A Primer on How to Launch an Institutional Repository Successfully

Authors

Larry Sheret, Marshall UniversityFollow
Thomas L. Walker II, Marshall UniversityFollow
Gretchen Rae Beach, Marshall UniversityFollow
Jingping Zhang, Marshall UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2015

Abstract

This is a case study about the implementation of an institutional repository (IR) at Marshall University. Libraries have always collected information from a worldwide marketplace and have disseminated these resources locally. The IR has created a new function for the library by making it practical to acquire locally developed resources and to disseminate them freely worldwide. This has altered the traditional role of librarians and suggests a broader set of implications for the future usefulness and relevancy of the IR as doors open to new partnerships that will strengthen the university and the library’s place within it.

Comments

This is an open access article. The version of record is available from The Charleston Advisor at www.charlestonco.com and from ingentaconnect at http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.16.3.48.

Copyright © 2015 The Charleston Advisor. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Sheret, Larry, Thomas Walker, Gretchen Beach, and Jingping Zhang. “A Primer on How to Launch an Institutional Repository Successfully.” The Charleston Advisor 16, no. 3 (2015): 48-55.