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Sponsored by Ingenta, LRRT gives the award annually to support research projects about acquisition, use and preservation of digital information. The award will support Galloway's study, “Institutionalizing a University Department-Level Institutional Repository.”

“The development of institutional repositories holds great promise for preserving and making accessible scholarship of universities,” said Stephen Wiberley, chair of the Ingenta Award selection committee. “For these repositories to be successful, we must increase our understanding of their benefits and costs. Patricia Galloway's study will investigate the interests of faculty in depositing their work, the costs of developing and maintaining a departmental repository, and the repository's value for teaching and research.”

“The subject of institutional repositories engenders much debate in the information community, but discussions have often been hindered by a lack of supporting evidence,” said Douglas Wright, vice president of Ingenta. “We are pleased to be able to fund research into such a crucial issue and expect that Dr. Galloway's study will provide valuable data to inform and develop the various perspectives.”