1. Case Studies Strategies for Populating Your IR Institutional Repositories: The Future is Now! ACCESS 2004 Pre-conference Workshop October 13, 2004 Mary Westell

2. Four steps Define your repository Be ready to accept “deposits” Model repository use Provide incentives

3. The Repository Why do you have one? What is the primary use? Does one size fit all? What is the context? What is your communication plan?

4. Be ready to accept material Is the IR easy to use? Can you respond to new communities in a timely way? Do you have a “sandbox” to test out new ideas? Documentation and training materials? Staff to help?

5. Be ready to accept material Copyright clearing assistance? Scanning assistance? Cost model for adding material? User authentication? Standards? Policies on format preservation? Interfaces to other campus systems?

6. Model IR use Are your own staff using the repository? Have you got the Dean/Director’s research in the repository? What other applications are feasible? “Low hanging fruit”

7. Provide Incentives Copyright help Seed funding for collections Competitive research grants Research project ideas Time-saving workflow improvements Sustainability

8. The “trough of disillusionment”?

9. Likely users Senior administration Graduate students Retiring professors University research documents Institutes and Centres Your own organization

10. Questions? http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/dspace http://dspace.ucalgary.ca westell@ucalgary.ca