An Institutional
repository is an online locus for collecting, preserving, and
disseminating - in digital form - the intellectual output of an institution,
particularly a research institution. The collections would include materials
such as research journal articles, before (preprints) and after (postprints)
undergoing peer review, and digital versions of theses and dissertations, but
it might also include other digital assets generated by normal academic life,
such as administrative documents, course notes, or learning objects.
DSpace@MIT is a growing collection of MIT’s research that includes peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, working papers, theses and more. End-user downloads of the 60,000+ items regularly exceed one million per month.
eGyanKosh- a National Digital Repository to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. Items in eGyanKosh are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU, unless otherwise indicated. To access the items in repository registration is required. Registration is free.
This digital repository of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIAP), Bangalore, India is developed to capture, organize disseminate and preserve the research publications of IIAP. It also includes the in-house technical reports and annual reports in addition to various other grey literature created within the institute. As Astronomy and Astrophysics is the major focus area of research in IIAP, the contents of this Repository is organised to include various forms and collections where they are published. They are displayed under different communities.
This Repository has been jointly developed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Labs. This service
enables the Institute community to archive their preprints, post prints and
other scholarly publications. In keeping with the objectives of the Open Access
movement, it provides easy access
to these publications world wide and improve impact of the research.
