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Challenges and Lessons Learned: Moving From Image Database to Institutional Repository
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Accepted ManuscriptPublication Date
2007-07-01Keywords
Libraries, MedicalLibraries, Digital
Databases
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lamar Soutter Library
Institutional repositories
Library materials -- Digitization
Project management
institutional repositories
medical libraryhealth sciences libraryLibrary and Information Science
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Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to chronicle the Lamar Soutter Library's effort to build an educational image database, and how the project developed into an institutional repository. Design/methodology/approach– The paper is divided into three phases and highlights the organizational, political, technological and resource issues that are unique to a specialized library with a medium-sized staff, lacking the resources of a traditional university campus. The case concludes with a list of barriers and facilitators to success and a summary of lessons learned. Findings– The paper finds that a library with limited staff, funding, and systems development resources can initiate and support an institutional repository. Facilitators of success include clear lines of authority, a strong champion, and the appropriate technology for the project. Originality/value – This paper serves as an example to libraries that are in the beginning phases of developing an institutional repository by discussing the barriers to and facilitators of success.Source
Piorun ME, Palmer LA, Comes, J. Challenges and Lessons Learned: Moving from Image Database to Institutional Repository. OCLC Systems & Services. 2007;23(2):148-157. doi:10.1108/10650750710748450.DOI
10.1108/10650750710748450Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36254Rights
This is the authors' final, peer-reviewed version of the article as prepared for publication in OCLC Systems and Services, 23(2):148-157, 2007.Scopus Count
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