University of Michigan

Institutional repositories are under development on many academic campuses and are becomingly an increasingly important information resource for researchers, faculty, students, and other members of the academic community. The University of Michigan's School of Information will investigate the development of institutional repositories in colleges and universities to identify models and best practices in administration, technical infrastructure, and access to collections. The researchers will survey institutional repositories in North America, produce case studies that illustrate key elements contributing to successful repositories, specify variables that influence success, evaluate repositories through user studies, and create instruments and protocols for reuse of data by other investigators and repository staff.