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Lessons learned &Looking forward
Sarah L. ShreevesAssociate Dean for Digital Strategies
University of Miami
• Start with my own history with IRs
Lesson 1: IRs and IR managers – in general – were left to find their own way. Of course, we weren’t going to make much of a dent in green OA. Staffing and support can make an enormous difference in the success of an IR, but IRs in and of themselves are not going to change the direction of OA. (we had a chance and we lost it mostly)
Lesson 1: IRs and IR managers – in general – were left to find their own way. Of course, we weren’t going to make much of a dent in green OA. Staffing and support can make an enormous difference in the success of an IR, but IRs in and of themselves are not going to change the direction of OA. (we had a chance and we lost it mostly)
Lesson 2:If your IR exists in a vacuum, it will suffocate. IRs should be part of your scholarly communications program, your collection management strategy, your discovery services, and within your liaison librarians’ area of expertise. Integrate!
Lesson 1: IRs and IR managers – in general – were left to find their own way. Of course, we weren’t going to make much of a dent in green OA. Staffing and support can make an enormous difference in the success of an IR, but IRs in and of themselves are not going to change the direction of OA. (we had a chance and we lost it mostly)
Lesson 2:If your IR exists in a vacuum, it will suffocate. IRs should be part of your scholarly communications program, your collection management strategy, your discovery services, and within your liaison librarians’ area of expertise. Integrate!
Lesson 3:IRs can be vital parts of the university and should solve problems for our faculty and students. How can your IR be part of undergraduate research and teaching? Can you offer DOIs to researchers in need of one? How flexible are you?
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Forward by Pratap Sankar. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gugugagaa/6176192993/ Used under a CC-‐BY license
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Identifiers
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Linked Data
Identifiers
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Linked Data
Identifiers
Repositories as sites of research
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Linked Data
Specialized RepositoriesIdentifiers
Repositories as sites of research
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Linked Data
Specialized RepositoriesIdentifiers
Repositories as sites of research
International awarenessand collaborations
Topics at the last Open Repositories conference
Integrations with other systems
Linked Data
Specialized RepositoriesIdentifiers
Networks / Integration with other repositories
Repositories as sites of research
International awarenessand collaborations
What I’m most worried about?Slow and steady growth of control by
commercial interests
What I’m most hopeful about? Community.
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