IR Wisdom Across Four States

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Johnson & Wales University is a unique university in that it has campuses in four different states. Because of this geographic breadth, it is especially important that we have an accessible, easy-to-use institutional repository to share and archive information from any campus. The JWU Libraries utilize and promote the ScholarsArchive@JWU, a digital repository that provides open access to journal articles, dissertations and theses, and other creative works published by the JWU faculty, staff, colleges, departments, and students. This session will highlight the creative approaches the libraries at the JWU campuses in Providence, Denver, Charlotte, and North Miami use to promote and champion our institutional repository. Attendees will see the inventive ways JWU uses an institutional repository as an archive and an online academic resource. This session covers an array of items to consider including in your IR, copyright and creative commons distinctions, and approaches to name, tag, and catalog materials in an IR.