Institutional Repositories– Empowering Library Professionals in Developing Digital Resources

Abstract

Institutional Repositories (IRs) are a visible manifestation of the emerging importance of modern information management era. The different organization in India which have setup the institutional repositories that are accessible to all. This paper high lights digitization of library materials, attributes of institutional repositories, objectives of intuitions Repositories, uses, success, Management of Intuitional repositories and some open source software like DSpace, E print and others also briefly explained.