A Strategy to Reveal Hidden Treasures of Anna University

Abstract

This paper provides an understanding of the necessity of creating an Institutional repository (Reveal Hidden Treasures)in Anna University, various steps involved in the creation – data identification and selection, data collection, Design and development that involves software selection & finally maintenance of the repository. This paper also analyses the complexity involved in both creation and maintenance of digital repository. Amidst complexities, the benefits rendered to the institution due to creation of this repository and how this fills the gap areas of R&D in Science & Technology is brought out in this paper. In addition this paper brings out the growth statistics of Anna University from the year it got affiliated (2001) till today, the details of research outputs being published in various forms say article, conference papers, review, editorial, etc., and under various subjects – Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Biochemistry, etc., - these statistical data collection & segregation forms an input to bring out the hidden treasures of Anna University. Finally, a preliminary estimate of the expenditure involved in the creation and maintenance of Institutional Repository is also discussed in this paper.