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The data collection tool applied for the study was a web questionnaire, which was created with the help of software provided by surveymonkey.com<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was observed that 79 per cent of the institutions had implemented the DSpace IR software package. The respondents considered the End\u2010user interface to be the top ranking IR\u2010system feature. It was found that all IRs supported Text (HTML, Postscript, PDF, Spreadsheet etc.) file formats. Half of the respondents marked bitstream copying as a long\u2010term preservation strategy. Almost all institutional repositories were OAI\u2010PMH\u2010compliant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Only Indian institutional repositories were studied.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is the first detailed study focusing on the IR system\/software aspects of IR. 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