Establishing Best Practices in Institutional Repository Organization
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
On the one-year anniversary of the CCU Digital Commons repository the organization of the Collections / Communities.html page was reviewed to gauge the need for revisions. Over 100 Digital Commons sites were examined to see how other repository managers organized their Collections pages. Top-level communities were coded into Community Types and were analyzed to surface trends in current practice. This presentation reviews trends in practice that emerged during research, as well as some of the best practices that were identified, including planning, iteration, labeling, limiting jargon, and finding a balance with top-level and nested content. Suggestions for improvement are given so that repository managers can enhance the organization of their Collections page and increase access to their repository content.
Recommended Citation
Bacon, Scott, "Establishing Best Practices in Institutional Repository Organization" (2020). Library Faculty Presentations. 5.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/lib-fac-pres/5