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What is Institutional Repository

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
An institutional repository is an online archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution.
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Open Data Repositories in Knowledge Society
Nadim Akhtar Khan (University of Kashmir, India), Sara Sohrabzadeh (Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran), and Garvita Jhamb (University of Delhi, India)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch385
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Digitization of Library Resources and the Development of Institutional Repositories in Nigeria
This is an online repository that contains the scholarly works of an institution.
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Challenges for Establishment of Institutional Repositories: The Case of Zimbabwe's University Libraries
An institutionally defined database for collecting storing, preserving and disseminating research out of an institution.
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Open Access, Open Doors: The Benefits of OA in Academic Research and Higher Education
A digital archive used to store digital copies of institutional intellectual property.
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Institutional Repositories in Africa: Issues and Challenges
A digital archive of the intellectual product created by the faculty, research staff and students of an institution and made accessible to end users both within and outside the institution with few or no barriers to access.
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Institutional Repository
A digital archive of intellectual products created by the faculty, research staff, and students of an institution and accessible to end-users both within and outside of the institution.
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OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System
A set of services that a research institution 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 (Lynch, 2003).
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Open Access Initiatives and Institutional Repositories: An Overview
Online archive for collecting, preserving and disseminating an institution’s scholarship.
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Supporting Data Preservation Through Institutional Repositories of the Academic Libraries in South Africa: A Case Study of Three Academic Libraries
Is a digital archive for gathering, maintaining, and sharing digital copies of a research institution's intellectual work.
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The Concoct of Digital Preservation in Open Access: A Case of the University of Botswana Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Archive
An electronic library system of digital information resources showcasing the intellectual output of academic institutions with the ultimate goals of capturing electronic resources, showcasing their research output, impact, allow open access, and dissemination of knowledge information to the community.
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Copyright Challenges in Digital Libraries in Kenya From the Lens of a Librarian
A digital repository of institutional outputs made accessible on the web.
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Beyond Library Beginnings: Understanding Digital Libraries
An institutional repository refers to a collection of formally organized and controlled digital content created by an institution's academics, staff, and students.
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Promoting Open Educational Resources Through Library Portals in South African Universities
Is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of a university.
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Open Science and Its Impact on Libraries, Publishers, and Authors
An online database designed to collect the intellectual output of a particular institution or university, including digital collections such as electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), pre-prints, or faculty scholarship, and presents associated metadata regarding these items.
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Adoption of Institutional Repositories Towards Realization of Digital Libraries: The Southern African Perspective
Is a platform for collecting, storing, preserving, and archiving research and records produced within an institution.
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