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Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India: A Study

Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India: A Study

Neeraj Kumar Singh, Jyoti Sharma, Navneet Kaur
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466672307|ISBN10: 1466672307|EISBN13: 9781466672314
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch014
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Singh, Neeraj Kumar, et al. "Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India: A Study." Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 254-268. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch014

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Singh, N. K., Sharma, J., & Kaur, N. (2015). Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India: A Study. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 254-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch014

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Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Jyoti Sharma, and Navneet Kaur. "Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India: A Study." In Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 254-268. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch014

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to present the development and current situation of Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. This chapter explores the main concepts of open access, institutional repositories, and their needs and benefits. The chapter highlights the current status of Institutional Repositories (IR) in India by its collection type, subject coverage, and present working status of the repositories available to the academic community as open sources. This chapter examines the overall growth of IRs in Asia and enumerates the Institutional Repositories in India. The chapter analyzes the accessible institutional repositories based on the selected study criteria and studies various digital library software used in the development of IRs in India.

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