Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Types of repositories -- Research a ccessibility -- Research accountability -- Data sharing -- Learning lif e cycle -- Multimedia -- Digital sustainability -- Rethinking repositor ies to meet new challenges -- Changing nature of repository content typ es -- Film -- Streaming media -- Artwork as research -- Research datase ts -- Research outputs in learning and teaching -- Student-generated co ntent -- Web archiving -- User as content creator -- Projects -- Legacy collections -- Introduction -- Selecting staff -- Skills identified in authors' survey -- Expertise required with new types of content -- Res earch data and its specialised requirements -- Expertise required in co pyright and rights management -- Training and development -- Sustaining teams -- What is metadata? -- Metadata standards and schemas -- Metada ta for research data -- Metadata for people and organisations -- Metada ta for film and creative works -- Standard approach to metadata --

Contents note continued: Guidelines for selecting a metadata schema -- What are persistent identifiers? -- Guidelines for selecting persist ent identifiers -- Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for research data -- Solving name ambiguity: identifiers for people and groups -- The dat a deluge -- Repositories and research data -- Making the case for open access to research data -- Further resources -- Introduction -- The OAI -PMH -- Other ways of exchanging repository content -- Repository direc tories and discovery portals -- Introduction -- Functionality to be con sidered -- Open source versus commercial -- Considering a collaborative approach -- Cloud hosting -- Repository certification -- Conclusion -- Repository content and usage statistics -- Shortcomings in repository statistics -- Altmetrics.