EconStor : ein fachliches Repositorium für die Wirtschaftswissenschaften : a subject-based repository for economics and business studies

Since the migration to DSpace, an internationally widely used digital repository software, at the beginning of 2009, the “German National Library for Economics” (ZBW) presents its repository with a new website and a new name: EconStor. In addition to the considerable number of working and discussion papers – predominately edited from economics faculties and research institutes in Germany and collected via its predecessor application OPUS – ZBW intends to acquire further document types, especially postprints. Numerous researchers from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy are already using EconStor for open access publishing within the framework of the EU-funded project entitled „Network of European Economists Online“ (NEEO). It is of utmost importance for a subject-based repository to be cross-linked with the well-established databases and other resources dedicated to its subject area in order to achieve a wide dissemination and reception within its own scientific community. Besides providing metadata of several working paper series to the bibliographic database „Research Papers in Economics“ (RePEc), ZBW plans to establish a similar service for the renowned „Social Science Research Network“ (SSRN) by setting up an interface to SSRN’s eLibrary. A basic requirement to realize these intentions is a flexible document management system which is open to the adaptations needed to fulfill these specifications. The criteria which led to the decision for DSpace as repository software will be explained. -- Economics and business studies ; subject repository ; Open Access ; NEEO ; RePEc ; SSRN ; DSpace