The IR Has Two Faces: Positioning Institutional Repositories for Success. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Novak, John; Day, Annette
• Is Part Of: New review of academic librarianship. Volume 24:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 157
• Page End: 174
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Institutional repositories -- research information management -- strategic planning -- university libraries Introduction: Dialectical origins of the IR; Academic libraries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Library science -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 027.705
• DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2018.1425887
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-4533

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article describes the ongoing efforts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries to evolve the role of the institutional repository (IR) and to effectively position it within the context of the Libraries' collections, research support, and scholarly communication services. A major component of this process is re-examining the fundamental aims of the IR and aligning it to the Libraries and the campus strategic goals. The authors situate UNLV Libraries' experience within the context of the current literature to provide background and reasoning for our decision to pursue two, at times conflicting, aims for the IR: one for scholarly communication and another for research administration.