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I'm interested in hearing the views of this list on long-term strategy concerning the software platform for Scholarly Open Access Institutional Repositories. In particular, I'm interested in how systems like DSpace, Eprints, etc. have facilities that are to a degree, provided by Fedora based solutions, e.g. IslandScholar. Why operate two repositories? As some of us migrate these systems to the cloud, is there a case for consolidation to reduce duplication of effort and, in particular, duplication of the substantial long-term costs involved. Is it the case that we set strategy concerning the scholarly IR platform circa 2008 and now cloud-migration provides an opportunity to escape inertial lock-in. Alternatively, is it the case that only a dedicated scholarly repository provides the features our users demand. Agree, disagree? I'd be grateful for your input. Thanks in advance, Peter Corrigan Peter Corrigan, Head of Organisational Development & Performance, James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway. [log in to unmask]