The ARROW project: a consortial institutional repository solution, combining open source and proprietary software

Purpose – To provide an overview of the Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW) project. Design/methodology/approach – An retrospective analysis of the first three years of the ARROW project. Findings – Provides information about the decisions made by the ARROW project, and reviews how they turned out. Originality/value – This paper provides a review of the first three years of the ARROW project (which was the original funding horizon) from the perspective of the project team.