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New Vista to Preserve the Scholarly Output in Higher Education System: Institutional Repositories

Conferencia realizado del 12 al 14 de setiembre en Lima, Peru del 2012 en el marco del 15º Simposio Internacional de Tesis y Disertaciones Electrónicas (ETD 2012). Evento aupiciado por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) y la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). / Institutional repositories emerge as a new approach to manage and maintain effectively the intellectual
assets of an institute through the digital content for scholarly communication. It includes e-prints of
research data, e-learning materials and other forms of institutional intellectual outputs, which are generally
not available or preserved elsewhere. Digital publishing, global networking, new researches, and
improved communication among scholars are driving the demand for broader access. In the present
scenario, IR’s are become an indispensable component for information and knowledge sharing in the
universities and higher education world. The Institutional Repository increased visibility reflects a high
quality of scholarship; this display of value can translate into tangible benefits including the funding from
public and private sources that drives in part from an institution status and reputation. The paper explores
and discusses the conceptual development, benefits, standard, sustainability & funding of Institutional
repositories. Paper has also discussed about the open source software’s and Commercial Digital
Repository Software that are available to create and maintain in institutional repositories. This paper also
tries to explore the contents of IRs and skill requirement for the implantations of the successful
Institutional Repository.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/622606
Date09 1900
CreatorsKumar, Raj
PublisherUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Source SetsUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
SourceUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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