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==Developing an institutional repository== Steps in the development of an institutional repository include choosing a platform<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Callicott|first1=Burton B.|url=https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31579|title=Making Institutional Repositories Work|last2=Scherer|first2=David|last3=Wesolek|first3=Andrew|date=2015|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-61249-422-7|pages=1|hdl=20.500.12657/31579 |language=English}}</ref> and defining metadata practices.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mering|first=Margaret|date=2019-06-14|title=Transforming the Quality of Metadata in Institutional Repositories|journal=The Serials Librarian|volume=76|issue=1β4|pages=79β82|doi=10.1080/0361526X.2019.1540270|issn=0361-526X|doi-access=free}}</ref> Designing an IR requires working with faculty to identify the type of content the library needs to support<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Marsh |first1=Corrie |last2=Wackerman |first2=Dillon |last3=Stubbs |first3=Jennifer A.W. |date=2017-05-01 |title=Creating an Institutional Repository: Elements for Success! |journal=The Serials Librarian |volume=72 |issue=1β4 |pages=3β6 |doi=10.1080/0361526X.2017.1297587 |s2cid=63263227 |issn=0361-526X|doi-access=free }}</ref> Marketing and promoting the Institutional repository is important to enhance access and increase the visibility of the researchers. Libraries will also need to target their marketing efforts to different groups of stakeholders. They may generate faculty interest by describing how an IR can support research or improve future findability of articles<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Marsh |first1=Corrie |last2=Wackerman |first2=Dillon |last3=Stubbs |first3=Jennifer A.W. |date=May 2017 |title=Creating an Institutional Repository: Elements for Success! |journal=The Serials Librarian |language=en |volume=72 |issue=1β4 |pages=3β6 |doi=10.1080/0361526X.2017.1297587 |s2cid=63263227 |issn=0361-526X|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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