Subject: Institutional Repositories
From: Dottie Hiebing <dhiebing_at_metro.org>
ACRL/University Libraries Section/Current Topics Discussion
Group at ALA Midwinter Meeting
Institutional Repositories: Their Place in the Evolution of
Scholarly Communication
Saturday, January 15, 2005
2:00-4:00 pm
Sheraton/Independence West
For the past three years, the ACRL/University Libraries
Section/Current Topics Discussion Group has sponsored
programs about the library as place. This year, we leave
physical places for virtual spaces with a program
entitled “Institutional Repositories: Their Place in the
Evolution of Scholarly Communication.”
Leaders in the academic library community have promoted the
development of institutional repositories as a proactive
strategy to accelerate the changes taking place in the world
of scholarly communication.
With an institutional repository,
the university makes a commitment to store, organize,
preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of the
institution. This provides significant leadership and
collaboration opportunities for librarians.
Programs abound on the topic of institutional repositories.
This program will feature three speakers giving their views
on specific aspects of the issue. Michael Keller of Stanford
University will give his perspective looking beyond the
phenomenon of the institutional repository itself and placing
it in the larger context of the evolution of scholarly
communication.
Shane Nackerud from the University of
Minnesota will describe UThink, the largest academic blogging
site in America, as a fascinating outgrowth of the
institutional repository idea.
Margret Branschofsky from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak on the issue
of promoting an institutional repository on campus,
recruiting submissions, securing permissions, and other
issues related to outreach.
Come and join the lively discussion that is sure to follow.
Dottie Hiebing
Executive Director
Metropolitan New York Library Council
57 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003-4605
phone: 212-228-2320 ext. 10
dhiebing_at_metro.org
fax: 212-228-2598
www.metro.org
Received on Sun Jan 09 2005 - 14:44:47 EST