Filling institutional repositories

Monica McCormick, Filling Institutional Repositories by Serving the University's Needs, a Master's thesis for the M.S. in L.S. degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April, 2006.  (Thanks to Allan Cho.)  Excerpt:

This paper suggests that institutional repositories will more successfully challenge the current system of scholarly communication if they first address the needs of local stakeholders: not only the library, but also the university archives, the faculty, students, information technology department, university press, and the campus administration. After describing the contexts of IR emergence, the paper examines the vision for and current deployment of institutional repositories. Finally, it explores the needs of each stakeholder group in relation to digital material, and outlines how an IR might benefit each of them. The thesis is that institutional repositories will become a strong part of the campus infrastructure only if they solve problems for stakeholders beyond the library. Once that is accomplished, we may begin to see how IRs can influence the wider system of scholarly communications.