scholarly journals Supporting and Enhancing Scholarship in the Digital Age: The Role of Open Access Institutional Repository

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Chan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract: Scholarly communication and publishing are increasingly taking place in the electronic environment. With a growing proportion of the scholarly record now existing only in digital format, serious and pressing issues regarding access and preservation are being raised that are central to future scholarship. At the same time, the desire of scholars to maximize readership of their research and to take control of the scholarly communication process back from the restrictive domain of commercial publishing has prompted the proliferation of access options and experimental models of publishing. This paper examines the emerging trend of university-based institutional repositories (IRs) designed to capture the scholarly output of an institution and to maximize the research impact of this output. The relationship of this trend to the open access movement is discussed and challenges and opportunities for using IRs to promote new modes of scholarship are provided. Résumé : La communication et l’édition savantes ont de plus en plus lieu dans un milieu électronique. En effet, une proportion croissante de la recherche existe seulement sous forme numérique. Cette situation soulève des questions sérieuses et pressantes sur l’accès et la préservation qui sont vitales pour l’érudition future. En même temps, les désirs de chercheurs de maximiser leur lectorat et de retirer la communication savante de l’emprise des éditeurs commerciaux ont mené à une prolifération d’options pour l’accès et de modèles d’édition expérimentaux. Cet article examine la tendance émergeante vers des entrepôts institutionnels basés dans des universités conçus de manière à préserver la production savante d’une institution et à maximiser son impact sur la recherche. Cet article discute du rapport de cette tendance au mouvement favorisant un accès libre et il propose des défis et des occasions dans l’utilisation d’entrepôts institutionnels pour promouvoir de nouvelles approches érudites.

Scholarly communication in the digital environment

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Rowlands ◽  
David Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Disciplinary Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Journal Publishing ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Regional Location

PurposeThis paper aims to make a substantial contribution to the ongoing debate about the potential of open access publishing and institutional repositories to reform the scholarly communication system. It presents the views of senior authors on these issues and contextualises them within the broader framework of their journal publishing behaviour and preferences.Design/methodology/approachA highly representative online opinion survey of more than five and half thousand journals authors, building on an earlier (January 2004) benchmarking study carried out by CIBER.FindingsSenior researchers are rapidly becoming more informed about open access publishing and institutional repositories but are still a long way off reaching a consensus on the likelihood that these new models will challenge the existing order, nor are they in agreement whether this would be a positive or a negative development. Disciplinary culture and, to a less extent, regional location are key determinants of author attitudes and any policy response should avoid “one‐size‐fits‐all” solutions.Research limitations/implicationsThis survey reflects the opinions of senior corresponding authors who have recently published in a “top” (i.e. ISI‐indexed journal) with 95 per cent confidence. The findings should not be generalised to represent the views of all authors in all journals, open access or otherwise.Originality/valueThe journal publishing sector is facing enormous challenges and opportunities as content increasingly migrates to the web. The value of this research is that it provides an objective, non‐partisan, assessment of the attitudes and opinions of more than 5,000 senior researchers, a key stakeholder group, and thus contributes both to the development of public policy as well as more realistic commercial strategies.

The role of institutional repositories in developing the communication of scholarly research

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Mary Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories

Purpose – This paper aims to uncover the central purposes of institutional repositories, how developments are being affected by policies and researcher behaviour and also what services and approaches are appropriate in supporting repositories from those partners involved in scholarly communication with a particular focus on services that support the publication of research. Design/methodology/approach – The research reviews the literature and current practices within higher education with regard to the core purposes of institutional repositories, the possible causes of low population of repositories in some institutions and subject disciplines, how this is being addressed and likely future developments. A qualitative survey using semi-structured interviews explores current best practices and tests the specific research questions that emerged from the literature review. Findings – The rate at which institutional repositories have grown in number has been very fast in recent years, but the population of repositories with research has been relatively slow. The research identified a number of reasons as to why the population of repositories was likely to accelerate in the future and have a more significant impact on scholarly communication. The main catalysts are: strengthening of national and funder policies that serve to both mandate open access (green or gold) and raise awareness of open access amongst faculty; the alignment of repositories with current research information systems within universities; and the development of metadata and open archives initiative harvesting that will improve discoverability and usage data. Research limitations/implications – As many of the issues around the development of repositories centre on the attitudes of faculty, it would also provide an interesting extension to the research to understand their views of the role of institutional repositories, too. Practical implications – The study presents a number of possible new ways of working by both information professionals and publishers to improve scholarly communication through the inclusion of research within institutional repositories and how perceived barriers could be overcome. Social implications – The study provides guidance on how the communication of scholarly research could be improved and reach a wider audience. This, in turn, will benefit researchers, corporate organisations and the public at large. Originality/value – The paper provides a review of current best practices in managing institutional repositories and identifies new ways of addressing some of the perceived barriers to populating repositories and the benefits for each stakeholder in the scholarly communication process.

scholarly journals Abordagens, estratégias e ferramentas para o acesso aberto via periódicos e repositórios institucionais em instituições acadêmicas brasileiras | Approaches, strategies and tools for open access through journals and institutional repositories in Brazilian

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sely Costa
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Disciplinary Differences ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Open Access Journals

Resumo Este ensaio tem por objetivo discutir, de modo sucinto, o movimento do acesso aberto nos dias atuais, procurando-se identificar a diferença entre acesso aberto à literatura científica e acesso aberto ao conhecimento científico. A abordagem do acesso aberto à literatura relaciona-se com o processo de comunicação, enquanto o acesso aberto ao conhecimento científico, com a gestão do conhecimento. Recorre-se à literatura e à experiência pessoal no intuito de identificar e relatar estratégias e ferramentas que têm sido utilizadas em diferentes países e no próprio Brasil. A discussão fundamenta-se em três tópicos considerados basilares para o estudo e a prática com periódicos eletrônicos e repositórios de acesso aberto, que são: as diferenças disciplinares, o sistema de comunicação científica e os modelos de gestão do conhecimento. Parte-se do pressuposto de que as diferenças disciplinares devem nortear as ações e decisões a respeito da criação e manutenção de revistas e repositórios. As primeiras, como veículos efetivos de comunicação científica. Os últimos, como, ferramentas eficientes de gestão do conhecimento. Palavras-chave acesso aberto à literatura científica; acesso aberto ao conhecimento científico; periódicos científicos eletrônicos de acesso aberto; repositórios institucionais; diferenças disciplinares; modelo de comunicação científica; modelo de gestão do conhecimento científico.Abstract This essay aims at briefly discussing the open access movement today, trying to identify the difference between open access to scientific literature and open access to scientific knowledge. Open access to scientific literature is related to the scholarly communication process approach, while open access to scientific knowledge concerns the knowledge management approach. Both the literature and personal experience are used as the basis for discussion, attempting to identify and report strategies and tools that have been used in different countries and in Brazil itself. The discussion is based on three fundamental issues for the study and practices with open access journals and repositories, which are disciplinary differences, the scholarly communication system and knowledge management models. The assumptions behind the discussion are that disciplinary differences should guide both decisions and actions related to creating and maintaining journals and repositories. Journals are to be approached as effective communication channels while repositories are to be considered as efficient knowledge management tools.Keywords Open access to scientific literature. Open access to scientific knowledge. Scientific and scholarly electronic journals. Institutional repositories. Disciplinary differences. Scholarly communication models. Scientific knowledge management.

Faculty Attitudes Towards Open Access Publishing, E-Print Servers and Institutional Repositories

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Wust
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Faculty Attitudes ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Etude Qualitative

This qualitative study investigates how faculty gather information for teaching and research and their opinions on open access approaches to scholarly communication. Despite generally favorable reactions, a perceived lack of peer review and impact factors were among the most common reasons for not publishing through open-access forums.Cette étude qualitative examine comment les membres du corps professoral recueillent l’information pour l’enseignement et la recherche, et leurs opinions envers les approches de la communication scientifique à libre accès. Malgré des réactions généralement favorables, le manque perçu de révision par les pairs et les facteurs d’impact comptent parmi les motifs habituellement évoqués pour ne pas publier sur ces tribunes à libre accès. 

scholarly journals Researchers' perspectives on open access scholarly communication in Tanzanian public universities

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
F.W. Dulle ◽  
M.K. Minishi-Majanja
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Recognition Quality ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Research Findings

This research explored the awareness, usage and perspectives of Tanzanian researchers on open access as a mode of scholarly communication. A survey questionnaire targeted 544 respondents selected through stratified random sampling from a population of 1088 university researchers of the six public universities in Tanzania. With a response rate of 73%, the data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study reveals that the majority of the researchers were aware of and were positive towards open access. Findings further indicate that the majority of researchers in Tanzanian public universities used open access outlets more to access scholarly content than to disseminate their own research findings. It seems that most of these researchers would support open access publishing more if issues of recognition, quality and ownership were resolved. Thus many of them supported the idea of establishing institutional repositories at their respective universities as a way of improving the dissemination of local content. The study recommends that public universities and other research institutions in the country should consider establishing institutional repositories, with appropriate quality assurance measures, to improve the dissemination of research output emanating from these institutions.

scholarly journals Scholarly Communication Practices in Humanities and Social Sciences: A Study of Researchers’ Attitudes and Awareness of Open Access

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhuva Narayan ◽  
Edward J. Luca ◽  
Belinda Tiffen ◽  
Ashley England ◽  
Mal Booth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Journal Impact

Abstract This paper examines issues relating to the perceptions and adoption of open access (OA) and institutional repositories. Using a survey research design, we collected data from academics and other researchers in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) at a university in Australia. We looked at factors influencing choice of publishers and journal outlets, as well as the use of social media and nontraditional channels for scholarly communication. We used an online questionnaire to collect data and used descriptive statistics to analyse the data. Our findings suggest that researchers are highly influenced by traditional measures of quality, such as journal impact factor, and are less concerned with making their work more findable and promoting it through social media. This highlights a disconnect between researchers’ desired outcomes and the efforts that they put in toward the same. Our findings also suggest that institutional policies have the potential to increase OA awareness and adoption. This study contributes to the growing literature on scholarly communication by offering evidence from the HASS field, where limited studies have been conducted. Based on the findings, we recommend that academic librarians engage with faculty through outreach and workshops to change perceptions of OA and the institutional repository.

EScholarship at the University of California: a case study in sustainable innovation for open access

2004 ◽  
Vol 105 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 118-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ann Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University

This paper describes the history of the University of California eScholarship program, a joint effort of the University of California Libraries in collaboration with the California Digital Library. It discusses the context that gave rise to the creation of the eScholarship Repository, the logistical issues involved in setting up a multi‐campus persistent repository for scholarly output, and future issues to be addressed in developing experimental reconfigurations of the components of scholarly communication in collaboration with communities of scholars.

scholarly journals European Journal of Taxonomy: A Public Collaborative Project in Open Access Scholarly Communication

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Bénichou ◽  
Koen Martens ◽  
Graham Higley ◽  
Isabelle Gérard ◽  
Steven Dessein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Financial Structure ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Face Complex ◽  
Scientific Publishers ◽  
Common Vision

Most natural history institutions in Europe have been scientific publishers sincetheir foundation and have a long scholarly publishing tradition. Nowadays, they areconfronted with rapid technological developments and face complex strategic andtechnical questions related to visibility, access, format, and the financial structure oftheir titles. These issues require a common vision and an international strategy toensure that the community acts in a consistent and coordinated way. A consortiumof institutions is thus launching the European Journal of Taxonomy to provide analternative public open-access business model, where neither authors nor readers haveto pay fees for subscriptions or publication. This paper focuses on the benefits for theinstitutions on taking greater control over their communication process.

scholarly journals What flowers can bloom in a green open access landscape? Imagining a future with BitViews.

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Manfredi La Manna
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
List Type ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Institutional Repositories

BitViews is a blockchain application that collects, validates, and aggregates worldwide online usage data of author’s approved manuscripts (AAMs) deposited in Open Access Institutional Repositories. It creates a free public ledger of usage events that allows anyone to see which research outputs have been accessed, where, and when, thus providing the raw material to construct discipline- and region-specific non-citation based measures of research impact. BitViews’ short-term implications include: 1.The re-alignment of journal impact measures (from citations to usage); 2.Changed patterns in the production of research articles (towards high- usage topics); 3.Creation of new networks of research collaboration; 4.Enhanced opportunity for open data sharing. BitViews’ long-term effects are transformative. Because BitViews promotes the “unbundling” of AAMs from published articles, it endows AAMs with independent value. Two disruptive consequences follow: the very concept of APCs is undermined and the conditions are created for the academy to regain ownership of peer review. Relegating commercial publishers to the role of providers of post-AAM services, huge resources will be released. As soon as AAMs are de‐ coupled from articles, the same process and infrastructure can be applied to research monographs, thereby completing the cycle of Open Access to the whole production of knowledge.

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