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Implementing an Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges

an ALCTS Symposium at ALA Midwinter 2009

Sponsored by Berkeley Electronic Press

Thursday, January. 22, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Denver, Colorado
Event Code: AS2

Many libraries have joined the movement to create an institutional repository, providing a mechanism to acquire, maintain, and preserve scholarly and other material of lasting value to the institution. The presentations will focus on the challenges, pitfalls and promises of establishing and supporting institutional repositories. A discussion of the legal and access issues as well as various IR platforms and models will allow attendees to make informed decisions regarding the introduction of an institutional repository.

Speakers & Presentations

Greg Tananbaum, Consultant, ScholarNext, a consulting firm focusing on issues at the intersection of technology, content and academia.

  • Keynote Address: Institutional Repositories: The Promises of Yesterday | Abstract
  • Closing Presentation: Institutional Repositories: The Promises of Tomorrow | Abstract

Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • To Host or Not to Host, or, Decisions Along the Way to a Successful Hosted Repository Investment. | Abstract

Jessica Branco Colati, Project Director, Alliance Digital Repository, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries

  • Constructing Consortial Digital Repository Services: A Look at the Core Components and Communities of the Alliance Digital Repository | Abstract

Bob Gerrity, Director of Library Systems, Boston College Libraries

  • Moving from a Hosted to Local IR Platform: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly. | Abstract

Georgia Harper, Scholarly Communications Advisor, University of Texas at Austin Libraries

  • Open Access and Digital Copyright | Abstract

Robert Tansley, Engineer, Google Inc.

Leah Vanderjagt, Digital Repository Services Librarian, University of Alberta Libraries

  • Early Implementation Work for IR Management: Sifting Through Choices for an Emerging Area of Service | Abstract

Registration Fees

Membership status
Advance Rate
On-site Rate
ALCTS member
$199
$249
ALA member
$249
$299
Non-member
$299
$349
Full-time library student / retired member
$99
$99

How to Register

You do not need to register for the entire Midwinter Meeting to attend this symposium.

To Register for this Event (Only)...
Complete the Institute Registration Form by filling in Section II (only), along with your payment information and event code (AS2). Then, fax your completed form to 1-800-521-6017 or Local 1-847-996-5401.

To add this Event to your Existing Registration...
Either call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084 and someone will assist you,
  or
Click Here to add the event to your existing registration.  Use your log in and password to access your existing Midwinter registration and add events in the “Your Events” section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you’ve added.

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