Content Awareness: Looking Inward for Strategic Decisions

Thad Cochran Center 218

One of the primary struggles of institutional repositories is the nature of its work. Many scholars have suggested strategies for developing an IR, including work with faculty, value-added services from vendors, library support, etc. However, the unique context of each individual institution requires each strategy to be tailored exactly to the resources at hand. While these adaptations can be successful, these are often outward looking to others. This lightning round presentation provides an inward look, by looking at a year’s worth of deposits to understand more about already open, grey literature, and self-submitted content. Knowing its strengths can influence the selection of future strategies to not only develop the IR further, but to also minimize burnout among IR staff.