Session 1641Challenges, Vision, and the Role of Academic Libraries in Building Institutional Repositories

Sponsored by

Name: University of Arizona Campus Repository Service (aka UAiR)

Service: DSpace, local system (UAiR), contentDM

Hosting: • Dspace @ BioMedCentral• UAiR - local system• contentDM @ OCLCYear started: Fall 2010Reason started:

• Third time’s the charm• Need to offer basic repository services, before offering expanded services (data curation services)

Maliaca Oxnam

Mel DeSartUniversity of Washington

• Name: ResearchWorks• Service: Dspace based • Hosting: Locally hosted • Started: 2003

• The repository was started primarily for OA reasons, but at least a tiny bit in part because “everybody else was doing it”

• We now look at the IR as only one part of a suite of services we can offer our user community

Jay BhattDrexel

• Name: iDEA-Drexel E-Repository and Archives • Service: DSpace• Hosting: Local• Year started: 2003• Reason started: Capture, preserve, and provide open

access to the university’s scholarly output. • Administered by the Drexel Libraries• Nearly 3000 items, including 1000 theses and

dissertations

iDEA: (Drexel E-Repository and Archives) - IntroductionRebecca Goldman

Jay BhattRobert Sieczkiewicz

Knowledge Content

Who in the institution creates knowledge?

• Students both undergraduate and graduate• Faculty through research publications

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• Posters from events such as the Annual Research Day • Selected engineering design projects • PhD theses and some Master’s theses

iDEA Organization - Engineering

Example: Conference Proceedings

Challenges

• Convincing faculty to assist with collection development• Convincing administrators that it is worth the commitment of time

and $ • Working through restrictions imposed on published material• Encouraging authors to negotiate for rights from publishers to make

their work available in iDEA

Peter Zuber Brigham Young University

• Name: ScholarsArchive• Service: DSpace initially, CONTENTdm currently• Hosting: Local• Year started: 2004• Reason started: (e.g. open access, because everybody else had

one, etc.): Desired open access, wanted to see if faculty would respond

• Other basic points: – 4478 holdings total, – huge plant and historical clothing collections, ( 25% and 60% respectively) – Other major article collection is engineering (34%)

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Top Ten Trends in Academic LibrariesACRL Research Planning and Review Committee, C&RL News,

June 2010

1. Academic library collection growth is driven by patron demand and will include new resource types.

2. Budget challenges will continue and libraries will evolve as a result.

3. Changes in higher education will require that librarians possess diverse skill sets

4. Demands for accountability and assessment will increase

5. Digitization of unique library collections will increase and require a larger share of resources

6. Explosive growth of mobile devices and applications will drive new services

7. Increased collaboration will expand the role of library within the institution and beyond

8. Libraries will continue to lead efforts to develop scholarly communication and intellectual property services

9. Technology will continue to change services and required skills

10.The definition of the library will change as physical space is repurposed and virtual space expands

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Boise State University 18,876 NA NA; Currently investigating 0 NA

Brigham Young University > 28,000 DSpaceThe BYU Institutional Repositoryhttps://dspace.byu.edu/ 336 2,B 37

California State PolytechnicUniversity:Pomona 19,885

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Cal Poly Pomona University LibraryInstitutional Repositoryhttp://symposia.library.csupomona.edu/ 17 None 6 6

California State UniversityLong Beach 35,574 NA NA 0 NA

California State UniversitySacramento (Sacramento State) 28,000 NA NA 0 NA

Colorado State University 25,000 NA

NA; Currently investigatinghttp://lib.colostate.edu/publicwiki/index.php?title=Vision_2020_Minutes_of_November_17%2C_2006 0 NA

Excelsior College NA NA 0 NA

Florida International University 38,000 BePressFIU Digital Commonshttp://digitalcommons.fiu.edu 66 1,2,3,A 1 58

George Mason University 29,728 DSpace

Mason Archive Repository Servicehttp://mars.gmu.edu:8080/dspace/index.jsp 2,059 None 21 289 15 127 18 12

Illinois State University 20,261 DSpace

The Mind Project Archivehttp://archive.mind.ilstu.edu/dspace/index.jsp 1 2,B 1

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis >29,000 DSpace

IDeA IUPUI Digital Archivehttps://idea.iupui.edu/dspace/ 357 2,B 5 1 93 87

James Madison University 16,938 NA NA 0 NA

Louisiana State University >30,000 NA

NA; Currently investigatinghttp://appl006.lsu.edu/ocsweb/louishome.nsf/$Content/LALINC+Membership+Meeting+Minutes/$file/lalincmembermin031904.pdfp. 3 0 NA

New York University >40,000 DSpace

New York University Faculty Digital Archivehttp://archive.nyu.edu/ 679 2,B 604 1 1

Northern Illinois University >22,000 NA NA 0 NA

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