Repositório institucional em comunicação: o projeto REPOSCOM implementado junto à federação de bibliotecas digitais em Ciências da Comunicação

Considering the conceptualization, characterization and context of the institutional repositories (IR) this paper discuss the procedures, policies and strategies delineated to the implementation of IR in a research environment. The object of discussion is the project called Reposcom - Institutional Repository of Intercom (Brazilian Society of Interdisciplinary Studies of Communication) – which is part of a broader project managed by the Portcom – Information Network in Communication Sciences of Countries of Portuguese Language – and called Digital Libraries Federation in the Communication Sciences. Aiming to share the knowledge and experience acquired with the implementation of the Reposcom, this paper describes its work activities, the decisions made, the customization of the software DSpace (the technological solution) and the initial results achieved with the project