Institutional Repositories for Beginners

Institutional repositories (IRs) are home to scholarly material created by faculty, staff, and students, but supporting an IR requires unique skills that set them apart from other parts of a digital library. Our work often overlaps with departments across the library, like scholarly communication or research support, and it means that we are at home everywhere and nowhere. We are also facing unique challenges, like supporting Open Research mandates and fighting publisher over-influence on authors. This presentation will highlight the key skills of working in an IR, from the perspective of the UNT Scholarly Works at the University of North Texas, and we look forward to hearing from others on their experiences.