Drivers
"Repository administrators need an understanding of the various drivers and their practical implications to enable them to pursue and promote the repository agenda within the institution."
The drivers for research repositories and learning & teaching repositories are quite different and have shaped the resulting services considerably. This can be quite challenging for institutions who aim to bring the two functions together into one repository. This is especially true if one or other such repository already exists in an institution. Preservation of research outputs may be a significant driver for research repositories but managing changing knowledge practices is vital for current learning and teaching repositories.
Repository administrators need an understanding of the various drivers and their practical implications to enable them to pursue and promote the repository agenda within the institution. This will also allow them to engage with the wider academic community and prepare them to be able to respond to individual queries and concerns as the repository is established. This section considers separately the drivers for each kind of repository as repository managers are likely to be focussing on one particular form of repository.
