Quickly following what many expected to be a wholesale revolution in library practices, institutional repositories encountered unforeseen problems and a surprising lack of impact. Clunky or cumbersome interfaces, lack of perceived value and use by scholars, fear of copyright infringement, and the like tended to dampen excitement and adoption.This collection of essays, arranged in five thematic sections, is intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories-to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository. Making Institutional Repositories Work takes novices as well as seasoned practitioners through the practical and conceptual steps necessary to develop a functioning institutional repository, customized to the needs and culture of the home institution. The first section covers all aspects of system platforms, including hosted and open-source options, big data capabilities and integration, and issues related to discoverability. The second section addresses policy issues, from the basics to open-source and deposit mandates. The third section focuses on recruiting and even creating content. Authors in this section will address the ways that different disciplines tend to have different motivations for deposit, as well as the various ways that institutional repositories can serve as publishing platforms. The fourth section covers assessment and success measures for all involved-librarians, deans, and administrators. The theory and practice of traditional metrics, alt metrics, and peer review receive chapter-length treatment. The fifth section provides case studies that include a boots-on-the-ground perspective of issues raised in the first four sections. By noting trends and potentialities, this final section, authored by Executive Director of SPARC Heather Joseph, makes future predictions and helps managers position institutional repositories to be responsive change and even shape the evolution of scholarly communication.
Contents
Foreword, by Clifford Lynch
Introduction, by Burton Callicott, David Scherer, and Andrew Wesolek
Part 1 Choosing a Platform
1 Choosing a Repository Platform: Open Source vs. Hosted Solutions, by Hillary Corbett, Jimmy Ghaphery, Lauren Work, and Sam Byrd
2 Repository Options for Research Data, by Katherine McNeill
3 Ensuring Discoverability of IR Content, by Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick OBrien, Jeffrey K. Mixter, Jason A. Clark, and Leila Sterman
Part 2 Setting Policies
4 Open Access Policies: Basics and Impact on Content Recruitment, by Andrew Wesolek and Paul Royster
5 Responsibilities and Rights: Balancing the Institutional Imperative for Open Access With Authors’ Self-Determination, by Isaac Gilman
6 Campus Open Access Policy Implementation Models and Implications for IR Services, by Ellen Finnie Duranceau and Sue Kriegsman
7 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Preparing Graduate Students for Their Futures, by Gail McMillan
8 Systematically Populating an IR With ETDs: Launching a Retrospective Digitization Project and Collecting Current ETDs, by Meghan Banach Bergin and Charlotte Roh
Part 3 Recruiting and Creating Content
9 Faculty Self-Archiving, by Stephanie Davis-Kahl
10 Incentivizing Them to Come: Strategies, Tools, and Opportunities for Marketing an Institutional Repository, by David Scherer
11 Repository as Publishing Platform, by Simone Sacchi and Mark Newton
12 Publishing Pedagogy: The Institutional Repository as Training Ground for a New Breed of Academic Journal Editors, by Catherine Mitchell and Lisa Schiff
Part 4 Measuring Success
13 Purposeful Metrics: Matching Institutional Repository Metrics to Purpose and Audience, by Todd Bruns and Harrison W. Inefuku
14 Social Media Metrics as Indicators of Repository Impact, by Kim Holmberg, Stefanie Haustein, and Daniel Beucke
15 Peer Review and Institutional Repositories, by Burton Callicott
16 Defining Success and Impact for Scholars, Department Chairs, and Administrators: Is There a Sweet Spot?, by Marianne A. Buehler
Part 5 Institutional Repositories in Practice: Case Studies
17 Creating the IR Culture, by Anne Langley and Yuan Li
18 On Implementing an Open Source Institutional Repository, by James Tyler Mobley
19 Interlinking Institutional Repository Content and Enhancing User Experiences, by David Scherer, Lisa Zilinski, and Kelley Kimm
20 Populating Your Institutional Repository and Promoting Your Students: IRs and Undergraduate Research, by Betty Rozum and Becky Thoms
Part 6 Closing Reflections and the Next Steps for Institutional Repositories
21 Next Steps for IRs and Open Access, by Heather Joseph
About the Contributors
Index
Burton B. Callicott is a reference librarian at the College of Charleston, where he is cochair of the institutional repository committee and oversees faculty contributions, training for faculty/student access, and manages workflow.
David Scherer is the scholarly repository specialist at Purdue University, where he oversees the primary institutional repository of the university, Purdue e-Pubs, and serves as a representative for the Purdue Libraries Publishing Division.
Andrew Wesolek is the head of digital scholarship at Clemson University. In this role he leads the university's scholarly communication outreach, education, and infrastructure initiatives, including Clemson's institutional repository, TigerPrints.
