An institutional repository is a digital archive of intellectual works created by a university's faculty, researchers, and students. It provides open access to works with few barriers. Content includes pre-prints, reports, theses, audio/visual materials. Benefits include increased visibility, centralized storage, and long-term preservation of the institution's academic output. Challenges include costs, difficulties generating content, and rights management issues.
15. Open Archives and IRs Seminar 02/12/2010 Institutional Repositories World Scenario: Country Wise Sl. No. Country OpenDOAR ROAR 1. United States 292 26.11 226 22.96 2. Germany 124 11.09 83 8.43 3. United Kingdom 118 10.55 107 10.87 4. Australia 53 4.74 33 3.35 5. The Netherlands 44 3.93 23 2.23 6. Canada 40 3.57 42 4.26 7. France 37 3.30 39 3.96 8. Sweden 30 2.68 35 3.55 9. Brazil 26 2.32 55 5.58 10. Italy 38 3.39 29 2.94 11. India 29 2.59 28 2.84 12. Belgium 22 1.96 15 1.52 13. Japan 68 6.08 45 4.57 14. Spain 24 2.14 32 3.25 15. Others 229 20.48 192 19.51 16. TOTAL 1118 100.00 984 100.00 No. % No. %
16. Open Archives and IRs Seminar 02/12/2010 Directories of Open Access Repositories OpenDoar ( http://www.opendoar.org/ ) ROAR ( http://archives.eprints.org/ ) The University of Illinois OAI-PMH Data Provider Registry ( http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/Info.asp ) Openarchives.eu ( http://www.openarchives.eu/home/home_do.aspx ) OpCit: The Open Citation Project ( http://opcit.eprints.org/opcitabout.shtml ) RoMEO (Rights MEtadata for Open archiving ( http://romeo.eprints.org /publishers.html )