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U of C Institutional Repository
The University of Calgary Institutional Repository, also known as DSpace, is a digital archive comprised of the University's intellectual output. Established and maintained by Libraries and Cultural Resources, DSpace serves to manage, preserve and make available the academic works of faculty, graduate students, and research groups. The collection includes faculty publications, masters and doctoral theses, as well as research output from across Southern Alberta.
Each publication added to the repository is covered by a copyright license. Submitters can choose to use the standard University of Calgary DSpace license or they can create their own Creative Commons license. The license is added at the time of submission.
Goal of the Institutional Repository at the University of Calgary
Libraries and Cultural Resources continues to support research and academic endeavors at the University of Calgary by way of preserving and providing open public access to scholarly information. The Institutional Repository is updated regularly, and new works are added to collections on a continuous basis. Our mission is to foster open access to research output, from both the University of Calgary and institutions in Southern Alberta, in a variety of document types and file formats.
University of Calgary's Institutional Repository
Defining an Institutional Repository (IR):
An institutional repository (IR) is a long-term digital archive containing scholarly works produced by the members of a particular institution. IRs amass and maintain intellectual output, including published materials such as journal articles and book chapters, data sets, grey literature, theses and dissertations, as well as other academic endeavors. An institutional repository offers open access to scholarly research from the institution to anyone in the world.
The University of Calgary has established its institutional repository using DSpace. DSpace, developed by MIT and Hewlett-Packard, is an open-source solution for accessing, managing, and preserving scholarly works.
Copyright Information
http://library.ucalgary.ca/copyrightEach publication added to the repository is covered by a copyright license. Submitters can choose to use the standard University of Calgary DSpace license or they can create their own Creative Commons license. The license is added at the time of submission.
Further Readings:
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/irtoutsuite.pdf
http://www.arl.org/news/pr/create-change-canada-28feb08.shtml
For more information please contact:
Rowena Wake
Institutional Repository Administrator
rwake@ucalgary.ca
(403) 210-6753