INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES UPDATE

Joan K. Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)Simon Fraser UniversityJune 26, 2009

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Founded in 1990 by ARL and EDUCAUSE Mission: accelerate progress in digital

information related to research and education

200+ member institutions Executive Director Clifford Lynch Headquarters in Washington, DC www.cni.org Fall and Spring Task Force (membership)

meetings

Highlight Three IR Issues Revisiting the mission Strategies for increasing content

submission Inclusion of new types of content

IR: Mission Possible? Is the mission to provide stewardship for all

types of digital products being produced at an institution? Focus on stewardship role of library/archives Focus on gray literature produced at the

university Is the mission to provide a place for published

faculty output, possibly supplemented with other materials like research data? Focus on Open Access policies

…or something else? (credit: Clifford Lynch, 2009)

IR: Mission Possible? Do you have a strong mandate or

incentive to provide this service? Clear signal from administrators/faculty Dedication to fulfilling the library mission

How motivated is the library to provide resources for the IR?

“If you build it, they will come” is generally not working in this arena

Who should be involved in establishing or revisiting the mission? Librarians Academic administrators Faculty Faculty governing body Graduate students Others?

Repositories What serves your constituency best and for

what content? Institutional Disciplinary National Regional (EU, etc.)

How do the levels of repositories interrelate and interoperate?

How can you explain this issue to researchers?

Strategies for Content Submission There is no substitute for understanding

your user population Interviews Observation of workflow Speaking at faculty meetings and getting

feedback Surveys or other data collection

Identify target departments/institutes

Observation/Interview at U. Rochester

Strategies for Content Submission The “Special Libraries solution” – do it for

them The build a tool(s) to make it easy solution The institutional Open Access faculty

resolution solution The requirement solution, e.g. for ETDs or

institutional reporting The “payoff” solution – make the IR

something that enhances faculty’s research dissemination and visibility

Faculty Motivation and Compliance

“Although self-archiving is ‘so simple that achild could do it,’ sometimes a child is notavailable…”Therefore, the library does the work for faculty,even reformatting preprints for the IR.Paul Royster, U. Nebraska

Motivation Strategies

Researcher Interest and Motivation Disciplinary differences University mandates Personal reputation; evidence of use Dissemination of information to

developing countries Concern about digital information

curation after retirement

Motivation Strategies European Economics Portal NEOO

Open access to economics information Peer status

Compliance Strategies 95% researchers say they would add

content to IR if required by institution or funder, and in test cases around 90% complied

Alma Swan, American Scientist listserv, 8/06 Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Mandate NIH Deposit Mandate in the US

IRs and Publishing Programs What are the goals of each What is the relationship between

programs Clarify relationships for the library and

for researchers

Inclusion of New Types of Content What are your institutional goals for

moving beyond text/PDF? Data related to science, humanities, etc.

research Multi-media objects Learning objects

What claims can you make about stewardship?

Data in Repositories Storage needs Formats Updating Migrating Subject and tool expertise Authenticity/tampering

Research Data in Repositories

Moving Forward Continue to build understanding of your

users Clarify the relationship between

institutional/national/regional and subject repositories

Do something important for your institution

Share results of your initiatives with others

Resources Lynch, Clifford. “Revisiting Institutional

Repositories” Will be available at http://www.cni.org/tfms/2009a.spring/abstracts/PB-revisiting-

lynch.html

“Increasing Use and Content through Creative Service-Repository Bundling,” U. Nebraska

http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/media-pubs/index.shtml

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