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Review and Analysis on the Development Course of Institutional Repository in Japan

Zeng Xiaoying   

  • Online:2016-12-15 Published:2016-12-25

Abstract:

Japan National Institute of Informatics’s “JAIRO Cloud” project was given Commendations of Merit award by 2014 Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL). The paper, based on “JAIRO Cloud” project and the translated introductory articles in recent years, reviews the development process of Japan’s institutional repository. It advocates to refrain from exaggerating advantages of Japanese institutional repository development, presenting auxiliary projects in an one-sided way, or comparing the development gap between China and Japan blindly. It concludes with recommendations in terms of research
and practices.

Key words: Institutional repositories, Japanese libraries, National Institute of Informatics