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Location
Cook 206Z/Room B
Presentation Type
Full Concurrent Session
Start Date
24-4-2026 10:30 AM
Description
This session will focus on the tendency of medium-sized colleges and universities to operate their institutional repository and archives under one department or within a single staff member. This combination is necessary for these institutions due to their more limited budgets and staffing levels; this allows them to still keep up with the offerings of their peers, even as late adopters of IR platforms. In addition, the merging of duties blurs the boundaries between the goals of IRs and archives, a development that carries larger implications for collection priorities, the role of scholarly communications, and the way in which aspiring librarians/archivists are educated. Two early career librarians/archivists will reflect on their experiences of implementing IRs at their institutions, the balancing of IR work with their responsibilities for the archives, and the work needed to define separate scopes for each unit.
Implementing an Institutional Repository Within the Archives: The Challenges Facing Mid-Sized Institutions and Implications for the Future
Cook 206Z/Room B
This session will focus on the tendency of medium-sized colleges and universities to operate their institutional repository and archives under one department or within a single staff member. This combination is necessary for these institutions due to their more limited budgets and staffing levels; this allows them to still keep up with the offerings of their peers, even as late adopters of IR platforms. In addition, the merging of duties blurs the boundaries between the goals of IRs and archives, a development that carries larger implications for collection priorities, the role of scholarly communications, and the way in which aspiring librarians/archivists are educated. Two early career librarians/archivists will reflect on their experiences of implementing IRs at their institutions, the balancing of IR work with their responsibilities for the archives, and the work needed to define separate scopes for each unit.