Purpose–Print theses and dissertations have regularly been submitted together with
complementary material, such as maps, tables, speech samples, photos or videos, in …

Part of the grey literature, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) represent a growing
segment of open, available content in institutional repositories (IR) where they contribute to …

This article reports findings of an exploratory study of institutional repositories (IRs) in South
African institutions of higher learning and more particularly the practices, challenges and …

Institutional repositories, green road and backbone of the open access movement, contain a
growing number of items that are metadata without full text, metadata with full text only for …

In the digital age libraries are required to manage large numbers of diverse objects. One
advantage of digital objects over fixed physical objects is the flexibility of 'binding'them into …

The paper contributes to the discussion on the place of grey literature in institutional
repositories and, vice versa, on the relevance of open archives for grey literature. Even in an …

The keynote provides an overview on the field of research data produced by PhD students,
in the context of open science, open access to research results, e-Science and the handling …

The keynote provides an overview on the field of research data produced by PhD students,
in the context of open science, open access to research results, e-Science and the handling …

The purpose of this research is to design and develop an integrated open portal for
searching and retrieving information of institutional repositories of universities, and higher …

The paper contributes to the discussion on the place of grey literature in institutional
repositories and, vice versa, on the relevance of open archives for grey literature. Even in an …