Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository

This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries’ business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT’s digital institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the objectives of the business plan projec...

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Main Authors: Barton, Mary R., Walker, Julie Harford
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26700
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description This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries’ business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT’s digital institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the objectives of the business plan project, and the current status of the DSpace project. The methodology section explains the process and tools with which the business plan was developed. The remainder of the paper describes the results of the business plan project, including the DSpace service definition, the cost model, potential funding sources, and future DSpace plans.
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spelling mit-1721.1/267002024-02-29T17:37:12Z Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository Barton, Mary R. Walker, Julie Harford Business Planning DSpace digital libraries Institutional repository scholarly communication This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries’ business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT’s digital institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the objectives of the business plan project, and the current status of the DSpace project. The methodology section explains the process and tools with which the business plan was developed. The remainder of the paper describes the results of the business plan project, including the DSpace service definition, the cost model, potential funding sources, and future DSpace plans. 2005-09-01T15:54:10Z 2005-09-01T15:54:10Z 2003 Article 1368-7506 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26700 J. Digit. Inf. 4(2), 2003 en_US 41199 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Texas A&M University
spellingShingle Business Planning
DSpace
digital libraries
Institutional repository
scholarly communication
Barton, Mary R.
Walker, Julie Harford
Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
title Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
title_full Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
title_fullStr Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
title_full_unstemmed Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
title_short Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
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DSpace
digital libraries
Institutional repository
scholarly communication
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