Organizovane zbirke različitih dokumenata (knjiga, članaka, slika i dr.) u digitalnom obliku, doprinose razmeni znanja i intenziviranju naučne komunikacije.
1. In information technology a central place in which an aggregation of data is kept and maintained in an organized way, usually in computer storage; 2. Database where researchers self-archive their works, either pre-prints or post-prints.