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ASIS&T Bulletin - Institutional Repositories: The Great Debate
The April/May 2009 issue of the Bulletin of the the American Society for Information Science and Technology has a Special Section titled Institutional Repositories: The Great Debate. The section includes a collection of brief articles in which contributors provide either an affirmative or negative response to four issues related to IRs.
Introduction
Helen R. Tibbo, Rachael Green Clemens and Carolyn Hank
Topic 1: All Universities Should Have an Institutional Repository
Affirmative: Soo Young Rieh | Negative: Kevin Smith
Topic 2: Libraries Should Lead the Institutional Repository Initiative and
Development at Their Institutions
Affirmative: Jim Ottaviani | Negative: Carolyn Hank
Topic 3: Institutional Repositories Should Be Built on Open Source Software
Affirmative: Paul Jones | Negative: Michael Day and Alexander Ball
Topic 4: Institutional Repository Success is Dependent Upon Mandates
Affirmative: Steve Harnad | Negative: Nancy McGovern
via Open Access News
