IMIRD

Intermediary Models for Institutional Repository Development

This pilot project explores factors that contribute to successful development of institutional repositories (IR), using three Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) universities to represent differing IR development profiles. These institutions are applying very different strategies, incentives, and priorities to populate their IRs and encourage participation. Each takes a different perspective on how new professional roles can best advance the creation and use of IRs. These varying organizational profiles are ideal for a comparative case study that allows both within-case and cross-case analysis. The CIRSS research begins with a focus on instances of success, but also explores emergent problems and the problem-solving processes in IR development that can help when analyzing IR development strategies and their outcomes. The primary research question is "How do librarian intermediaries contribute to the IR development process?" The secondary research question is "To what degree do scholar 'demographics' influence faculty interest and activity IR development?"

• This research is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Principal Investigator: Carole Palmer. Awarded December 2006.
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