Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository

This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries' business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT's digital institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the objectives of the business plan...

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Main Authors: Barton, Mary R. (Author), Walker, Julie Harford (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas A&M University, 2005-09-01T15:54:10Z.
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