These repository case studies were created by repository managers and initially intended to inform
discussion at the Repository Managers Reception, part of the Open Repositories 2008
conference.
Please note that these case studies arrived in various formats, were converted to PDF and subsequently
converted to Web pages so errors or omissions are possible! Please let us know
if you find any problems!
Case Studies Listing
United Kingdom | Rest of Europe | North America
United Kingdom
| DSpace@Cambridge Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | University of Cambridge | Elin Strangeland |
| ePubs: an Institional Repository for Large-Scale Experimental Facilities | [HTML] [PDF] | CCLRC | Linda Gilbert, Catherine Jones and Brian Matthews |
| Cranfield CERES Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | Cranfield University | Mary Betts-Gray and John Harrington |
| Enlighten Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | Glasgow University | Morag Greig and William J. Nixon |
| Jorum Repository Case Study: Business Models and IPR Arrangements for Adopting an Open Access Service | [PDF] | (National Higher Education Teaching Community) | John Casey |
| White Rose Research Online: A Case History | [PDF] | Universities of Leeds, York and Sheffied | Rachel Proudfoot |
| NECTAR: Northampton Electronic Collection of Theses and Research | [PDF] | University of Northampton | Miggie Pickton |
| Case Study: Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) | [PDF] | University of Oxford | Sally Rumsey |
| Case History: University of Southampton, e-Prints, SOTON | [HTML] [PDF] | University of Southampton | Wendy White |
| ECS EPrints: A School Repository | [HTML] [PDF] | University of Southampton | Leslie Carr |
| Repository Case History: University of Strathclyde Strathprints | [HTML] [PDF] | University of Strathclyde | Alan Dawson and Alan Slevin |
| A Brief History of Surrey Scholarship Online (SSOL) | [PDF] | University of Surry | Christine Daoutis |
Rest of Europe
| An International Repository for Library and Information Science: the experience of E-LIS | [HTML] [PDF] | (Library and Information Science Community) | Imma Subirats and Antonella De Robbio |
| The New EUR Institutional Repository: A Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | Erasmus University | Peter van Huisstede |
| RepositóriUM Case History | [PDF] | University of Minho | Eloy Rodrigues and Ricardo Saraiva |
| Both sides of the Green Road to Open Access: Institutional and Disciplinary Repository at Saarland University and State Library | [PDF] | University of Saarland | Ulrich Herb and Müller Matthias |
| Case Story: CRIS/OAR synergy at The Technical University of Denmark | [HTML] [PDF] | Technical University of Denmark | Mikæl K. Elbæk and Alfred Heller |
| The Case of "Eureka!": The Institutional Repository of Alexander Technological Education Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece | [HTML] [PDF] | Technological Education Institution of Thessaloniki | Elisa Makridou and Mersini Moreleli-Cacouris |
| Managing Digital Content at the National Distancia Education University of Spain (UNED) | [HTML] [PDF] | National Distancia Education University | Luis Zorita and Alicia López Medina |
North America
| California Digital Library eScholarship Repository Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | University of California | Catherine Mitchel |
| Case History - Smithsonian Digital Repository | [HTML] [PDF] | Smithsonian | Alvin Hutchinson |
| Repository History - Tufts University | [HTML] [PDF] | Tufts University | Anne Sauer and Deborah Kaplan |
| The University of Virginia Library Digital Colletions Repository Case History | [HTML] [PDF] | University of Virginia | Leslie Johnston |
