Use the resources listed here for further reading and background information.
General Information
ACRL Scholarly Communications Toolkit
Educause Resource Center: Institutional Repositories
Jones, R., Andrew, T., MacColl, J. (2006) The Institutional Repository. Oxford: Chandos.
Creating an Institutional Repository: LEADIRS Workbook - This workbook contains sample worksheets, surveys, and questionnaires that can be adapted for your own use when planning your institutional repository.
Institutional Digital Repository Phase I Final Report - This report details the first phase of implementation for the repository at the University of Notre Dame.
MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories A Collaborative Learning Environment) Project has released a Census of Institutional Repositories in the United States.
MIRACLE also has a list of IR resources, Our Favorites for Getting Started.
Outreach
Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons. Understanding Faculty to Improve Content Recruitment for Institutional Repositories. D-Lib Magazine, January 2006.
Helen Gierveld. Considering a Marketing and Communications Approach for an Institutional Repository. Ariadne Issue 49, October 2006.
Author Addenda
Peter B. Hirtle. Author Addenda: An Examination of Five Alternatives. D-Lib Magazine, November 2006.
