Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories

A video featuring Ricky Erway describing the report is available on YouTube.

Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories offers a quick environmental scan of the repository landscape and then focuses on disciplinary repositories—those subject-based, often researcher-initiated loci for research information. Seven of these repositories are profiled, with a focus on their varied business models. The report concludes with a discussion of sustainability, including funding models, factors that contribute to a repository's success, and ways to bring in additional revenue. It is intended to help librarians support researchers in accessing and disseminating research information. http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-03r.htm

At first, funny videos. Now a Reference Tool

Using YouTube as a research resource. New trend and interesting statistics.

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MICROSOFT ROLLS OUT PUBLISHING AND RESEARCH TOOLS FOR ACADEMICS

MICROSOFT ROLLS OUT PUBLISHING AND RESEARCH TOOLS FOR
ACADEMICS: Microsoft makes a bid to become a big player in
academic publishing with new tools that help scholars
collaborate, determine fair use, and format papers for online
databases.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/07/4049n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_mediu
m=en