institutional repositories @ savannah state
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Institutional Repositories Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library:National Library Week 2015
Autumn Johnson, MLIS – Information Literacy Librarian
Sarah Kirkley, MLIS – Serials Librarian
Institutional Repositories: Defined
Can be described as a library of digital objects.
Repositories preserve and make available the scholarly and creative output of an institution.
Content is
• varied in type
• stored in a stable digital environment
• open access (freely available to all)
• indexed in major Internet search engines and discoverable by more than just the campus community
Examples of IR Content
Output of faculty, staff, and students
• Scholarly articles, presentations, teaching materials, projects (self-archiving)
• submitted by authors/creators
• Open Educational Resources
• Textbooks, learning materials
• Institutional reports, documentation
• Departments/offices/programs
Special collections materials
• Images, yearbooks, works of art, commencement programs, and more
Scholarly Article in IR
Open Education Textbook in IR
Special Collections in IR
Institutional Documents in IR
Importance of IRs – Digital Preservation• Stable environment allows information to be accessible
and discoverable into the foreseeable future
• no longer reliable on equipment, hardware/software, location
• Content not “born digital” is digitized to preserve the contained information
• Captures legacy and unique history of institutions, especially important with university mergers, etc.
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Importance of IRs – Open Access
• Unrestricted access and use of scholarly materials
• No subscription costs, access embargos, etc.
• Increased dissemination of scholarly information and collaboration across disciplines
Image Credit: Open Access Journals
Access gaps are becoming more prevalent as prices increase
• Journals/Serials
• Textbooks and other required course materials
Image Credit: Peter Suber’sOpen Access
Importance of IRs – Open Access
Institutional Repositories and the University System of Georgia
• Concept developed by Regents Advisory Committee on Libraries (RACL) in August 2004
• Federal grant (IMLS National Leadership) awarded 2009 to seed the project
• Early Leads: Georgia Institute of Technology & University of Georgia
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Institutional Repositories and the University System of Georgia
• The GKR is a comprehensive statewide repository, a digital archive that includes academic and intellectual works of Georgia's colleges and Universities.
• Formally launched in September 2013.
• Part of GALILEO initiative.
Image Credit: gaknowledge.org
Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)
• Albany State University
• College of Coastal Georgia
• Columbus State University
• Dalton State College
• Georgia Gwinnett College
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia Regents University
• Georgia Southern University
• Georgia State University
• Kennesaw State University
• Mercer University
• University of Georgia
• University of North Georgia
• Valdosta State University
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Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)
Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)
Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR)
GKR @Savannah State University
Tiger Scholar Commons@ Savannah State University
January –March 2015Build IR Preview Site
March – April 2015Populate IR with digitized Special Collections
April 2015 Introduce IR and identify strategic partners
Summer 2015Populate IR with materials from Library faculty and other strategic partners
Summer 2015Launch Tiger Scholar Commons as a “live” site
August 2015Introduce Tiger
Scholar Commons to University
Community
Tiger Scholar Commons@ Savannah State University
Works Cited
Georgia Knowledge Repository. (2015). About: History.Retrieved from http://www.gaknowledge.org/about/history.
Givens, M., Carter, A., & Skinner, D. (2012). GKR: GALILEO Knowledge Repository. Georgia Institute of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45045.
Holt, M., Oguz, F., Davis, D., & Landis, C. (2009). Building an Institutional Repository in Hard Times. Valdosta State University. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/12