Learned Publishing · 2004 · 132 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHigher EducationDocumentationInstitutional ResearchArchival PreservationArchivingDigital ArchivesDigital ArchivingRepository ManagementWeb ArchivingArchival OrganizationArchival RepositoriesInstitutional Repository DesignOpen Archives InfrastructureRepository PublishingResearch Data Repositories
ABSTRACT The institutional repository (IR), an open Web‐based archive of scholarly material produced by the members of a defined institution, has come to the fore following the launch of DSpace at MIT at the end of 2002. Here we review recent developments in IRs and explore the impact their expansion may have on scholarly publishing.