Originally published as Program: electronic library and information systems Volume 40 Number 3, 2006
ISBN: 1 84663 100 9
Guest Edited by: Lucy Tedd
This Special Issue explores issues related to the development of Institutional Repositories.
The articles present a range of international perspectives and experiences, including the background to the open access movement and the views of the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee on digital preservation. Technical aspects are explored through a case study on the development of an Institutional Repository and consideration of the challenges of personal name identification in repositories.
Contents:
An algorithm for suffix stripping
The automatic removal of suffixes from words in English is of particular interest in the field of information retrieval. This work was originally published in Program in 1980 and is republished as part of a series of articles commemorating the 40th anniversary of the journal.
The Porter stemming algorithm: then and now
In 1980, Porter presented a simple algorithm for stemming English language words. This paper summarises the main features of the algorithm, and highlights its role not just in modern information retrieval research, but also in a range of related subject domains.
Repositories for research: Southampton's evolving role in the knowledge cycle
This article provides an overview of how open access (OA) repositories have grown to take a premier place in the e-research knowledge cycle and offer Southampton's route from project to sustainable institutional repository.
Digital preservation in the context of institutional repositories
This article discusses the issues and challenges of digital preservation facing institutional repositories and to illustrate the Joint Information Systems Committee's (JISC) view on institutional repositories and its key initiatives in helping UK institutions address these issues.
Design and development of an institutional repository at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
This article describes how an institutional repository (IR) was set up, using open source software, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur. Members of the IIT can publish their research documents in the IR for online access as well as digital preservation. Material in this IR includes instructional materials, records, data sets, electronic theses, dissertations, annual reports, as well as published papers.
Personal name identification in the practice of digital repositories
This paper finds that the variations of authors' names have negatively affected the retrieval capability of digital repositories. Two possible solutions include using composite identifiers that combine author name, publication date, and author affiliation, and also asking authors to input the variants of their name, if any, at the time of depositing articles.
Using OAI-PMH and METS for exporting metadata and digital objects between repositories
This article examines the relationship between deposit of electronic theses in institutional and archival repositories. Specifically the paper considers the automated export of theses for deposit in the archival repository in continuation of the existing arrangement in Wales for paper-based theses.
A dynamic approach to make CDS/ISIS databases interoperable over the internet using the OAI protocol
There are many bibliographic databases that are being maintained using legacy database systems. CDS/ISIS is one such legacy database system. It was designed and developed specifically for handling textual data. Over the years, many databases have been developed using this package. There is, however, no mechanism supported by the package for seamless interoperability of databases.
Options for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet
This article reviews the variety of software solutions available for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet to help anyone considering which route to take. It briefly describes the characteristics, history, origin and availability of each package and identifies the type of skills required to implement the package.
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Program: electronic library and information systems is a refereed journal which covers all aspects of the management and use of information technology in libraries and archives, museums and galleries, information centres, and the information industry generally. The emphasis is on the practical applications of new technologies and techniques and their costs but reviews or emerging technologies and research and development in relevant fields are also published. The journal publishes a mix of articles, case studies, opinion pieces and book reviews.
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