I would love to talk with librarians & others worried about the future of their repositories. Is there a potential role for Knowledge Commons/KCWorks in mirroring institutional repositories such that they're protected against uncertain futures?
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
It's a grim question and one that, obviously, pales into insignificance beside the human cost if this happens, but: what happens to a university's institutional repository when the institution fails/goes bankrupt/closes? Has any university taken digital preservation precautions?
