ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Institutional repository

An institutional repository is like a big library where a school, company or organization can store all of its important information and research. It's kind of like a bookshelf for really smart grown-ups!

In this library, people can find all kinds of documents like research papers, reports, theses, and other important documents that are made by people who are a part of the school or organization.

The cool thing about this library is that it is all digital, which means that anyone can access it from anywhere in the world, as long as they have an internet connection!

So if you ever want to find out more information about something, you can just look it up in the institutional repository and see all the research and information that has been collected on that topic. It's like having a big encyclopedia, but better because it's constantly being updated with new information.