Institutional Repositories @ Savannah State

Institutional Repositories Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library:National Library Week 2015

Autumn Johnson, MLIS – Information Literacy Librarian

Sarah Kirkley, MLIS – Serials Librarian

Institutional Repositories: Defined

Can be described as a library of digital objects.

Repositories preserve and make available the scholarly and creative output of an institution.

Content is

• varied in type

• stored in a stable digital environment

• open access (freely available to all)

• indexed in major Internet search engines and discoverable by more than just the campus community

Examples of IR Content

Output of faculty, staff, and students

• Scholarly articles, presentations, teaching materials, projects (self-archiving)

• submitted by authors/creators

• Open Educational Resources

• Textbooks, learning materials

• Institutional reports, documentation

• Departments/offices/programs

Special collections materials

• Images, yearbooks, works of art, commencement programs, and more

Scholarly Article in IR

Open Education Textbook in IR

Special Collections in IR

Institutional Documents in IR

Importance of IRs – Digital Preservation• Stable environment allows information to be accessible

and discoverable into the foreseeable future

• no longer reliable on equipment, hardware/software, location

• Content not “born digital” is digitized to preserve the contained information

• Captures legacy and unique history of institutions, especially important with university mergers, etc.

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Importance of IRs – Open Access

• Unrestricted access and use of scholarly materials

• No subscription costs, access embargos, etc.

• Increased dissemination of scholarly information and collaboration across disciplines

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Access gaps are becoming more prevalent as prices increase

• Journals/Serials

• Textbooks and other required course materials

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Importance of IRs – Open Access

Institutional Repositories and the University System of Georgia

• Concept developed by Regents Advisory Committee on Libraries (RACL) in August 2004

• Federal grant (IMLS National Leadership) awarded 2009 to seed the project

• Early Leads: Georgia Institute of Technology & University of Georgia

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Institutional Repositories and the University System of Georgia

• The GKR is a comprehensive statewide repository, a digital archive that includes academic and intellectual works of Georgia's colleges and Universities.

• Formally launched in September 2013.

• Part of GALILEO initiative.

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Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

• Albany State University

• College of Coastal Georgia

• Columbus State University

• Dalton State College

• Georgia Gwinnett College

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Georgia Regents University

• Georgia Southern University

• Georgia State University

• Kennesaw State University

• Mercer University

• University of Georgia

• University of North Georgia

• Valdosta State University

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Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)

GKR @Savannah State University

Tiger Scholar Commons@ Savannah State University

January –March 2015Build IR Preview Site

March – April 2015Populate IR with digitized Special Collections

April 2015 Introduce IR and identify strategic partners

Summer 2015Populate IR with materials from Library faculty and other strategic partners

Summer 2015Launch Tiger Scholar Commons as a “live” site

August 2015Introduce Tiger

Scholar Commons to University

Community

Tiger Scholar Commons@ Savannah State University

Have Questions? Need Answers?

Sarah Kirkley, MLISkirkleys@savannahstate.edu

Autumn Johnson, MLISjohnsona@savannahstate.edu

Works Cited

Georgia Knowledge Repository. (2015). About: History.Retrieved from http://www.gaknowledge.org/about/history.

Givens, M., Carter, A., & Skinner, D. (2012). GKR: GALILEO Knowledge Repository. Georgia Institute of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45045.

Holt, M., Oguz, F., Davis, D., & Landis, C. (2009). Building an Institutional Repository in Hard Times. Valdosta State University. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/12