  University libraries have an increasingly important role to play in
supporting open access publishing and dissemination of research outputs.1 In
particular, many libraries are playing a leading role in establishing and
managing institutional repositories. Institutional repositories are, most
often, Open Access Initiative (OAI)-compliant databases of a university or
other research institution's intellectual output, most typically research
papers, although many other forms of digital media can also be stored and
disseminated. Their main function is to provide improved access to the full
text of research articles and improve retrieval of relevant research.
  The National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy" is a small-sized institution
with approximately 3,000 students and 500 academic staff. Although it is a
teaching-intensive university, developing research and knowledge-transfer
capacity is a strategic priority and four research institutes have been
established, with further research activity going on in the academic schools
and research centres.
