Institutional Repositories: The way forward for Libraries?

At the SAOUG conference, there were number of papers on Institutional Repositories (IR). In post dated 6th of June I have some information on IR papers. I have found some additional information "googling" - links to interesting articles and presentations, upcoming workshop on IR, direct links to South African repositories, etc. It is time for us to learn more as it is a reality at UJ and we all will be involved one way or another.

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES: Articles, Presentations, Workshops...
Institutional Repository Workshop - University of Pretoria, 1 - 3 October 2008, University of Pretoria
Main Articles: 'South African Repositories: Bridging Knowledge ...
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USEFUL LINKS TO INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES @:
* University of Johannesburg
- UJ Electronic Thesis and Dissertations Database: http://etd.rau.ac.za/
- UJ Institutional Repositories: http://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za/
* South Africa

(according to ROAR and openDOAR)
African Higher Education Research Online
CSIR Research Space
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Durban University of Technology Institutional Repository
Rhodes eResearch Repository
Stellenbosch University Electronic Theses & Dissertations

University of Cape Town Computer Science Research Document Archive
University of Cape Town Lawspace
University of Johannesburg Electronic Theses & Dissertations
University of Pretoria Electronic Theses & Dissertations
University of Pretoria Institutional Repository (UPSpace)
University of the Western Cape Electronic Theses & Dissertations

* Africa
http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php
* Worldwide
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