(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-04)
Walters, Tyler O.
The rise of digital repositories is helping libraries reinvent themselves. The benefits to libraries and universities creating institutional repositories (IRs) are great as libraries restructure, pursue collaborations, and re-position themselves to become major digital publishers and broadcasters in the scholarly world. They will no longer be passive receivers of information but active disseminators of intellectual output for entire universities. This article explores the IR's role in overall library transformation and examines the organizational changes and internal partnerships necessary to strengthen IR programs. Specifically, the creation of digital library initiatives units as well as changes to other library units are discussed.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007)
De Stefano, Paula; Walters, Tyler O.
In-house collaboration between the archives and preservation departments
of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member
libraries is not well established. This article presents data from a
survey of special collections repositories in ARL member libraries,
conducted in 1995 and repeated in 2006, that document the low
levels of collaboration. The authors probe the history and development
of preservation efforts in archives and in libraries and make a
case for further examination of how the expertise and resources of
archives and preservation departments can be shared in managing
the preservation of archival materials.