Institutional repositories
By: University of Houston Libraries, Institutional Repository Task Force, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., chair.
Contributors: Bailey, Charles W. 1950-; University of Houston. Libraries. Institutional Repository Task Force.; Association of Research Libraries. Office of Management Services.
Series: SPEC kit -- 292
Publisher: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Digital libraries -- United States; Metadata -- United States; Electronic information resources -- United States; Information storage and retrieval systems -- United States; Library surveys -- United States
Description: "Since 2002, when DSpace and other institutional repository (IR) 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."--P. 13.
Notes: "July 2006."

This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of IR home pages, IR usage statistics, deposit policies, metadata policies, preservation policies, and IR proposals.

Includes bibliographical references (p.169-174).

The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online via the World Wide Web.