Institutional Repositories: Content and Culture in an Open Access Environment (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

Jones, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184334307X ISBN 13: 9781843343073

Publisher: Chandos Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

A practical guide to current Institutional Repository (IR) issues, focussing on content - both gaining and preserving it and what cultural issues need to be addressed to make a successful IR. Importantly, the book uses real-life experiences to address and highlight issues raised in the book.

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About the Author

Catherine Jones is the Library Systems Development Manager in the Library and Information Services for the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK. She is responsible for Library IT strategy, policy and development and is the manager of the CCLRC’s Institutional Repository. Catherine has a degree in Computer and Communication Systems. She joined the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 1988 as a Database Applications Programmer/Analyst and moved into the Library and Information Services in 1994 where she has since held a variety of posts, most relating to IT.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184334307X
• ISBN 13: 9781843343073
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224