Canadian Repositories CoP February Call: IRs are People Powered! Exploring Repository Staffing Models Across Canadian Institutions
Date: February 24, 2026
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET
Institutional repositories are people-powered services that serve as fundamental infrastructure for disseminating open access research across the globe. Regardless of our hosting model or the specific software we use, our staff are the most essential part of our infrastructure. For this reason, institutions have to make critical decisions in how to provide support, management and training to their repository staff. A few examples for areas of consideration might include workflows, how to ensure adequate staffing, service development and maintenance, and resource allocation.
This event will provide participants the opportunity to discuss the staffing models supporting their institutional repositories and learn how repository services are structured across Canadian institutions. Participants are invited to sign up for an informal 3-5 minute presentation that discusses staffing decisions for their IR at their institution. Guiding questions are available in the sign up sheet linked above.
Through this event, we hope that participants will learn from the differences and similarities between staffing models, and use it as a starting point to feel more empowered to engage in staffing and workflow discussions at their own institutions.
This session will not be recorded. Automatic live transcription in French will be available. Learn more about the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice.