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ScholarVault
Bucknell University's Institutional Repository
Introduction to ScholarVaultWelcome to ScholarVault, Bucknell University's repository of scholarly and creative works by students, faculty, and staff. ScholarVault also includes a set of services developed around the repository to provide access to and long-term preservation of contributed materials.
What is an Institutional Repository?Two definitions of an institutional repository (IR):
From Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Infrastructure (CNI):From The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), an institutional repository is:Copyright and ScholarVaultAuthors retain copyright for all items contributed to ScholarVault. In order to submit materials to ScholarVault, contributors will give Bucknell University limited, non-exclusive rights that are necessary in order to provide access to the materials and to migrate it for preservation purposes. Contributors also need to agree that they possess copyright and ownership of the content being distributed -- that they have permission to deposit materials into ScholarVault.
Please contact dig@bucknell.edu with copyright questions or concerns.
Institutional Repository Systems and SoftwareCurrently, ScholarVault is housed in DSpace, one of the major systems used for institutional repositories. DSpace was created by researchers from the MIT Libraries and HP Labs. The original version of the system was released in 2002 under an open source license.
Several other systems house institutional repositories including Fedora and the Berkely Electronic Press (bepress).
More information about DSpace is available from the DSpace Foundation web site. Contributing to ScholarVaultScholarVault is still under development, although we are accepting selected materials from campus communities. Content can be submitted online using the ScholarVault Submission Form.
For questions or concerns contributing content or starting a community in ScholarVault, contact dig@bucknell.edu for assistance.
Examples of Institutional RepositoriesThe NITLE DSpace RepositoryApproximately twenty liberal arts institutions have joined together and are using a shared DSpace instance through NITLE, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting liberal education.
http://dspace.nitle.org/
The Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository (LASR)Bucknell is participating in a collaborative effort to build a repository of scholarly materials from a select group of liberal arts institutions. The Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository (LASR), is still under development, but will showcase scholarly and creative work -- particularly by students. More information about LASR will be available soon.
Institutional Repositories from Research InstitutionsMany research universities have been building institutional repositories over the past few years. Some examples:
In DSpace:
In other systems:
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