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Institutional repositories and scholarly publishing
Author(s) -
Ware Mark
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315104322958490
Subject(s) - dspace , publishing , scholarly communication , institutional repository , institution , world wide web , library science , political science , computer science , law , algorithm
The institutional repository (IR), an open Web‐based archive of scholarly material produced by the members of a defined institution, has come to the fore following the launch of DSpace at MIT at the end of 2002. Here we review recent developments in IRs and explore the impact their expansion may have on scholarly publishing.