📢 New publication!
Wrzesinski, M., @pampel, @ztirfhtor & Khamis, C.O. (2026) examine the challenges and opportunities for innovation in the institutional repository landscape in Germany – based on an interview study.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 14(1), eP19047
🔗 https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.19047
#OpenAccess #InstitutionalRepositories #LibraryScience #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenScience
Challenges and Chances for Innovation for the Institutional Repository Landscape in Germany: Results from an Interview Study
Introduction: Institutional repositories (IRs) support the Open Access (OA) transformation and are a key cornerstone for publishing and accessing scholarly information. Currently, they undergo changes and are required to transition to a modern information infrastructure. This study surveys the challenges of this transition for IRs in Germany from the perspective of library and information science.
Methods: For this study, we conducted 15 expert interviews with repository managers from the German IR community who are employed at academic libraries. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The sample of interviewees was compiled using a standardized list and the method of purposeful sampling.
Results: We identified five core challenges: Preprints in IRs as means of rapid scholarly communication, the possibilities of effective information management through IRs and current research information systems (CRIS), self-archiving in IRs and the green OA route, the importance of collaborating text and data repositories for Open Science, and the challenges associated with monitoring publication output and costs through IRs.
Discussion: We discussed the five core challenges regarding recent developments within the library and repository community, such as the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, a recent policy-based attempt to harmonize secondary publication rights in Europe, or community projects aimed at providing transparency to publication costs in higher education. Conclusion: IRs’ core mission is to publish, reference, and monitor scholarly output. In doing so, they face challenges that require concerted action by the scholarly and library community in four areas: Providing responsible policies, ensuring demand-based standardization, implementing interoperable IR technology, and establishing resilient workflows.
first day back at work after a 6 month research leave 
i published a preprint that's like half a position paper and half of an environmental scan -- about #reproducibility in #institutionalRepositories : https://zenodo.org/records/18343919
Integrate Computational Replay in Institutional Repositories
It is necessary to make interoperable institutional repositories with Web-based computational reproducibility tools to foster the reuse of scholarship. While repositories excel at long-term preservation, they were not made with the interactive capabilities required to execute complex code or analyze dynamic data directly. There are several open-source platforms, including JupyterHub, BinderHub, WholeTale, and EaaSI, which provide "sandbox" environments for replaying research that can be integrated with repositories to add this functionality. By integrating these scholarly tools, institutions can move beyond static file storage to offer seamless, in-browser execution of scholarly materials. This unified approach aims to reduce technical barriers for secondary researchers, ensuring that computational work remains both FAIR and re-executable. This approach advocates for a research lifecycle where active preservation and active discovery and reuse are deeply interconnected through sustainable infrastructure.
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New Webinar Recording From CARL (Canadian Association of Research
#Libraries): "A Practical Guide to Open Infrastructure For Institutional
#Repositories"
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🔊The #CfP for #ETD2024 is open! This year's topic is "#ETDs visibility at a global scale".
⏳ Submit your abstracts by April 26 on #theses #dissertations & #OpenScience #OpenAccess #PIDs #ResearchData #InstitutionalRepositories and more!
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27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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