SPEC Kit 292: Institutional Repositories [Paperback]

Charles W. Bailey Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 17, 2006 | Series: Spec Kit 292

Since 2002, when DSpace and other institutional repository (IR) system software began to be available, an increasing number of research libraries and their parent institutions have established institutional repositories to collect and provide access to diverse locally produced digital materials. This emerging technology holds great promise to transform scholarly communication, but it is still in its infancy. This survey is intended to collect baseline data about ARL member institutions' IR activities.

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The text is well organized, comprehensive in scope, and provides a wide variety of examples that may be consulted for comparison and guidance. --Library Resources & Technical Services

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Association of Research Libraries (July 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594077088
• ISBN-13: 978-1594077081
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,768,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles W. Bailey, Jr. is the publisher of Digital Scholarship, a website that deals with digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. He has over 30 years of information technology experience, including 24 years of managerial experience in academic libraries. Bailey has been an open access publisher for over 20 years, starting in 1989 with The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (founding Editor-in-Chief, 1989-2006), one of the first open access journals. In 1996, he began publishing the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, an open access book that has been updated over 75 times. He is the author of a number of digital and print bibliographies, including the Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals and Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography. He has written over 30 papers about digital copyright, expert systems, institutional repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other topics. In 2010, Bailey was given a Best Content by an Individual Award by The Charleston Advisor. In 2003, he was named as one of Library Journal's "Movers & Shakers." In 1993, he was awarded the first LITA/Library Hi Tech Award For Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science. He holds master's degrees in information and library science and instructional media and technology.