ABSTRACT

Many libraries, academic institutions, governmental agencies, non-profit and for-profit agencies, and other groups around the world have implemented institutional repositories (IR) in the past few years. In her pre-conference presentation, Carol Hixson, from the University of Oregon, provided an overview of the issues and challenges in implementing an IR. In keeping with the open access communication model, the full-text of the pre-conference is available from University of Oregon’s Scholars’ Bank: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/2484. Additional resources for institutional repositories can be found at https://libweb.uoregon.edu/Catdept/irg/IR_Resources_NASIG.htm. doi:10.1300/J123v52n01_05 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress.com>]