Thorat, Shivraj VPatil, S K2011-03-102011-03-102011-03-11978-93-81232-01-9http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1625This paper discusses the concept of Institutional Repository (IR), its need, merits, software requirements, benefits and the current trends in India, with special reference to the proposedmodel for Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityenInstitutional Repository,Digital LibraryOpen Archives.Institutional Repository: A Proposed Model for Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, PuneArticle