This talk was provided by Sarah Shreeves of the University of Miami, during the NISO Virtual Conference held on Feb 15, 2017, entitled Institutional Repositories: Ensuring Yours Is Populated, Useful and Thriving.

1. Lessons
learned
&
Looking
forward
Sarah
L.
Shreeves
Associate
Dean
for
Digital
Strategies
University
of
Miami

2. • Start
with
my
own
history
with
IRs

5. Lesson
1:
IRs
and
IR
managers
– in
general
– were
left
to
find
their
own
way.
Of
course,
we
weren’t
going
to
make
much
of
a
dent
in
green
OA.
Staffing
and
support
can
make
an
enormous
difference
in
the
success
of
an
IR,
but
IRs
in
and
of
themselves
are
not
going
to
change
the
direction
of
OA.
(we
had
a
chance
and
we
lost
it
mostly)

6. Lesson
1:
IRs
and
IR
managers
– in
general
– were
left
to
find
their
own
way.
Of
course,
we
weren’t
going
to
make
much
of
a
dent
in
green
OA.
Staffing
and
support
can
make
an
enormous
difference
in
the
success
of
an
IR,
but
IRs
in
and
of
themselves
are
not
going
to
change
the
direction
of
OA.
(we
had
a
chance
and
we
lost
it
mostly)
Lesson
2:
If
your
IR
exists
in
a
vacuum,
it
will
suffocate.
IRs
should
be
part
of
your
scholarly
communications
program,
your
collection
management
strategy,
your
discovery
services,
and
within
your
liaison
librarians’
area
of
expertise.
Integrate!

7. Lesson
1:
IRs
and
IR
managers
– in
general
– were
left
to
find
their
own
way.
Of
course,
we
weren’t
going
to
make
much
of
a
dent
in
green
OA.
Staffing
and
support
can
make
an
enormous
difference
in
the
success
of
an
IR,
but
IRs
in
and
of
themselves
are
not
going
to
change
the
direction
of
OA.
(we
had
a
chance
and
we
lost
it
mostly)
Lesson
2:
If
your
IR
exists
in
a
vacuum,
it
will
suffocate.
IRs
should
be
part
of
your
scholarly
communications
program,
your
collection
management
strategy,
your
discovery
services,
and
within
your
liaison
librarians’
area
of
expertise.
Integrate!
Lesson
3:
IRs
can
be
vital
parts
of
the
university
and
should
solve
problems
for
our
faculty
and
students.
How
can
your
IR
be
part
of
undergraduate
research
and
teaching?
Can
you
offer
DOIs
to
researchers
in
need
of
one?
How
flexible
are
you?

8. Looking
forward
Looking
Forward
Forward
by
Pratap Sankar.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/
gugugagaa/6176192993/
Used
under
a
CC-­‐BY
license

9. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems

10. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Identifiers

11. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Linked
Data
Identifiers

12. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Linked
Data
Identifiers
Repositories
as
sites
of
research

13. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Linked
Data
Specialized
Repositories
Identifiers
Repositories
as
sites
of
research

14. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Linked
Data
Specialized
Repositories
Identifiers
Repositories
as
sites
of
research
International
awareness
and
collaborations

15. Topics
at
the
last
Open
Repositories
conference
Integrations
with
other
systems
Linked
Data
Specialized
Repositories
Identifiers
Networks
/
Integration
with
other
repositories
Repositories
as
sites
of
research
International
awareness
and
collaborations

16. What
I’m
most
worried
about?
Slow
and
steady
growth
of
control
by
commercial
interests

17. What
I’m
most
hopeful
about?
Community.

18. Thank
you
by
Orin
Zebest.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/239595034/.
Used
under
a
CC-­‐BY
license.
Questions?
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presentation
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