What are the advantages of Institutional repository and what items are kept in the institutional repository in this episode cover the topic
1. What are the main characteristics of the Institutional Repository?
2. What are the software's used to maintain/build the institutional repository? 3. Registry of Open Access Repository (ROAR) Characteristics of Institutional Repositories:
Gibbons identifies the five core features of an Institutional Repository:-
1. It is institutionally defined — unlike a subject repository; the Institutional Repository captures only the intellectual output of the host institution.
2. Content may be purely scholarly or may comprise administrative, teaching and research materials, both published and unpublished.
3. It is cumulative and perpetual. Once item is submitted they should not be withdrawn. This carries with it a long term obligation on the host institution to preserve Institutional Repository content.
4. It is open and interoperable- a primary goal of an Institutional Repository is to disseminate the institution’s intellectual output.
5. In collecting, storing and disseminating information it contributes to the process of scholarly communication. What are the software use to maintain/build the digital repository? There are different software use to maintain the digital repository i.e. Dspace, Eprints, Green Stone Bepress and etc. Thanks for watching