Institutional Repository: A Novel Outlook to Preserve and Disseminate Knowledge in Higher Education

Abstract

The Institutional Repository (IR) is a very vital tool which can serve as an engine to change the academic functioning of any Institution significantly. It is now need of an hour that Information Center and Libraries of educational institutions need to be established as per the end users’ requirements. In the current circumstances, IR is forming a necessary component for information and knowledge sharing in the scholarly world. In addition, it also facilitates in showcasing scholarly and research output to the wider community and in turn, provides a help in institutional advancement and outreach to a large extent. In this paper, an attempt has been made to discuss the effective implementation of IR at Anjuman-I-Islam's Kalsekar Technical Campus (AIKTC), New Panvel Maharashtra. The sole purpose of creation of IR is to collect, carefully preserve & disseminate the knowledge & technical know-how to wide spectrum of human resources. This significantly acts as one of the effective tools to result in to scholarly communication and preserve institution’s knowledge. The Knowledge Resources & Relay Center (KRRC) takes immense pride to host the repository and work for the dissemination and preservation of knowledge resource of AIKTC community. Keywords: Open Source, Digital Library, Institutional Repository, Open access.