ATG Special Report-On Institutional Repositories, 'Beyond the Repository Services,' their Content, Maintainers, and Stakeholders

摘要

Institutional repositories (IRs) have proliferated over the past two decades. University, disciplinary, and professional society users depend on IRs for preservation and dissemination of scholarly research objects. Yet, IR growing pains are well known and vociferously lamented. Under-resourced repositories easily become vulnerable and difficult to upgrade if their code-base or feature sets obsolesce. Regardless of these pain points, whether developed and operated in-house, on the cloud, or delivered under platform as service (PAAS) contracts, repositories are evolving. IRs have moved beyond end-of-life preservation toward transparently supporting the entire preprint services, data repositories and distinct sociotechnical systems reflecting institutional standards and norms. Thus, the IR writ broadly continues to be a strategic investment, especially when viewed in the context of "Next Gen Repositories," "Scholarly Communication Resources" and "Beyond the Repository"5 services.