Emerald | Library Hi Tech News | A STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES ON WOMEN’S STUDIES IN INDIA AND CANADA

Use the link to access pay-per-view options for the article published in Library Hi Tech News available from Emerald.  The abstract reads as follows: "Purpose - The objective of the present study was to examine institutional repositories developed in India and Canada containing documents on women’s studies. Design/methodology/approach - The methodology was consisted of identification of institutional repositories containing documents on women’s studies, development of tool for evaluation, that was followed by actual evaluation/content analysis of identified repositories. Findings - It was found that there were 22 institutional repositories in Canada, 3 in India containing documents on women’s studies. The maximum number of documents on women’s studies were available in IR of University of British Columbia i.e. 9778. About 56% (14) of the repositories contained community on the women’s studies. Research limitations/implications - Those institutional repositories containing documents on women’s studies developed in India and Canada were considered for the study. Originality/value - This is one of the first studies focused on issues on women’s studies and repositories.