The Future of European Repositories: Insights from a Community Consultation
peter.suber's bookmarks 2025-03-18
Summary:
"Repositories are not just infrastructure—they are strategic assets that accelerate knowledge sharing and enhance research impact. Institutions must take decisive action to future-proof repositories by:
- Investing in sustainable funding and staffing to maintain repository services
- Ensuring repositories are interoperable with research infrastructures
- Aligning repositories with institutional policies on Open Science
- Enhancing AI-readiness by implementing machine-readable metadata and linked data
- Strengthening national and international repository networks
- Training repository professionals to manage digital curation and AI applications
- Implementing digital preservation measures to protect research integrity..."