Rationale of institutional repository categories and IR development challenges in India
Abstract
Purpose
The objective of this paper is to find out the rationale for institutional repository (IR) categories, and the challenges in sustainable development of open scholarship to facilitate scholarly communication.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a critical study method adopted to find out the categories of IR and various developmental challenges with the aid of related literature.
Findings
IR categories and their nomenclature are found to be overlapping when used by repository registries and librarians alike. As the digital objects in the repositories are expanding, with a requirement to store new entities as diverse as linked data and web archives, IR categorization becomes difficult to determine. Even though the growth of IRs in India is phenomenal, concerted research and development efforts to strengthen digital infrastructure and repository solutions in multilingual settings are slow.
Originality/value
With the rapid growth of IRs worldwide, the categories with which these are classified is examined. As a contentious player in scholarly communication process, the challenges of IRs' development are underlined. The prospects and deployment of IRs requires funding and an appropriately skilled workforce, along with government support. This is viewed from global and Indian perspectives.
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Citation
Balaji Babu, P., Santosh Kumar, K., Shewale, N.A. and Singh, A.K. (2012), "Rationale of institutional repository categories and IR development challenges in India", Library Review, Vol. 61 No. 6, pp. 394-417. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242531211284320
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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