Chawner, BrendaCullen, Rowena2009-03-252022-07-122009-03-252022-07-1220092009https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/21062This paper explores the development of institutional repositories as a global phenomenon, comparing their objectives with the core principles of scholarly communication that have preserved and disseminated western knowledge for the past two centuries.pdfen-NZScholarly communicationAcademic librariesInstitutional repositoriesInstitutional Repositories and the Role of Academic Libraries in Scholarly CommunicationText