Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012)
Artigos

Proposal for Creation of an Institutional Repository for the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba - IFPB

Beatriz Alves Sousa
IFPB
Bio

Published 2012-08-01

Keywords

  • Institutional Repository. Free Software. Digital Platform.

How to Cite

Sousa, B. A. (2012). Proposal for Creation of an Institutional Repository for the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba - IFPB. Revista Brasileira De Biblioteconomia E Documentação, 8(1), 66–84. Retrieved from https://rbbd.febab.org.br/rbbd/article/view/196

Abstract

This study presents the result of a research which aimed at elaborating a proposal for creating an institutional repository for storing, preserving and managing the academic, technical and scientific IFPB production, in digital format. The used methodology was bibliographical and descriptive with qualitative approach being systematized by means of the following ways: firstly, a bibliographical survey in order to identify technological platforms already used as well as benefits, advantages and disadvantages; afterwards, it was intended to learn about the motivation and perspectives of the IFPB community in relation to the accomplishment of a digital repository, whose data was obtained through a questionnaire answered by the Institution’s employees; and thirdly, logical, technological and political strategies for the repository were defined, based on models operated in other institutions throughout the country relating the technical and technological structure with the IFPB needs. Finally, the Institutional Repository (IR) structure of the IFPB was fulfilled