[Dspace-general] [Fwd: Fwd: IRs entering the "trough of disillusionment"?]

[Rea Devakos]

fyi

forwarded from the Cdn repository list; original message sent by Frank 
Winter, U Sask.

apologies for duplication

rea

 The text below is from an OCLC press release
>http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/conway.htm.. I would guess the talk will be
>posted shortly afterwards.
>
>Of course, after the trough of disillusionment comes the slope of
>enlightenment! Can't hardly wait, myself.
>
>Cheers... Frank
>
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>According to Gartner Research, the concept of the Institutional Repository
>(IR) in higher education has just traversed the "peak of inflated
>expectations" and is headed toward the "trough of disillusionment." As the
>hype cycle continues, so too does the outpouring of published literature on
>why an IR is such a good thing and what it takes to make it work.
>
>In some ways it seems that the promise of a vital service to scholarship has
>turned into a giant public relations headache.
>
>Paul Conway's presentation will review the hype and the substance of
>institutional repositories and focus on three critical needs that have
>received relatively short shrift on the road to viable repository services:
>defining and dividing the content pie, adding a generous dollop of archival
>theory, and creating a rich incentive environment at the local level.
>Against this background of needs, Dr. Conway will conclude with commentary
>on the irony that only new collaborative models may be able to save a
>repository built under the umbrella of a single institution.
>
>Dr. Paul Conway is Director, Information Technology Services for the Duke
>University Libraries, a position he has held since August 2001. Dr. Conway's
>particular focus is the development of the Digital Library @ Duke as a
>comprehensive program of services and tools for the provision and
>preservation of digital resources for the Duke University community. Prior
>to coming to Duke, Paul headed the Preservation Department at Yale
>University Library for nine years. He is a Fellow of the Society of American
>Archivists and has taught and written extensively on the use of archives,
>preservation administration, and digital preservation. He holds a doctorate
>in Information and Library Studies from the University of Michigan.



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