Science Online 2010: Lessons for IRs and data curators

"As research moves OA, particularly toward gold OA, the IR future is in locally-produced gray literature. To some extent this is a corollary of the previous lesson, but I feel it strongly because it squares with my nearly five years of experience running IRs. The California experiment merging IRs with publishing services is all well and good, but there are plenty of ways to do publishing, and none of them really need IRs. Theses and dissertations need IRs. Working papers and technical reports need IRs. Conference proceedings need IRs. Posters and slidedecks need IRs. Student research needs IRs. Campus history needs IRs...."