Catherine [Jones] is the Library Systems Development Manager in the Library and Information Services for the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK. She is responsible for Library IT strategy, policy and development and is the manager of the CCLRC’s Institutional Repository. Catherine has a degree in Computer and Communication Systems. She joined the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 1988 as a Database Applications Programmer/Analyst and moved into the Library and Information Services in 1994 where she has since held a variety of posts, most relating to IT.
This book provides a practical guide to current Institutional Repository (IR) issues, focussing on content - both gaining and preserving it and what cultural issues need to be addressed to make a successful Institutional Repository. Importantly, it uses real-life experiences to address and highlight issues raised in the first half of the book....
Key features:
Written by a successful Institutional Repository project manager
The author has detailed knowledge of Institutional Repository issues
Draws on practical knowledge and experience gained from organisational use
Content:
Introduction
Changing information environment - how developments in journal publishing and organisational needs are effecting the information environment and strategic decisions for Library Services
Content decisions - what types of material, strategies for gaining content, metadata standards and good practice and copyright issues
Preservation - discussion on what to preserve, how to preserve and emerging standards
Practical experiences - some case studies on practical experiences
Looking into the future - what will the information landscape be like, what functionality will there be in the future
Conclusions
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/03/2007 09:38:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
