Open Access Initiatives and Institutional Repositories

2015 ◽  
pp. 208-228
Author(s):  
Naseehath S.
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Characteristic Features

This chapter gives an over view of Open access initiatives and institutional repositories. It emphasizes the emergence and development of open access initiatives from various international declarations up to its present stage. Definitions, types, characteristic features and impact of open access on various sectors are discussed. Open access initiatives in India are briefly included. DOAJ and other global organizations are taken in to discussion with their recent events. Objectives of Institutional repositories are given with an emphasis on institutional repositories in India. It throws light on DOAR and ROAR. Types of institutional repositories and softwares used to create them are also discussed. Earlier and latest institutional repositories in India are listed in tables. Major Indian institutional repositories with their software used are also in the table form. Role of librarians and libraries on open access and institutional repositories are also included followed by a conclusion for the whole chapter.

scholarly journals The Critical Role of Institutional Services in Open Access Advocacy

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Neugebauer ◽  
Annie Murray
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Time Commitment ◽  
Institutional Services ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
User Friendly

This paper examines the development of the Open Access movement in scholarly communication, with particular attention to some of the rhetorical strategies and policy mechanisms used to promote it to scholars and scientists. Despite the majority of journal publishers’ acceptance of author self-archiving practices, and the minimal time commitment required by authors to successfully self-archive their work in disciplinary or institutional repositories, the majority of authors still by and large avoid participation. The paper reviews the strategies and arguments used for increasing author participation in open access, including the role of open access mandates. We recommend a service-oriented approach towards increasing participation in open access, rather than rhetoric that speculates on the benefits that open access will have on text/data mining innovation. In advocating for open access participation, we recommend focusing on its most universal and tangible purpose: increasing public open (gratis) access to the published results of publicly funded research. Researchers require strong institutional support to understand the copyright climate of open access self-archiving, user-friendly interfaces and useful metrics, such as repository usage statistics. We recommend that mandates and well-crafted and responsive author support services at universities will ultimately be required to ensure the growth of open access. We describe the mediated deposit service that was developed to support author self-archiving in Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository. By comparing the number of deposits of non-thesis materials (e.g. articles and conference presentations) that were accomplished through the staff-mediated deposit service to the number of deposits that were author-initiated, we demonstrate the relative significance of this service to the growth of the repository.

Institutional Repositories in Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-173
Author(s):  
Felicia O. Yusuf ◽  
Goodluck Ifijeh ◽  
Sola Owolabi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Information And Communication

The emergence of open access has opened a world of opportunities for academic and research institutions. One of such opportunities is the establishment of institutional repositories (IRs). This chapter examined the emergence and creation of IRs and trends in Africa. It noted that the development of IRs in most African countries is still at the infancy stage. The chapter highlighted the important role of libraries in the management of IRs. The Chapter also identified and discussed important issues and challenges of IRs in Africa. The identified challenges include lack of awareness, lack of required funding to establish and manage IRs, lack of Information and communication technology infrastructure, among others. It concluded that the establishment of IRs is a compulsory venture for institutions of higher learning in Africa.

Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 454-472
Author(s):  
Mass Tapfuma ◽  
Ruth Hoskins
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Conceptual Overview

Much research has been done on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) at African universities but the results are inaccessible as they remain scattered all over in researchers' offices, yet IK plays a significant role in Africa's development. Universities are better placed to consolidate, preserve, disseminate and facilitate easy access to such knowledge. This chapter explores the role that can be played by Institutional Repositories (IRs) in fulfilling this goal. Literature was reviewed to provide a conceptual overview of the role of IRs, to establish the challenges faced by universities in enabling access to IK in institutional repositories and explore strategies that can be employed to promote their use. The findings revealed that academics have not fully embraced the IR technologies; therefore, librarians struggle to secure content for their IRs. It is recommended that rigorous awareness campaigns on open access and IRs be done by librarians to obtain stakeholder buy-in.

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 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.

Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa

2017 ◽  
pp. 248-266
Author(s):  
Mass Tapfuma ◽  
Ruth Hoskins
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Conceptual Overview

Much research has been done on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) at African universities but the results are inaccessible as they remain scattered all over in researchers' offices, yet IK plays a significant role in Africa's development. Universities are better placed to consolidate, preserve, disseminate and facilitate easy access to such knowledge. This chapter explores the role that can be played by Institutional Repositories (IRs) in fulfilling this goal. Literature was reviewed to provide a conceptual overview of the role of IRs, to establish the challenges faced by universities in enabling access to IK in institutional repositories and explore strategies that can be employed to promote their use. The findings revealed that academics have not fully embraced the IR technologies; therefore, librarians struggle to secure content for their IRs. It is recommended that rigorous awareness campaigns on open access and IRs be done by librarians to obtain stakeholder buy-in.

scholarly journals Institutional Repository Sebagai Sarana Komunikasi Ilmiah Yang Sustainable Dan Reliable

Pustakaloka ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizuddin Harliansyah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
The World

<p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong><strong><em>; </em></strong><em>Institutional repositories development has drawn the attention of many scholars throughout the world. Using the keywords ‘institutional repositories’, there are over 300 peer-reviewed articles related on the topic has been indexed in Library, Information Science, &amp; Technology Abstracts (LISTA) and SCOPUS. There are also hundreds of theses, dissertations, and websites dedicated on this blooming trends. These are proofs that the importance of IR in higher education has been acknowledged by many professionals in the field. T</em><em>his paper aims at clarifying the role of repositories in strengthening scholarly communication in higher education and research institution and explaining some basic repositories concepts (types of repositories and their characteristics), as well as exploring its relations with open access movement, the development ideas, and resources that could be kept in repositories and deposit policies.</em></p><p><strong>Abstrak;</strong> Pengembangan <em>institutional repositories</em> telah banyak menyita perhatian dari kalangan ilmiah di seluruh dunia. Melalui kata kunci <em>‘institutional repositories’</em>, ada lebih dari 300 artikel terulas mitra bestari yang berhubungan dengan topik ini, yang telah terindeks di <em>Library, Information Science, &amp; Technology Abstracts (LISTA)</em><em>, </em>dan <em>SCOPUS</em>. Terdapat juga ratusan tesis, disertasi, dan <em>website</em> yang mengulas <em>trend</em> ini. Inilah bukti bahwa pentingnya <em>institutional repositories (IR)</em> telah dipahami oleh para profesional di bidangnya. Tulisan ini akan menjelaskan aturan-aturan <em>repository</em> dalam memperkuat komunikasi ilmiah di perguruan tinggi dan lembaga riset, menjelaskan konsep-konsep dasar <em>repositories</em>, termasuk tipe-tipe <em>repository</em> dan karakteristiknya. Tulisan ini juga akan memperdalam konsep <em>repositories</em> dalam hubungannya dengan gerakan <em>open access</em>, pengembangan ide-ide, sumber-sumber ilmiah yang dapat disimpan di <em>repositories</em>, serta kebijakan penyimpanan di dalamnya.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Digital Bibliography and Global Shakespeare

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Estill
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Scholarly Collaboration ◽  
Digital Nature

Although there is currently “much ado about” global Shakespeare studies, this field has been thriving for decades – even centuries. This article outlines the role of the World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (WSB Online) in the past and future of global Shakespeare studies, exploring how digital scholarly practices, including open access periodicals and institutional repositories, are changing the bibliography’s workflow and presentation of materials. Ultimately, the digital nature of the World Shakespeare Bibliography further opens the door to global Shakespeare studies and participates in recovering early research in the field. The WSB is the result of global scholarly collaboration; it is itself an early global Shakespeare studies project that works to foster further scholarship in the field.

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF HEALTH CARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
M. Uteshev ◽  
◽  
M. Djurabaeva ◽  
Kh. Mukhammedov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Integrated Approaches ◽  
Characteristic Features

The work is devoted to an overview of the modern tuberculosis epidemic’s characteristic features, expanding care, strengthening prevention and intensifying research, and solving social, medical and psychological factors that require innovative, multi-sectoral and integrated approaches.

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