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Elena Giglia elena.giglia a unito.it
Mar 24 Nov 2009 09:17:56 CET


Buongiorno,
giro alla lista perche' di interesse comune: Armbruster e
Romary propongono una ulteriore distinzione basata sul
target in depositi di ricerca e depositi nazionali (oltre
a quelli istituzionali e disciplinari).
Buona giornata
elena

Dear colleagues,

We would like to discuss a new distinction among repository
types, not just differentiating institutional and
subject-based
repositories, but also research repositories and national
repository systems. For this purpose we have written a
working
paper that we would like to invite you to respond to. We
imagine
that this new four-fold distinction would help repository
managers and stakeholders in improving repository services
in a
targetted manner. Please answer to the list (or, if you
prefer,
write to me directly).

- Armbruster, Chris and Romary, Laurent, Comparing
Repositories
Types: Challenges and Barriers for Subject-Based
Repositories,
Research Repositories, National Repository Systems and
Institutional Repositories in Serving Scholarly Communication
(November 20, 2009).  Available at SSRN:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1506905

After two decades of repository development, some
conclusions may
be drawn as to which type of repository and what kind of
service
best supports digital scholarly communication, and thus the
production of new knowledge.  Four types of publication
repository may be distinguished, namely the subject-based
repository, research repository, national repository
system and
institutional repository.  Two important shifts in the
role of
repositories may be noted. With regard to content, a
well-defined
and high quality corpus is essential. This implies that
repository services are likely to be most successful when
constructed with the user and reader uppermost in mind. With
regard to service, high value to specific scholarly
communities
is essential. This implies that repositories are likely to be
most useful to scholars when they offer dedicated services
supporting the production of new knowledge.  Along these
lines,
challenges and barriers to repository development may be
identified in three key dimensions: a) identification and
deposit
of content; b) access and use of services; and c)
preservation of
content and sustainability of service. An indicative
comparison
of challenges and barriers in some major world regions
such as
Europe, North America and East Asia plus Australia is
offered in
conclusion.

Best wishes, Chris Armbruster

Other publications and working papers of potential interest:

- Romary, Laurent and Armbruster, Chris, Beyond Institutional
Repositories. International Journal of Digital Library
Systems
1(1) (forthcoming, 2010). Available at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1425692

- Armbruster, Chris, Whose Metrics? On Building Citation,
Usage
and Access Metrics as Information Service for Scholars.
Learned
Publishing 23(1) (forthcoming, 2010). Available at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1464706

- Armbruster, Chris, The European Research Conundrum: When
Research Organizations Impede Scientific and Technological
Breakthroughs Despite Targets, Money and Policy to Foster
These
Activities (October 27, 2009). Available at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1494534


--
dott.ssa Elena Giglia
Università degli Studi di Torino
Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo
Coordinatrice Ambito 6 «Scienze storiche e  filosofiche,
pedagogiche e psicologiche»
via Sant'Ottavio, 20
10124 Torino
011.6703158
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