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<font face="Tahoma">Dear Colleagues<br>
This question is very basic. Institutions all over the world are
developing their own repositories to archive papers written by staffs.
On the other hand, it is very much feasible to develop thematic and
consortia repositories wherein authors all over the world can archive
their papers very easily. Both the approaches have their own pros and
cons. However, having few big thematic (e.g. subject based) and/or
consortia (e.g. Indian universities archive) repositories is more
advantageous than maintaining hundreds of thousands small IRs, taking
cost, management, infrastructure and technology considerations.
Moreover, knowledge sharing and preservation becomes easier across the
participating individuals and institutions in large IRs. If this
advantages are so obvious, it is not understandable why there is so
much advocacy for building IRs in all institutions? <br>
Thank you for reflecting on this issue.<br>
Best<br>
</font><strong><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Atanu Garai<br>
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