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Implementing an Institutional Repository:
Benefits and Challenges

an ALCTS Symposium at ALA Midwinter 2009, Denver, Colorado

Sponsored by Berkeley Electronic Press

Institutional repositories allow libraries to acquire, maintain, and preserve scholarly and other material of lasting value to the institution. This session will review the challenges, pitfalls and promises of establishing and supporting institutional repositories so that attendees can make informed decisions.

Many libraries have joined the movement to create an institutional repository, providing a mechanism to acquire, maintain, and preserve scholarly and other material of lasting value to the institution. The presentations will focus on the challenges, pitfalls and promises of establishing and supporting institutional repositories. A discussion of the legal and access issues as well as various IR platforms and models will allow attendees to make informed decisions regarding the introduction of an institutional repository.

Speakers & Presentations

Topic	Presenter(s)
Moving from a Hosted to a Local IR Platform: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	Bob Gerrity
Open Access and Digital Copyright	Georgia Harper
IRs: The Promises of Yesterday and Tomorrow	Greg Tananbaum
Constructing Consortial Digital Repository Services	Jessica Branco Colati
Early Implementation Work for IR Management: Sifting Through Choices for an Emerging Area of Service	Leah Vanderjagt
To Host or Not to Host, or, Decisions Along the Way to a Successful Hosted Repository Solution	Marilyn Billings
TBA	Robert Tansley