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dc.contributor.author Swanepoel, Marinus
dc.date.accessioned 2011-11-09T01:48:11Z
dc.date.available 2011-11-09T01:48:11Z
dc.date.issued 2005-05-29
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2554
dc.description A presentation at the 26th IATUL Conference, 29 May - 2 June 2005. Conference theme: Information and Innovation Université Laval Library, Québec City, Canada. en_US
dc.description.abstract The development of digital repositories has been a recent one, starting in late 2000 when the UK's University of Southampton released a software package called E-Prints. Since that time, the establishment of digital repositories has gained momentum. Factors such as the falling costs for online storage, the increase of broadband and gigabit networking technologies, as well as the development of metadata standards to describe repository content, have all contributed to their current popularity. Questions to be asked are: to what extent are digital repositories, as a method for communicating scientific and scholarly information, accepted or are they just hype?; how mature are institutional repositories as a technology?; and, to what extent are institutional repositories used by faculty and researchers? The Gartner Hype Curve is a tool introduced by the Gartner Group in the 1990’s to explain general phenomena of interest in new technologies. This framework plots the typical progression of a technology from its early introduction through its maturation to broad market acceptance. The first question is answered by an investigation into the status of digital repositories in the context of the Gartner Hype Curve. The second question is answered by plotting institutional repositories on the product life cycle (Sigmoid Curve) and the third question is answered by applying the Diffusion of Innovation Theory to institutional repositories. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship University of Lethbridge en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher The International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) en_US
dc.subject Digital repositories, scholarly communication, Gartner Hype Curve, Product Life Cycle, Diffusion of Innovation Theory en_US
dc.title Digital repositories: All hype and no substance? en_US
dc.type Presentation en_US
dc.publisher.faculty University Library en_US
dc.description.peer-review No en_US
dc.publisher.institution University of Lethbridge en_US

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