| Title: |
Implementing an Institutional Repository: The DSpace Experience at MIT |
| Authors: |
Baudoin, Patsy; Branschofsky, Margret |
| Publisher Information: |
Haworth Press |
| Publication Year: |
2004 |
| Collection: |
DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Subject Terms: |
DSpace; Digital Archive; Digital Instituional Repository; Library policies; Digital Libraries |
| Description: |
This paper describes MIT Libraries' experience implementing DSpace, a home-grown open source digital institutional repository, which other institutions may want to introduce as a service to their communities. MIT's introduction of DSpace as an operating service illustrates the many political and organizational considerations that must be addressed to establish and operate institutional repositories. In addition to detailing some of the policies developed and organizational changes undertaken, this article describes the kinds of questions future implementers of DSpace will want to answer. It also outlines the impacts the service has had on the library, on MIT, and on the perception of MIT Libraries within the Institute. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
99788 bytes; application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26699 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26699 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.2CC82083 |
| Database: |
BASE |