The ARROW project: A consortial institutional repository solution, combining open source and proprietary software
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The Australian Government’s Department of Education Science and Training took the view of institutional repositories as a mission-critical infrastructure component to supporting scholarship, facilitating stewardship, and advancing the global recognition of Australian universities as among the world's finest in academia. To that end, the ARROW project commenced work in February 2004 with the objective of developing best of breed solutions for open access institutional repositories and electronic publishing in Australian universities over three years.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- OCLC Systems & Services
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008