Active diffusion of information technology by policy-makers through investments in national information infrastructure and education has become a world trend (Young, 2001). Taiwan is no exception to this global phenomenon. For example, effective use of information technology in improving learning and teaching to reform education and to increase manpower has become a pressing issue. This diffusi...

This report describes the growth of institutional repositories in Japan and NII’s support projects since 2004. The characteristic features of the process were: (1) the diversity of the partner universities (2) the collaboration between universities and NII, and (3) the fast localization and installation with limited budget.