Quality control (QC) of an institutional repository: a hands-on

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to show the quality control process and techniques of an open-source digital library (DL)/institutional repository (IR) in an institution. It will also demonstrate the challenges for quality control of a digital library in an institution.

Design/methodology/approach

It will explain metadata quality control and structural quality control and some matters that are important for an ideal IR. It also describes data migration from one repository to another.

Findings

Metadata without quality is just junk. Library personnel should have adequate library science educational qualifications to do the DL work. Non-professionals may create junk in the IR. Quality control can ensure the standard of a digital IR.

Originality/value

This study drowns upon the practical experience of DSpace quality control of a private university library in Bangladesh.

Citation

Ahammad, N. (2021), "Quality control (QC) of an institutional repository: a hands-on", Collection and Curation, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-10-2020-0039