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Best Practices in Institutional Repositories

Dr. Sunil Lahu Jadhav

Librarian, College of Education, Barshi

E-mail: jsunil100@gmail.com

Abstract:

In the era of electronic publishing, the academic community has recognized the significance of Institutional Repository (IR). This paper illustrates the importance of IR for authors and institutes also and role of librarian and authors in building up IR.  Further the paper highlights the key best practices in developing IR. The evolution of institutional repositories and the function of academic libraries in supporting and fostering them are highlighted in this paper.

Keywords: Institutional Repository, pre-prints, post prints, Open Access Repositories, Open Access Resources etc