Building an Open Source Institutional Repository at a Small Law School Library: Is it Realistic or Unattainable?

Аннотация

Digital preservation activities among law libraries have largely been limited by a lack of funding, staffing and expertise. Most law school libraries that have already implemented an Institutional Repository (IR) chose proprietary platforms because they are easy to set up, customize, and maintain with the technical and development support they provide. The Texas Tech University School of Law Digital Repository is one of the few law school repositories in the nation that is built on the DSpace open source platform. The repository is the law school’s first institutional repository in history.