scholarly journals Improving Institutional Repositories through User-Centered Design: Indicators from a Focus Group

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 282
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Structural Rules ◽  
Institutional Repositories

User experience with intuitive and flexible digital platforms can be enjoyable and satisfying. A strategy to deliver such an experience is to place the users at the center of the design process and analyze their beliefs and perceptions to add appropriate platform features. This study conducted with focus groups as a qualitative method of data collection to investigate users’ preferences and develop a new landing page for institutional repositories with attractive functionalities based on their information-structural rules. The research question was: What are the motivations and experiences of users in an academic community when publishing scientific information in an institutional repository? The focus group technique used in this study had three sessions. Results showed that 50% of the participants did not know the functionalities of the institutional repository nor its benefits. Users’ perceptions of platforms such as ResearchGate or Google Scholar that provide academic production were also identified. The findings showed that motivating an academic community to use an institutional repository requires technological functions, user guidelines that identify what can or cannot be published in open access, and training programs for open access publication practices and institutional repository use. These measures align with global strategies to strengthen the digital identities of scientific communities and thus benefit open science.

scholarly journals Tren Perkembangan Open Access Institutional Repository pada Perguruan Tinggi di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Chusnul Chatimah Asmad ◽  
Taufiq Mathar ◽  
A. Khaidir Akbar ◽  
Nur Arifin ◽  
Hijrana , ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Space And Time

Open Access (OA) atau akses terbuka dapat menjadi jalan alternatif dalam menyebarkan informasi ilmiah kepada seluruh dunia tanpa dibatasi ruang dan waktu. Repositori institusi atau instutional repository (IR) telah banyak diaplikasikan pada beberapa perguruan tinggi di Indonesia. Tulisan ini mendeskripsikan pemetaan perkembangan repositori institusi perguruan tinggi di Indonesia yang open akses dan perangkat lunak yang digunakannya pada portal OpenDOAR. Penelitian ini terbatas pada repositori institusi perguruan tinggi yang telah terdaftar di OpenDoar saja. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan jumlah perkembangan repositori di Indonesia pada OpenDOAR mulai dari tahun 2008 hingga 2018 ini. Sementara perangkat lunak yang digunakan ialah Eprints, Dspace, dan lainnya.ABSTRACT Open Access (OA) can be an alternative way of disseminating scientific information to the globe without limited by space and time. Institutional repositories (IR) have been widely applied to several universities in Indonesia. This paper describes the mapping of the development of open access institutional universities in Indonesia and the software used from the OpenDOAR website. This research is limited to the repository of tertiary institutions that have been registered in OpenDoar only. The results showed that there was an increase in the number of repository developments in Indonesia in OpenDOAR starting from 2008 to 2018. While the software used is Eprints, Dspace, and others.

scholarly journals User Experience in Institutional Repositories

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽  
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The University

Disruptive ideas and innovative business models take shape from observing and investigating the needs and demands of potential users and measuring their success based on the acceptance by users and their satisfaction. In an educational context, a new mission of the university has emerged, supported by the transfer of open access knowledge through Institutional Repositories (IR); it is important to know the motivations and needs of the academic community to promote scientific dissemination using these platforms. The present article uses the method of systematic literature review: using 29 studies from SCOPUS and WoS, involving the topics User-Centered Design (UCD) and repositories. The results show that two of the three UCD phases—evaluation and requirements—are closely linked and are the reiterative focus of UCD; thus, it is desirable to promote the design of custom-made prototypes according to the users' motivations. It is necessary to redefine methodologies for IR development within open-access ecosystems to guide them towards meeting their potential users' needs and motivations.

What inhibits authors to self-archive in Open Access repositories? A Malaysian case

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feria Wirba Singeh ◽  
A. Abrizah ◽  
Noor Harun Abdul Karim
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Electronic Access ◽  
Set Up

This paper reports on a survey carried out on academics in five Malaysian research-intensive universities, investigating their readiness to self archive in Open Access institutional repositories. The study revolves around the following issues: (a) academics’ awareness of self archiving in an institutional repository within their institution; (b) their perceptions about self archiving scientific information into institutional repositories; (c) their perceptions regarding obligations to self archive in institutional repositories; and (d) the possible reasons that inhibit them in contributing to institutional repositories. The answers were identified from 72 academics through a web-based survey. The study reveals that the majority of academics in this study have no or little knowledge of, or experience with, institutional repositories and are unfamiliar with self-archiving opportunities. However most of them endorse the principle of Open Access and are willing to contribute content to an institutional repository if an opportunity arises or if mandated by their funding institutions. Those who agree to self archiving see it to be beneficial in the author’s life as it enhances visibility and recognition of the author’s work, but the main problem encountered is the fact that researchers feel it is time consuming. The major barrier to self archiving is fear of plagiarism. In light of these results, there is a need to create more awareness and to educate authors on the importance of self archiving. Ensuring free electronic access to public-funded research lies with the funding institutions, especially universities, which should set up appropriate repository infrastructures, advocate the public good and ethical implications of open access and even mandate self-archiving of research they fund.

Resource-sharing through an inter-institutional repository

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Abrizah ◽  
Mohd Hilmi ◽  
Norliya Ahmad Kassim
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Digital Repositories

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to be concerned with the motivations and resistance among an institutional repository (IR) stakeholder – the Library and Information Science (LIS) academicians – with respect to Green Road open access publishing in an inter-institutional repository. Design/methodology/approach – The answers were identified from 47 LIS faculty from three library schools in Malaysia who reported awareness of what an IR is and having had experience in contributing resources to digital repositories. Data were collected using survey and interviews. Findings – The results highlighted the LIS faculty on their motivation to share their intellectual profile, research and teaching resources in an inter-institutional repositories and why the reluctance in contributing. The study reveals that the major motivation to share resources for those practicing self-archiving is related to performance expectancy, social influence, visible and authoritative advantage, career benefit and quality work. The major resistance to share scholarly research output through self-archiving in institutional repositories for those practicing self-archiving is concern on plagiarism, time and effort, technical infrastructure, lack of self-efficacy and insularity. Practical implications – Knowing what conditions predict motivation and resistance to contribute to IRs would allow IR administrators to ensure greater and more effective participation in resource-sharing among LIS academic community. If this resistance is addressed aptly, IRs can be of real benefit to their teaching, scholarship, collaborations, and publishing and to the community that they serve. Originality/value – The first study that has explored the ways LIS academics respond to a situation where knowledge sharing in academe has now been made mandatory through an IR and what makes them resist to do so.

scholarly journals A gestão do conhecimento e o repositório institucional da Universidade Federal do Tocantins

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Francisco Gilson Rebouças Porto Junior ◽  
Edson De Sousa Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

O artigo discute o projeto de criação e implantação do Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Tocantins, RIUFT. O objetivo é agrupar, armazenar, organizar, preservar, recuperar e divulgar a produção científica e acadêmica da UFT com vistas à gestão da informação cientifica, aumentando a visibilidade e o prestígio da instituição em âmbito nacional e internacional. Busca disponibilizar à comunidade universitária um espaço para armazenar e preservar a informação produzida na Instituição e ao mesmo tempo promover a transparência dos gastos públicos e apoio às atividades de pesquisa e criação do conhecimento científico no âmbito da UFT. A implantação do RIUFT será mediante adesão ao edital do Ibict, e será desenvolvido em duas fases: planejamento e implementação. Este estudo aborda também um histórico das ações implantadas pelo Ibict em prol do movimento de acesso livre ao conhecimento científico, bem como uma breve revisão de literatura sobre a sociedade do conhecimento e as tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Como técnica de pesquisa, adotamos uma abordagem qualitativa, utilizando-se de revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa exploratória. O método de coleta de dados adotado foi a partir de informações fornecidas pela universidade e seus programas de pós-graduação. Palavras-chave: Repositório Institucional; Comunicação científica; Acesso aberto. ABSTRACTThe article discusses the project of creation and implementation of the Institutional Repository of the Federal University of Tocantins, RIUFT. The goal is to gather, store, organize, preserve, retrieve and disseminate scientific and academic production of UFT with a view to the management of scientific information, increasing the visibility and prestige of the institution in the national and international levels. Search available to the university community a space to store and preserve the information produced in the institution and at the same time promoting the transparency of public spending and support for research activities and creation of scientific knowledge within the UFT. The implementation of RIUFT is through adherence to Ibict the notice, and will be developed in two phases: planning and implementation. This study also addresses a history of actions implemented by Ibict in favor of open access movement to scientific knowledge as well as a brief literature review of the knowledge society and information and communication technologies. As a research technique, we adopted a qualitative approach, using literature review and exploratory research. The data collection method adopted was based on information provided by the university and its graduate programs. Keywords: Institutional Repository; scientific communication; open access

Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India

2013 ◽  
pp. 219-233
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar Singh ◽  
Jyoti Sharma ◽  
Navneet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Working Status ◽  
Subject Coverage

The purpose of this chapter is to present the development and current situation of Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. This chapter explores the main concepts of open access, institutional repositories, and their needs and benefits. The chapter highlights the current status of Institutional Repositories (IR) in India by its collection type, subject coverage, and present working status of the repositories available to the academic community as open sources. This chapter examines the overall growth of IRs in Asia and enumerates the Institutional Repositories in India. The chapter analyzes the accessible institutional repositories based on the selected study criteria and studies various digital library software used in the development of IRs in India.

Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India

2015 ◽  
pp. 254-268
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar Singh ◽  
Jyoti Sharma ◽  
Navneet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Working Status ◽  
Subject Coverage

The purpose of this chapter is to present the development and current situation of Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. This chapter explores the main concepts of open access, institutional repositories, and their needs and benefits. The chapter highlights the current status of Institutional Repositories (IR) in India by its collection type, subject coverage, and present working status of the repositories available to the academic community as open sources. This chapter examines the overall growth of IRs in Asia and enumerates the Institutional Repositories in India. The chapter analyzes the accessible institutional repositories based on the selected study criteria and studies various digital library software used in the development of IRs in India.

scholarly journals Community Driven Open Science

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Data Repository ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Chemical Database ◽  
Share Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Database Service

>> See video of presentation (23 min.) The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to supporting open science in the UK and at a global level. Our recently launched Chemical Sciences Article Repository provides a subject-specific repository for hosting research outputs, including ‘green’ open access articles from our own authors, and published ‘gold’ articles. We are working with institutional repositories and other publishers to include links to articles on their own sites, ensuring maximum visibility and usage of their own content. Our aim is to ensure compliance with open access mandates is as simple as possible for researchers in the chemical sciences and related disciplines. This complements our Gold for Gold initiative launched in 2012. We plan to expand the Chemical Sciences Repository to include other types of publications, research data and tools. Currently we are building a data repository for the UK academic community as part of our EPSRC funding for hosting the National Chemical Database Service (an EPSRC mid-range facility). This will allow researchers to deposit, access and share data, but allow the flexibility to only share data privately if preferred. Using our expertise from developing ChemSpider, our flagship free chemical database, search functionality and accessibility of the data within the repository will be optimised for the chemical scientist.

User Experience of an Institutional Repository in a Private University in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María Soledad Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Private University ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
User Centered

Technology platforms, as viewed from the perspective of their users, provide new perspectives to discover aspects to enhance its use. The objective of this study is to provide the instruments and indicators that allow us to obtain empirical evidence of the experience of users of an institutional repository through the user-centered design methodology. The guiding question of the study was: How can society measure the experience of users who use an institutional repository? The authors employed a sequential mixed explanatory methodology and user-centered design, with the use of focus groups and surveys, applied to a sample of students and professors. The findings suggest that three key aspects could be considered to promote satisfactory experiences of users in relation to the open educational movement: a) innovation in communication strategies to increase knowledge transfer in an open format, b) the versatility of the technologies and c) establish the normativity and regulation of their use of institutional repositories.

scholarly journals User Experience in Institutional Repositories

2020 ◽  
pp. 423-440
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽  
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Present Article ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The University

Disruptive ideas and innovative business models take shape from observing and investigating the needs and demands of potential users and measuring their success based on the acceptance by users and their satisfaction. In an educational context, a new mission of the university has emerged, supported by the transfer of open access knowledge through Institutional Repositories (IR); it is important to know the motivations and needs of the academic community to promote scientific dissemination using these platforms. The present article uses the method of systematic literature review: using 29 studies from SCOPUS and WoS, involving the topics User-Centered Design (UCD) and repositories. The results show that two of the three UCD phases—evaluation and requirements—are closely linked and are the reiterative focus of UCD; thus, it is desirable to promote the design of custom-made prototypes according to the users' motivations. It is necessary to redefine methodologies for IR development within open-access ecosystems to guide them towards meeting their potential users' needs and motivations.

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