lib-ir: report for Council

[Barbara Jenkins <jenkins@uoregon.edu>]

Carol,

I think we also "increased awareness of library staff (or subject
specialists) regarding institutional repositories as one tool for dealing
with changing scholarly communication".  This is not elegant
phrasing, but it is 5:20 after Library Council meeting.  Barb


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lib-ir@lists.uoregon.edu
> [mailto:owner-lib-ir@lists.uoregon.edu]On
> Behalf Of Carol Hixson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:09 PM
> To: Institutional Repository Group
> Subject: lib-ir: report for Council
>
>
> I'm working on the report that will need to be submitted to
> Library Council for the retreat on December 4. In part of
> that report, I'm outlining our accomplishments. This is what
> I have so far (not necessarily in elegant language):
>     * an understanding of the policy issues of
> institutional repositories
>     * an understanding of the different models that could
> be followed in
> setting up an IR
>     * an awareness of the complexity of the preservation
> and technical
> needs of IRs
>     * having made a large number of contacts with faculty
> to explain the
> concept and solicit submissions
>     * a stable pilot implementation using one particular
> software
> application
>     * a foundation of policy and user documentation for
> our site
>     * a plan of where to go from here
>
> What other accomplishments do you think we can point to?
>
> Carol

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