The following is an abbreviated list of the functions and purposes of the institutional repository at the University of Arizona.

• Enable digital asset management
• Offer preservation services
• Provide digital visibility through access to collective intellectual work
• Support learning, teaching, and research
• Facilitate discovery of content
• Enable re-use and re-purposing of content
• Organize information to allow effective content management and access
• Provide access to outcomes of publicly funded research intiatives
• Strengthen partnership between content creators/providers and content managers
• Increase visability and impact of the universities' output

UAL IR Group, December 21, 2007
Online as of May 14, 2008