This paper examines the decision points over the course of ten years for developing an Institutional Repository. Specifically, the focus is on the impact and influence from the open-source community, the needs of the local institution, the role that team dynamics plays, and the chosen platform. Frequently, the discussion revolves around the technology stack and its limitations and capabilities. Inherently, any technology will have several features and limitations, and these are important in determining a solution that will work for your institution. However, the people running the system and developing the software, and their enthusiasm to continue work within the existing software environment in order to provide features for your campus and the larger open-source community will play a bigger role than the technical platform. These lenses are analyzed through three points in time: the initial roll out of our Institutional Repository, our long-term running and maintenance, and eventual new development and why we made the decisions we made at each of those points in time.

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平衡社区和当地需求

本文研究了十年来开发机构存储库的决策点。具体来说，重点是开源社区的影响和影响、当地机构的需求、团队动态所扮演的角色以及所选择的平台。通常，讨论围绕技术堆栈及其局限性和功能展开。本质上，任何技术都会有几个特点和限制，这些对于确定适合您机构的解决方案很重要。但是，运行系统和开发软件的人员，以及他们在现有软件环境中继续工作以为您的校园和更大的开源社区提供功能的热情将比技术平台发挥更大的作用。