Building a Business Plan for DSpace, MIT Libraries Digital Institutional Repository
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Barton_2003_Building.pdf
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Author(s)
Barton, Mary R.
Walker, Julie Harford
Date Issued
2003
Publisher
Texas A&M University
Citation
J. Digit. Inf. 4(2), 2003
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries’
business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT’s digital
institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the
objectives of the business plan project, and the current status of the DSpace project. The
methodology section explains the process and tools with which the business plan was
developed. The remainder of the paper describes the results of the business plan project,
including the DSpace service definition, the cost model, potential funding sources, and
future DSpace plans.
Subjects
Business Planning
DSpace
digital libraries
Institutional repository
scholarly communication
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