Digital Commons

Title

Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age

Authors

Carol A. Watson, University of Georgia School of LawFollow
James M. Donovan, University of Georgia School of LawFollow
Pamela Bluh, University of Maryland School of Law

Publication Date

4-2009

Abstract

Librarians from the University of Georgia Law Library and University of Maryland Law Library discuss their experiences implementing Digital Commons' institutional repository product. Issues discussed include:

- Creating a business plan to persuade law school administrators to establish an institutional repository --effect of open access on citation rates, distinguishing Digital Commons from SSRN.

- Obtaining content for the repository -- promoting the repository, building buy-in from contributors, establishing content policies, determining types of materials to be included in the repository, self-archiving versus mediated archiving

- Copyright permissions -- appending supplemental language to publication agreements, SHERPA/roMEO, keeping track of copyright permissions, developing a decision flowchart for copyright permissions

- Expanding the institutional repository -- liasing with other law school departments, sharing an institutional repository

Recommended Citation

Watson, Carol A.; Donovan, James M.; and Bluh, Pamela, "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" (2009). Research on Institutional Repositories: Articles and Presentations. Paper 61.
http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-research/61