Choosing a Repository Platform: Open Source vs. Hosted Solutions

Platform selection is a concept that will be familiar to many who work in libraries, regardless of whether they have worked with an institutional repository. Selection and implementation of a new integrated library system (ILS) or discovery platform are experiences that most library staff will generally encounter more than once in their careers, and they are processes that typically represent a significant, long-term time commitment for staff across the organization. The stakes are high because so many library employees’ day-to-day work involves active and extensive use of the system that is chosen. Because of this common experience, it naturally follows