Running a repository on a shoestring Margaret Feetham Deputy University Librarian (Information Services and Systems) 27 January 2012 The document summarizes the challenges of running an institutional repository with limited funding and support. It discusses difficulties securing funding and buy-in from academic staff. It also outlines plans to increase adoption of the repository by key research groups and for housing theses, publications, and data from university research audits and future REF submissions. The goal is to gain benefits for the university like centralized archiving and improved retrieval of research information.