Institutional repositories and libraries: Being visible
The development of institutional repositories (IRs) is rampart and the task of developing and maintaining them is left to the university libraries. Most of the materials uploaded to the IRs are created by the staff of the university and therefore IRs now take the role of information disseminators...
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| Language: | en |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/14099/1/F3_Institutional_Repositories_NorEdzanCN.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/14099/ |
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| Summary: | The development of institutional repositories (IRs) is
rampart and the task of developing and maintaining them
is left to the university libraries. Most of the materials
uploaded to the IRs are created by the staff of the university and therefore IRs now take the role of information disseminators on the academic activities of the
university community. Many see IRs as a means of making
a university visible through its publications and publishing
activities and its presence helps to enhance the visibility of research as well as publications emanating from research.
The traditional mode of scholarly publishing is seen by
many as being too slow and is unable to keep up with STM
research output. Within the university setting, the library
is seen as the most suitable entity to propagate IRs.
Libraries have always played a vital role in the information
cycle and it is a natural progression for the library to
manage as well as maintain an IR. |
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