NIRDs Unite: Building a Community of Institutional Repository Practitioners in the Northeast

Authors

Eleni Castro, Boston UniversityFollow
Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow
Colin Lukens, Harvard UniversityFollow
Mikki Simon Macdonald, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow
Lisa A. Palmer, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow

Publication Date

2019

Journal or Book Title

Against the Grain

Abstract

The idea for “Northeast Institutional Repository Day” (NIRD) was conceived by a group of five repository librarians in the northeast. The organizers sent out a pre-conference online survey to the IR community in November 2018 to see if fellow repository practitioners had an interest in attending and/or participating in such a day and the response was a resounding, “Yes!” The survey results suggested that building a stronger regional network of repository managers would foster meaningful discussions on the merits and effectiveness of IRs.

ISSN

1043-2094

Author ORCID Identifier

orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-7447

Pages

34-36

Volume

31

Special Issue

IR-Themed Issue - IRs R Cool Again

Issue

5

License

UMass Amherst Open Access Policy

Recommended Citation

Castro, Eleni; Jerome, Erin; Lukens, Colin; Macdonald, Mikki Simon; and Palmer, Lisa A., "NIRDs Unite: Building a Community of Institutional Repository Practitioners in the Northeast" (2019). Against the Grain. 82.
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