Making Institutional Repositories Work

Description

Quickly following what many expected to be a wholesale revolution in library practices, institutional repositories encountered unforeseen problems and a surprising lack of impact. Clunky or cumbersome interfaces, lack of perceived value and use by scholars, fear of copyright infringement, and the like tended to dampen excitement and adoption.This collection of essays, arranged in five thematic sections, is intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories-to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository. Making Institutional Repositories Work takes novices as well as seasoned practitioners through the practical and conceptual steps necessary to develop a functioning institutional repository, customized to the needs and culture of the home institution. The first section covers all aspects of system platforms, including hosted and open-source options, big data capabilities and integration, and issues related to discoverability. The second section addresses policy issues, from the basics to open-source and deposit mandates. The third section focuses on recruiting and even creating content. Authors in this section will address the ways that different disciplines tend to have different motivations for deposit, as well as the various ways that institutional repositories can serve as publishing platforms. The fourth section covers assessment and success measures for all involved-librarians, deans, and administrators. The theory and practice of traditional metrics, alt metrics, and peer review receive chapter-length treatment. The fifth section provides case studies that include a boots-on-the-ground perspective of issues raised in the first four sections. By noting trends and potentialities, this final section, authored by Executive Director of SPARC Heather Joseph, makes future predictions and helps managers position institutional repositories to be responsive change and even shape the evolution of scholarly communication.
Contents

Foreword, by Clifford Lynch

Introduction, by Burton Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek

Part 1 Choosing a Platform

1 Choosing a Repository Platform: Open Source vs. Hosted Solutions, by Hillary Corbett, Jimmy Ghaphery, Lauren Work, and Sam Byrd

2 Repository Options for Research Data, by Katherine McNeill

3 Ensuring Discoverability of IR Content, by Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick OBrien, Jeffrey K. Mixter, Jason A. Clark, and Leila Sterman

Part 2 Setting Policies

4 Open Access Policies: Basics and Impact on Content Recruitment, by Andrew Wesolek and Paul Royster

5 Responsibilities and Rights: Balancing the Institutional Imperative for Open Access With Authors’ Self-Determination, by Isaac Gilman

6 Campus Open Access Policy Implementation Models and Implications for IR Services, by Ellen Finnie Duranceau and Sue Kriegsman

7 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Preparing Graduate Students for Their Futures, by Gail McMillan

8 Systematically Populating an IR With ETDs: Launching a Retrospective Digitization Project and Collecting Current ETDs, by Meghan Banach Bergin and Charlotte Roh

Part 3 Recruiting and Creating Content

9 Faculty Self-Archiving, by Stephanie Davis-Kahl

10 Incentivizing Them to Come: Strategies, Tools, and Opportunities for Marketing an Institutional Repository, by David Scherer

11 Repository as Publishing Platform, by Simone Sacchi and Mark Newton

12 Publishing Pedagogy: The Institutional Repository as Training Ground for a New Breed of Academic Journal Editors, by Catherine Mitchell and Lisa Schiff

Part 4 Measuring Success

13 Purposeful Metrics: Matching Institutional Repository Metrics to Purpose and Audience, by Todd Bruns and Harrison W. Inefuku

14 Social Media Metrics as Indicators of Repository Impact, by Kim Holmberg, Stefanie Haustein, and Daniel Beucke

15 Peer Review and Institutional Repositories, by Burton Callicott

16 Defining Success and Impact for Scholars, Department Chairs, and Administrators: Is There a Sweet Spot?, by Marianne A. Buehler

Part 5 Institutional Repositories in Practice: Case Studies

17 Creating the IR Culture, by Anne Langley and Yuan Li

18 On Implementing an Open Source Institutional Repository, by James Tyler Mobley

19 Interlinking Institutional Repository Content and Enhancing User Experiences, by David Scherer, Lisa Zilinski, and Kelley Kimm

20 Populating Your Institutional Repository and Promoting Your Students: IRs and Undergraduate Research, by Betty Rozum and Becky Thoms

Part 6 Closing Reflections and the Next Steps for Institutional Repositories

21 Next Steps for IRs and Open Access, by Heather Joseph

About the Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Information Science
• Disciplines
• Language Arts
• Library

Informations

• Publié par: Purdue University Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781612494234
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Making Institutional Repositories Work
“ Making Institutional Repositories Work sums it up very well. This book, the first of its kind, explains how IRs work and how to get the greatest results from them. As many of us know, numerous IRs launched with high hopes have in fact languished with lackluster results. Faculty have little interest, and administrators see little promise. But the many chapter authors of this very well edited book have made their IRs successful, and here they share their techniques and successes. This is a necessary book for anyone contemplating starting an IR or looking to resurrect a moribund one.”
— Richard W. Clement Dean, College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences University of New Mexico
“This volume presents an interesting cross-section of approaches to institutional repositories in the United States. Just about every view and its opposite makes an appearance. Readers will be able to draw their own conclusions, depending on what they see as the primary purpose of IRs.”
— Stevan Harnad Professor, University of Québec at Montréal & University of Southampton
“Approaching this volume as one of ‘those of us who have been furiously working to cultivate thriving repositories,’ I am very excited about what this text represents. It is a broad compilation featuring the best and brightest writing on all the topics I’ve struggled to understand around repositories, and it also marks a point when repository management and development is looking more and more like a core piece of research library work. Callicott, Scherer, and Wesolek have pulled together all the things I wished I’d been able to read in my first year as a scholarly communication librarian. As I tweeted while reading a review copy: ‘To my #scholcomm colleagues—the forthcoming Making Institutional Repositories Work will be essential.’”
— Micah Vandegrift Digital Scholarship Coordinator Florida State University Libraries
“Whether your IR is new, you are new to an IR, or you want to learn how other institutions are successful in specific areas, Making Institutional Repositories Work offers valuable and practical guidance. Each topic is addressed from multiple angles, as 39 authors share a range of varied experiences with selecting platforms, adopting policies, recruiting content, understanding metrics, and more. All readers are likely to see their own academic library within these pages. Making Institutional Repositories Work is a book I wish had been available when I launched an IR a few years ago.”
— Janelle Wertzberger Assistant Dean and Director of Scholarly Communications Gettysburg College
“ Making Institutional Repositories Work should be required reading for any librarian involved in the establishment of an institutional repository. Covering fundamental topics such as platform selection and policy creation, this book can help new repositories start with a clear plan for success. It will also be a welcome addition to the shelves of seasoned IR managers, as its thoughtful thematic sections and case studies provide real-world approaches to assess, sustain, and improve repositories on any campus.”
— Andrea Wright Science & Outreach Librarian, University Copyright Officer Furman University
“Institutional repositories manage and provide access to the results and products of research. And, when networked, repositories collectively represent a key component of the evolving global open science infrastructure. As the momentum for open access grows and universities take on greater responsibility for managing their research outputs, the role of repositories is, equally, gaining in importance. This book provides a valuable overview of the current trends in institutional repository services and offers helpful guidance in terms of addressing challenges and adopting best practices from key North American experts in the field.”
— Kathleen Shearer Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories
Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences Editorial Board
Shin Freedman
Tom Gilson
Matthew Ismail
Jack Montgomery
Ann Okerson
Joyce M. Ray
Katina Strauch
Carol Tenopir
Anthony Watkinson
Making Institutional Repositories Work
Edited by Burton B. Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek
Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences
Purdue University Press West Lafayette, Indiana
Copyright 2016 by Purdue University. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Callicott, Burton B., 1968- editor. | Scherer, David, 1984- editor. | Wesolek, Andrew, 1983- editor.
Title: Making institutional repositories work / edited by Burton B. Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek.
Description: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2016] | Series: Charleston insights in library, archival, and information sciences | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015035810 | ISBN 9781557537263 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781612494227 (epdf) | ISBN 9781612494234 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Institutional repositories. | Institutional repositories—United States—Case studies.
Classification: LCC ZA4081.86 .M35 2016 | DDC 025.04—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035810
Contents
Foreword
Clifford Lynch
Introduction
Burton Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek
PART 1 CHOOSING A PLATFORM
1 Choosing a Repository Platform: Open Source vs. Hosted Solutions
Hillary Corbett, Jimmy Ghaphery, Lauren Work, and Sam Byrd
2 Repository Options for Research Data
Katherine McNeill
3 Ensuring Discoverability of IR Content
Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick OBrien, Jeffrey K. Mixter, Jason A. Clark, and Leila Sterman
PART 2 SETTING POLICIES
4 Open Access Policies: Basics and Impact on Content Recruitment
Andrew Wesolek and Paul Royster
5 Responsibilities and Rights: Balancing the Institutional Imperative for Open Access With Authors’ Self-Determination
Isaac Gilman
6 Campus Open Access Policy Implementation Models and Implications for IR Services
Ellen Finnie Duranceau and Sue Kriegsman
7 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Preparing Graduate Students for Their Futures
Gail McMillan
8 Systematically Populating an IR With ETDs: Launching a Retrospective Digitization Project and Collecting Current ETDs
Meghan Banach Bergin and Charlotte Roh
PART 3 RECRUITING AND CREATING CONTENT
9 Faculty Self-Archiving
Stephanie Davis-Kahl
10 Incentivizing Them to Come: Strategies, Tools, and Opportunities for Marketing an Institutional Repository
David Scherer
11 Repository as Publishing Platform
Simone Sacchi and Mark Newton
12 Publishing Pedagogy: The Institutional Repository as Training Ground for a New Breed of Academic Journal Editors
Catherine Mitchell and Lisa Schiff
PART 4 MEASURING SUCCESS
13 Purposeful Metrics: Matching Institutional Repository Metrics to Purpose and Audience
Todd Bruns and Harrison W. Inefuku
14 Social Media Metrics as Indicators of Repository Impact
Kim Holmberg, Stefanie Haustein, and Daniel Beucke
15 Peer Review and Institutional Repositories
Burton Callicott
16 Defining Success and Impact for Scholars, Department Chairs, and Administrators: Is There a Sweet Spot?
Marianne A. Buehler
PART 5 INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES IN PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES
17 Creating the IR Culture
Anne Langley and Yuan Li
18 On Implementing an Open Source Institutional Repository
James Tyler Mobley
19 Interlinking Institutional Repository Content and Enhancing User Experiences
David Scherer, Lisa Zilinski, and Kelley Kimm
20 Populating Your Institutional Repository and Promoting Your Students: IRs and Undergraduate Research
Betty Rozum and Becky Thoms
PART 6 CLOSING REFLECTIONS AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
21 Next Steps for IRs and Open Access
Heather Joseph
About the Contributors
Index
Foreword: A Few Reflections on the Evolution of Institutional Repositories
Clifford Lynch
With institutional repositories well into their second decade of deployment, the sort of examination of where we have been, where we are, and where we might be going represented by the essays in Making Institutional Repositories Work feels very timely.
In early 2003 I published an article titled “Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age,” where I tried to make the case that such services most essentially provide a framework (often, perhaps, of last resort) to manage, provide access to, and preserve new forms of digital scholarship otherwise at risk, to nurture innovation in forms of scholarly communication, and to facilitate the preservation and reuse of evidence underlying scholarly work. This vision stands in contrast to a well-articulated alternative view that casts institutional repositories first and primarily as mechanisms to support a transition of the traditional scholarly journal literature to open access models.
This dialectic—still unresolved—is well illustrated in the chapters of this volume. There is much coverage of the relationships between repositories and various developments that have advanced the cause of open access. One very nice property of this approach is that it’s actually possible to measure progress toward success quantitatively, as opposed to the subjective assessments and very long view of nurturing new forms of schol