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Article Information:
Title:
OAI compliant institutional repositories and the role of library staff
Author(s):
Lynne Horwood, Shirley Sullivan, Eve Young, Jane Garner
Journal:
Year:
2004
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
170 - 176
ISSN:
0143-5124
DOI:
10.1108/01435120410533756
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
The role of librarians in the development and promotion of institutional repositories is discussed. It is presented as a continuation of their existing functions of acquiring, organising and making readily available the resources needed by academic staff and students. Library staff are collaborating with IT staff and academics to disseminate scholarly material and learning objects emanating from their institutions. The Open Archives Initiative and its Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, which provide the technical structure to support the repositories and enable their interoperability for searching purposes, are discussed. The benefits to institutions and their staffs are also reported. The skills needed by library staff are outlined, as well as the pitfalls and problems they may face in persuading academic staff of the virtues of institutional repositories.
Keywords:
Academic libraries, Archiving, Communication, Electronic publishing, Librarians
Article Type:
Research paper