Getting to Know Your Institutional Repository
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Julie D. Shedd
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Mississippi State University
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What is an IR?
What will our IR be like?
What can I deposit?
How do I submit?
Who should I contact with questions?
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A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
One repository for all the scholarly output and history of the University, located at the University’s core
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
Online, web-based, and search-engine-indexed; perfect for archiving born-digital materials
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
A place to share the results of your work and the research that led up to it, and to keep it available in perpetuity
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
We actively seek materials from the University community, including items that the leap to born-digital previously made difficult to collect
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
A simple content structure and descriptive metadata makes it easy to find materials
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
The IR keeps research products and data safe and usable to future researchers
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
Materials housed in an IR can be made openly and freely available to anyone with Internet access
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
The IR houses faculty publications, conference posters, organizational records, datasets, images, video, and more
A central digital archive
for collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating
organizational history, intellectual and scholarly creations and research data
from an institution
In this case - Mississippi State University!
To read and download items -
To set up or edit your profile, set up email alerts, and submit -
Image by Megan Bean - https://www.msstate.edu/state-spotlight/2014/12/grading-biochem-projects/
Work you produce
as a student or employee
of Mississippi State University
to which you own the rights
Journal articles, pre- and post-print
Open-access books and book chapters
Conference proceedings
Research reports
Working papers
Technical reports
Data sets (post-scrubbing)
College and departmental newsletters
Faculty Senate documents
University committee minutes and reports
Course catalogs
Graduate bulletins
Student handbooks
Student research
Event photos and programs
Musical and theatrical performances
Posters and presentation slides
And more!
Public and open formats that can be used in the future through migration or emulation.
.pdf, .zip, .html, .jpg, .rtf, .xml, .latex
Not public and open, but so widely used that they will almost certainly be used in future.
.psd, .ppt, .doc, .mov
File types that we cannot commit to converting to a usable form in the future.
.wps, .sxc, .exe*
Recommended file size: 2gb per file
Image by Megan Bean - http://www.msstate.edu/state-spotlight/2015/11/lighting-sky/
Image by Raeley Stevens - http://www.msstate.edu/state-spotlight/2015/05/we-mean-community/
Julie D. Shedd, Digital Initiatives Librarian
To collect, preserve, and share Mississippi State University’s organizational and intellectual history in an online open repository and to facilitate and encourage open and fair access to the University’s scholarly research and data accomplishments
Mississippi State University formally reiterates and reaffirms its commitment to the principles of equal opportunity, affirmative action and diversity. Discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or veteran's status is a violation of federal and state law and MSU policy and will not be tolerated. Discrimination based upon sexual orientation or group affiliation is a violation of MSU policy and will not be tolerated. This nondiscrimination policy applies to all programs administered by the University. However, this policy should not be construed to infringe upon the free exchange of ideas essential to the academic environment.
