key issues, considers how they may promote infrastructure standards, and speculates on possible future developments.

Projects and Guides

CARL Institutional Repository Project: Online Resource Portal

A Guide to Institutional Repository Software, 2003.

SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist and Resource Guide, 2002.

Repositories

California Institute of Technology - Caltech CODA

MIT - DSpace

Ohio State University - Knowledge Bank

University of California - eScholarship Repository

University of Kansas - KU ScholarWorks

A university-based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution.

Publications (76)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Institutional Repositories.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
ERM09211	The "Other" Sustainability Problem Diane J. Graves Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	03/20/2009	2,069
CSD2625	Institutional Repository on a Shoestring George Wrenn, Carolyn J. Mueller, and Jeremy Shellhase Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	02/03/2009	194
CSD2626	The Research Library’s Role in Digital Repository Services Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	02/03/2009	175
CSD5522	Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users Jack M. Maness, Tomasz Miaskiewicz, and Tamara Sumner Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/03/2008	251
ERM08612	Repositories, Cyberinfrastructure, and the Humanities Gregory R. Crane Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/23/2008	1,526
ERM0610	Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination Jerry D. Campbell Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	32,320
ERM0835	The Need to Formalize Trust Relationships in Digital Repositories Francine Berman, Ardys Kozbial, Robert H. McDonald, and Brian E.C. Schottlaender Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	05/07/2008	2,808
CSD5542	Identifying Factors of Success in CIC Institutional Repository Development - Final Report Carole P. Palmer, Lauren Teffeau, and Mark Newton Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/21/2008	232
CSD5588	A Study of Institutional Repository Holdings by Academic Discipline Peter A. Zuber Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/12/2008	523
CSD5385	Open Doors and Open Minds: What Faculty Authors Can Do to Ensure Open Access to Their Work Through Their Institution Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	04/24/2008	312
CSD5398	At Libraries, Taking the (Really) Long View Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	07/23/2008	614
CSD5490	Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education Ross Housewright and Roger C. Schonfeld Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/18/2008	649
CSD5503	The UK Research Data Service Feasibility Study Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	07/07/2008	577
ERS0508	Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education Philip J. Goldstein and Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	12/12/2005	7,178
ERB0613	Institutional Strategies and Policies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations Joan K. Lippincott Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/20/2006	5,191
CSD5406	On the Threshold of Cyberscholarship Ronald L. Larsen Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	02/15/2008	189
CSD5408	Institutional Repositories and E-Journal Archiving: What Are We Learning? Kathlin Smith Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	02/15/2008	225
ERM0423	The “Weariness of the Flesh”: Reflections on the Life of the Mind in an Era of Abundance Paul B. Gandel, Richard N. Katz, and Susan E. Metros Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2004	5,165
CSD5270	Pooling Scholars’ Digital Resources Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/12/2007	148
CSD5163	The Future of Scholarly Communication: Building the Infrastructure for Cyberscholarship Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/26/2007	2,474
CSD5258	Census of Institutional Repositories in the U.S Soo Y. Rieh, Karen Markey, Beth St. Jean, Elizabeth Yakel, and Jihyun Kim Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/05/2007	178
CSD5259	Utah Digital Repository Initiative: Building a Support System for Institutional Repositories Karen Estlund and Anna Neatrour Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/05/2007	217
ECM0508	Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education Roadmap Philip J. Goldstein, with Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	12/12/2005	3,235
EKF0508	Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education - Key Findings Philip J. Goldstein, with Richard N. Katz Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	12/12/2005	3,769
ERM0626	Institutional Repositories: An Opportunity for CIO Campus Impact Marilu Goodyear and Richard Fyffe Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	3,507

Presentations (29)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Institutional Repositories

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
NCP08058	The Future of the Library Susan V. Wawrzaszek, David G. Wedaman, Amira Aaron, Lori Dembowitz, and John Turner Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/10/2008	592
NMD08012	Cyberinfrastructure and Emerging Scientific Data and Knowledge Systems Don Middleton Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/10/2008	431
NCP08039	Electronic Project Reports: Making Undergraduate Work Accessible Worldwide Christine Drew and Debra Dexter Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/10/2008	1,007
EDU07300	An Initiative to Share Digital Repository Services for Liberal Arts Colleges Eric Jansson, Diane J. Graves, and Samuel Demas Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/23/2007	589
EDU0327	Institutional Repositories: What Does Your Institution Need to Know? Joseph J. Branin, Clifford A. Lynch, MacKenzie Smith and Eric F. Van de Velde Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	6,616
EDU06219	Building a Distributed Knowledge Network: National and International Perspectives Toru Iiyoshi Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/10/2006	1,856
EDU06304	The Real At-Risk E-Content: University Web Resources Joanne Kaczmarek and Taylor Surface Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/12/2006	1,854
MWR0321	Building the Ohio State University Knowledge Bank: One Asset at a Time! Joseph J. Branin and Susan E. Metros Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	01/01/2003	5,651
NLI0338	If You Give a Student a Computer: Managing the Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content Patrick McElroy Presentations/Speeches	ELI Meetings	01/01/2003	6,541
EDU0314	Strategies for Sharing Learning Content and University Knowledge Across Departments and Campus Boundaries Susan E. Metros Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,409
EDU05033	The Data Deluge Hits Campus Clifford A. Lynch Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2005	2,888
EDU06276	LionShare: Secure P2P Collaboration for Academic Networks Michael Halm Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/11/2006	2,088
MAC0663	A Successful Implementation of an Institutional Repository at the University of Delaware Sandra K. Millard and Gregg A. Silvis Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/12/2006	2,036
MWR0536	Moving Out of the Shadows: Shining a Light on Data David L. Rotman and Mark Mazelin Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/21/2005	2,683
SWR0412	Scholarly Communication in a Digital World: The Role of an Institutional Repository Richard Fyffe and Beth Forrest Warner Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	01/01/2004	4,182
EDU0428	Surveying the Digital Landscape Charles R. Bartel, Emilio DiLorenzo, James M. Duncan, Leslie P. Hitch, S. Alan McCord, John C. Meerts, Pablo G. Molina and Michael D. Roy Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2004	3,425
EDU0437	The New Frontier of Institutional Repositories: Three Libraries, Three Plans, One Goal Robert H. McDonald, Anthony D. Smith, Charles F. Thomas and Tyler Walters Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2004	3,137
EDU05186	Strategies for Building Successful Digital Initiatives at Small to Medium-Sized Institutions Gregory R. Crane, Rachel Frick, and Andrew Rouner Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2005	2,380
EDU05253	Collaborative Library Instruction Repository Jennifer Keach and Jennifer McCabe Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/21/2005	2,617
MWR0532	From Curriculum Vitae To Academic Business Intelligence: Building an Intellectual Capital Repository Scott Garrison Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/21/2005	2,856
SER0544	Training the University Community for Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Cindy Gray and Thura R. Mack Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	06/06/2005	3,017
SWR0528	Implementing a Fedora-Based Repository on a Shoestring Eric Jansson Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	02/16/2005	2,615
CSD4269	Managing Digital Assets Strategic Issues for Research Libraries - Proceedings Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	1,912
EDU0385	Early Development Experiences from the Fedora Project David J. Kahle, William Parod and Thornton Staples Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,352
CSD3182	Thinking Beyond Digital Libraries - Designing the Information Strategy for the Next Decade Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,195

Podcasts (16)

Name	Views	Post date
EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Content Recruitment and Development Play \| Show Notes \| Download (28.65 MB audio/mpeg)	4,095	04/22/2007
An Interview with Herbert van de Sompel Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.98 MB audio/mpeg)	5,978	12/18/2006
An Interview with Bas Cordewener Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.02 MB audio/mpeg)	4,355	12/18/2006
An Interview with Christopher Blackall Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.62 MB audio/mpeg)	4,678	12/18/2006
An Interview with Sorel Reisman Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.07 MB audio/mpeg)	4,617	11/03/2006
An Interview with Terri Bays Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.23 MB audio/mpeg)	4,826	10/26/2006
An Interview with University of Texas at Austin's Fred Heath Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.5 MB audio/mpeg)	5,131	04/21/2006
An Interview with the University of Minnesota's Eric Celeste Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.37 MB audio/mpeg)	4,887	04/20/2006
E2005 Podcast: Collaborative Library Instruction Repository Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.79 MB audio/mpeg)	3,850	03/09/2006
E2005 Podcast: Strategies for Building Successful Digital Initiatives Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.46 MB audio/mpeg)	3,397	03/07/2006
E2005 Podcast: Collaborating on Digital Collections Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.83 MB audio/mpeg)	3,115	03/06/2006
E2005 Podcast: The Data Deluge Hits Campus Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.32 MB audio/mpeg)	3,497	01/27/2006
An Interview with Johns Hopkins University's Sayeed Choudhury Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.99 MB audio/mpeg)	6,395	01/06/2006
An Interview with the University of Rochester's Susan Gibbons Play \| Show Notes \| Download (29.48 MB audio/mpeg)	7,760	12/19/2005
An Interview with ArtStor's James Shulman Play \| Show Notes \| Download (20.19 MB audio/mpeg)	5,907	12/13/2005
An Interview with Marc van den Berg Play \| Show Notes \| Download (18.71 MB audio/mp3)	5,099	11/02/2005

Blogs (5)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
A Role for Librarians in Curating Scientific Data - A Very Short Reading List	Michael Witt, Purdue University	10/24/2007	1,351
ARL Institutional Repositories SPEC Kit	Charles W. Bailey, Jr., University of Houston	08/22/2006	2,177
Google Base	Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University	11/17/2005	3,985
Podcast on "Universal Access to All Knowledge"	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/20/2005	4,387
Fedora 2.0 (the repository not the Linux distro) is out	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/01/2005	3,759

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