1. If We Build It, Will They Come (Eventually)? : Scholarly Communication and Institutional Repositories A Presentation to the NASIG 2005 Conference May 20 & May 21, 2005 by Carol Hixson Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services http://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/home/ University of Oregon Libraries https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/843

2. http://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu

3. UO Responses to Scholarly Communication Crisis 2000 Serials Cancellation 2001 Discussion on E-Only Access Institutional Repository Initiative (2003- ) 2003 Serials Review Process SFX (2003) 2004 Serials Review Process Journal Management Initiative (2003-2004) Electronic Resource Management (Nov. 2004)

4. The Case for Institutional Repositories http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/ir.html

5. Rationale for Institutional Repositories New Scholarly Publishing Paradigm Institutional Visibility and Prestige Archive Output not Otherwise Captured

6. Essential Elements of an Academic Institutional Repository (UO Definition) Institutionally defined Scholarly (or Supporting the Scholarly Mission) Cumulative and perpetual Open and interoperable

7. Develop Local Context

8. SHERPA http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php

9. Serials In Scholars’ Bank : Issues Locating appropriate content Getting permission to archive Converting to electronic form, if needed Migrating to different file formats, if needed Educating campus editors and authors about serial publishing Presenting them in a useable fashion Deciding on the appropriate metadata Deciding on links between the IR and the catalog

10. Challenges to IR Development Cultural Getting people to submit (what’s in it for them?) Overcoming fear of technology Technical No support for controlled vocabularies No easy ability to modify the submission template or metadata fields for different collections (coming) No usage statistics supplied by the software Since it’s open source, developments are slow

11. Current Efforts Departments, programs, institutes Hosting ejournals, newsletters, web sites Electronic theses Individual class archives Undergraduate Research Award program Individual faculty sites Graduate student community

12. Contact Information Carol Hixson Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services University of Oregon Libraries chixson@darkwing.uoregon.edu (541) 346-3064