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Open Access The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Suber, Peter. 2012. Open access. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. [Updates and Supplements: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/ Open_Access_(the_book)] Published Version http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/open-access Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10752204 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA OPEN ACCESS The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series Information and the Modern Corporation, James Cortada Intellectual Property Strategy, John Palfrey Open Access, Peter Suber OPEN ACCESS PETER SUBER TheMIT Press | Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England © 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology This work is licensed under the Creative Commons licenses noted below. To view a copy of these licenses, visit creativecommons.org. Other than as provided by these licenses, no part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or displayed by any electronic or mechanical means without permission from the publisher or as permitted by law. This book incorporates certain materials previously published under a CC-BY license and copyright in those underlying materials is owned by SPARC. Those materials remain under the CC-BY license. Effective June 15, 2013, this book will be subject to a CC-BY-NC license. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. -
Making Institutional Repositories Work “Making Institutional Repositories Work Sums It up Very Well
Making Institutional Repositories Work “Making Institutional Repositories Work sums it up very well. This book, the first of its kind, explains how IRs work and how to get the greatest re- sults from them. As many of us know, numerous IRs launched with high hopes have in fact languished with lackluster results. Faculty have little in- terest, and administrators see little promise. But the many chapter authors of this very well edited book have made their IRs successful, and here they share their techniques and successes. This is a necessary book for anyone contemplating starting an IR or looking to resurrect a moribund one.” — Richard W. Clement Dean, College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences University of New Mexico “This volume presents an interesting cross-section of approaches to in- stitutional repositories in the United States. Just about every view and its opposite makes an appearance. Readers will be able to draw their own con- clusions, depending on what they see as the primary purpose of IRs.” — Stevan Harnad Professor, University of Québec at Montréal & University of Southampton “Approaching this volume as one of ‘those of us who have been furiously working to cultivate thriving repositories,’ I am very excited about what this text represents. It is a broad compilation featuring the best and brightest writing on all the topics I’ve struggled to understand around re- positories, and it also marks a point when repository management and de- velopment is looking more and more like a core piece of research library work. Callicott, Scherer, and Wesolek have pulled together all the things I wished I’d been able to read in my first year as a scholarly communication librarian. -
IRUS-UK: Standardised Institutional Repository Usage Statistics
IRUS-UK: standardised institutional repository usage statistics Paul Needham, IRUS-UK and COUNTER Two Approaches for Accurately Counting IR Usage: RAMP and IRUS-UK CARL and COAR Webinar Tuesday, October 3, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET (19:00-20:00 CEST) Who is responsible for IRUS-UK? • Funded by Jisc • Team Members: – Jisc – Service Management & Host – Cranfield University – Service Development & Maintenance – Evidence Base, Birmingham City University – User Engagement & Evaluation Bringing together key repository services to deliver a connected national infrastructure to support OA What is IRUS-UK? A national aggregation service for UK Institutional Repository Usage Statistics: • Collects raw download data from UK IRs for *all item types* within repositories • Processes raw data into COUNTER-conformant statistics - so produced on the same basis as ‘traditional’ scholarly publishers About COUNTER • Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources – an international initiative serving librarians, publishers and intermediaries – setting standards that facilitate the recording and reporting of online usage statistics – consistent, credible and comparable • COUNTER Codes of Practice: – Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for e-Resources • Books, databases , journals and multimedia content – Release 1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Articles • Journal articles • The Codes specify: – How raw data should be processed into statistics – How statistics reports should be formatted and delivered The Tracker Protocol • To enable repositories -
Eprints Institutional Repository Software: a Review
Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, vol. 5, no. 2 (2010) Eprints Institutional Repository Software: A Review Mike Beazley Academic librarian Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University [email protected] Keywords Institutional Repository, Eprints, Review, Software, Open-Source Abstract Setting up an institutional repository (IR) can be a daunting task. There are many software packages out there, some commercial, some open source, all of which offer different features and functionality. This article will provide some thoughts about one of these software packages: Eprints. Eprints is open-source, and the software is easy to modify. This presents clear advantages for institutions will smaller budgets and that have programmers on staff. Installation and initial configuration are straightforward and once the IR is up and running, users can easily upload documents by filling out a simple web form. Eprints is an excellent choice for any institution looking to get an IR up and running quickly and easily, although it is less clear that an institution with an existing IR based on another software package should migrate to Eprints. Introduction Setting up an institutional repository (IR) can be a daunting task. There are many software packages out there, some commercial, some open source, all of which offer different features and functionality. This article will provide some thoughts about one of these software packages: Eprints. Eprints was one of the first IR software packages to appear and has been available for 10 years. It is under continual development by its creators at the University of Southampton and the current version is v3.2.3. -
Institutional Repository: a Road Map to Open Access and Resources Sharing in Nigeria (Issues and Challenges)
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 6, Issue 1, January-2015 598 ISSN 2229-5518 Institutional Repository: A Road Map to Open Access and Resources Sharing in Nigeria (Issues and Challenges) Sani Murtala Ridwan Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna-Nigeria Contact: [email protected] Phone no. +2348068877574 +201116942299 Abstract- Nigeria with higher number of universities and research institutions compared to any other country in sub-Saharan Africa produce large volume of research outputs that are of paramount value to scholarly. Institutional repositories are contemporary services academic research institutions render to its community members in the form of managing and disseminating of their intellectual works through a digital medium, open access IR have been found to play an important role in the preservation and dissemination of institutional research outputs which will in turn become a constituent part of a global research outputs especially in Nigeria with that higher number of universities and research institutions. This paper highlighted the conceptual framework of institutional repository, definitions, benefit, institutional repository software systems, open access institutional repository in Nigeria, resource sharing and some the challenges in Nigerian institutions. Keywords- Institutional Repository, Open Access, Resources Sharing, Issues, Challenges —————————— —————————— 1 INTRODUCTION Institutional repositories are been established in academic libraries. University based institutional repositories manage, disseminate and preserve where appropriate, digital materials created by the institution and its community members. They also organize and access these materials, (Lynch 2003). The growth of open access institutional digital repositories has been very remarkable in developed countries as well as some developing countries like Brazil, India and South Africa (Christian, 2008). -
The Recent Italian Regulations About the Open-Access Availability of Publicly Funded Research Publications, and the Documentation Landscape in Astrophysics
The recent Italian regulations about the open-access availability of publicly funded research publications, and the documentation landscape in astrophysics Monica Marra 1 1INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica), Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, I – 40127 Bologna, Italy; email: [email protected] Abstract . In October 2013 Italy enacted Law n.112/2013, containing the first national regulations about the open-access availability of publicly-funded research results (publications). The impact of these new regulations with the specific situation of that open-access pioneering discipline which is astrophysics, has been considered. Under a strictly technical point of view, in the light of the new dispositions the open nature of a part of the astrophysical scholarly literature which has been made available online free to the reader during the last twenty years, might be questionable. In astrophysics, most of the journal articles are published by a very small number of scientific societies and organizations. The copyright policies of these major publishing bodies have been collected and analyzed, with regard to the main requirements of the Italian law about open access. Most of these policies are sufficiently liberal for an entirely compliant open access to be provided and scientists would benefit from knowing these details more extensively. Some possible ways to make astrophysicists’ scholarly dissemination entirely compliant with the Italian law requirements are considered. On October 7th, 2013 Italy achieved an important attainment enacting Law n.112/2013, which is the first national law concerning open access. The law – which in fact pertains to a number of issues related to cultural heritage - had initially been approved in a different formulation (Decreto-Legge n.91 dated August 8th, 2013). -
5 Facts About Open Access Publishing" (2019) by Eleta Exline Is Licensed Under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License
Facts about Open Access 5 Publishing 31% of journal articles are OA A 2019 study finds that 31% of journal articles are available Open Access (OA) and that those articles attract more than half of article viewership. The 1 researchers estimate that by 2025, 44% of journal articles will be OA and will account for 70% of article viewership. (Piwowar, Priem, & Orr, 2019) OA authors keep their copyrights Authors publishing through traditional subscription journals typically are required to transfer their copyrights to the publisher, and in the process give up their right to reuse the content. Those publishing 2 in OA journals keep their copyrights and only license the content to the publisher for distribution. The average APC is about $900 As of 2019, 37% of OA journals listed in the DOAJ require an article processing charge (APC). Recent research finds that APCs range from $8 to $3900, with OA journals published through universities on 3 the low end and commercially published journals with a mix of open and subscription content on the high end. (Björk & Solomon, 2014) OA journals are peer-reviewed Of the more than 16,000 scholarly and academic journals listed in Ulrichsweb, 54% of all journals and 86% of Open Access journals are peer-reviewed. Of the 13,829 journals listed in the DOAJ, 98% are 4 peer-reviewed. (October 2019) Repositories provide OA options Of publishers found on the SHERPA-RoMEO website, 80% allow authors to "self-archive" a version of their article in an institutional or disciplinary repository, 5 providing Open Access to the content. -
The Role of Institutional Repositories in Addressing Higher Education Challenges
The Role of Institutional Repositories in addressing Higher Education Challenges Farhana Sarker, Hugh Davis, Thanassis Tiropanis Learning Societies Lab, School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom {fs5g09, hcd, tt2}@ecs.soton.ac.uk Abstract. Over the last decade, Higher Education around the world is facing a number of challenges. Challenges such as adopting new technologies, improving the quality of learning and teaching, widening participation, student retention, curriculum design/alignment, student employability, funding and the necessity to improve governance are considered particularly in many literature. To effectively operate and to survive in this globalization era, Higher Education institutions need to respond those challenges in an efficient way. This paper proposes ways in which institutional data repositories can be utilized to address the challenges found in different literature. Also we discuss which repositories can be shared across the institutions and which need not to be shared in order to address those challenges. Finally the paper discusses the barriers to sharing Higher Education repositories and how those barriers can be addressed. Keywords: Higher Education Institutions, Higher Education Challenges, Institution Repositories. Introduction Higher education (HE) institutions are large, complex, adaptive social systems like all other human organizations. Over the last decade, higher education (HE) around the world is facing a number of challenges. In recent -
Institutional Repositories Adoption and Use in Selected Tanzanian Higher Learning Institutions Israel Malweta Nunda and Emmanuel
Institutional repositories adoption and use in selected Tanzanian higher learning institutions Israel Malweta Nunda and Emmanuel Frank Elia University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ABSTRACT The study explored the adoption and use of institutional repositories among postgraduate students in Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and Sokoine University of Agriculture. This study applied a mixed methods descriptive research design employing qualitative and quantitative methods. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents. Simple random sampling was used to select 55 respondents. Key findings showed 48 (87.3%) respondents were aware of institutional repositories. However, 21(38.2%) were only moderately aware. Findings indicate low awareness of institutional repository services among respondents. Results also showed 43 (78.2%) respondents use institutional repositories. Nonetheless, interview findings indicate low adoption rate of institutional repositories among students. Visibility and information sharing were factors which mostly influence students to use institutional repositories. Findings further showed library staff and lecturers are sources of awareness and the pulling factors in adoption and use of institutional repositories. The study concludes that information literacy (IL) training is crucial in promoting adoption and usage of institutional repositories. The study recommends academic libraries to establish embedded IL programs to increase adoption and usage. The study also suggests improving the quality of resources in the institutional repositories to reflect students' needs. Keywords: academic libraries; adoption; digital repository; institutional repository; open access; scholarly communication; Tanzania; higher learning institutions. INTRODUCTION An institutional repository is an electronic store of web based scholarly digital documents owned by the institution (Mgonzo and Yonah 2014). -
INTRODUCTION in a Global Environment of Rapid Technological Change, a Traditional Model of Scholarly Research Remains at the Core of the University Enterprise
Roles of engagement: Evaluating the institutional repository through scholarly communication research Rebecca Goldman Jay Bhatt Robert Sieczkiewicz Drexel University Libraries Drexel University Libraries Drexel University Libraries 3300 Market Street 3300 Market Street 3300 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA USA USA 1-215-895-1853 1-215-895-1873 1-215-895-1757 RebeccaGoldman [email protected] [email protected] @drexel.edu ABSTRACT The Drexel E-Repository and Archives (iDEA) is an institutional repository (IR) designed to capture and permanently store the scholarly output of Drexel University. Like many IRs, iDEA suffers from a lack of awareness by the Drexel community, and deposit rates are low. In order to make iDEA more relevant to the Drexel community, our study investigates existing research practices at the University. Over 100 faculty and graduate students responded to a survey about scholarly communication, defined as how scholars use and disseminate information through formal and informal channels. Survey responses revealed a wide variety of methods of sharing research and keeping up with the research of others, as well as a general lack of awareness about open access and institutional repositories. We then conducted in-depth interviews with a subset of these researchers in order to explore their scholarly communication practices in more detail, to explain iDEA's function, and to generate ideas for improving iDEA's content and services. Researchers’ responses suggest new functions for iDEA as a tool for collaborative and interdisciplinary research, and new ways for librarians and archivists to support research processes at the University. Keywords data libraries, grey literature, institutional repositories, open access publishing, scholarly electronic publishing, scholarly publishing 1. -
Faculty Self-Archiving Stephanie Davis-Kahl
Illinois Wesleyan University From the SelectedWorks of Stephanie Davis-Kahl 2016 Faculty Self-Archiving Stephanie Davis-Kahl Available at: https://works.bepress.com/stephanie_davis_kahl/48/ Faculty Self-Archiving By Stephanie Davis-Kahl Introduction This chapter seeks to explore faculty practices – both engagement in and resistance to – self-archiving journal articles in institutional repositories. The view is intentionally broad; examples from different types of institutions across the globe are included, as well as from a variety of disciplines. Though this chapter focuses on what has been reported in the peer- reviewed literature, there are some highly relevant conference papers and reports that are included. This chapter seeks to help us understand and strategize around non-archiving by faculty, addressing the following questions: 1) What are the major themes and patterns seen in the literature discussing faculty practices of green archiving? 2) What are the differences between disciplines, in terms of embracing open access and self-archiving? 3) What are the future directions for examining faculty and self-archiving practices and adoption of open access in general? Librarians have been working to highlight and showcase faculty research through a variety of means: faculty publication databases (Schwartz & Stoffel, 2008; Armstrong & Stringfellow, 2012; Tabaei et al., 2014; Vieira et al., 2014); annual scholarship celebrations, collections of faculty monographs, etc., so the repository is a natural step forward in providing enhanced access to faculty work for both university communities and the public. Green archiving of faculty articles in institutional repositories has been a standard practice to engage faculty in This chapter was published in Making Institutional Repositories Work (Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences), Burton B. -
10 Questions About Open Access to Increase Visibility and Use Of
10 questions about open access to increase visibility and use of Southern Titulo perspectives for addressing global challenges CLACSO, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - Autor/a; CODESRIA - Autor(es) Autor/a; IDEAs - Autor/a; En: CLACSO-CODESRIA-IDEAs South-South Comparative Research Workshop. En: Dakar, Senegal, 24-25 July 2014 and Bangkok, Thailand, 3-8 November 2014. Buenos Aires Lugar CLACSO Editorial/Editor 2014 Fecha Colección Acceso abierto; Repositorios digitales; Revistas académicas; Publicaciones; Temas Ponencias Tipo de documento "http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/clacso/biblioteca/20170719035750/10Questions.pdf" URL Reconocimiento-No Comercial-Sin Derivadas CC BY-NC-ND Licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.es Segui buscando en la Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de CLACSO http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) Conselho Latino-americano de Ciências Sociais (CLACSO) Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) www.clacso.edu.ar 10 questions about open access to increase visibility and use of Southern perspectives for addressing global challenges South-South comparative research workshops • Dakar, Senegal, 24-25 July 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand, 3-8 November 2014 1. What is open access? Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions Peter Suber “Open Access” MIT Press 2012 https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262517638_Open_Access_PDF_Version.pdf 2. Where to search and publish open access scholarly resources In open access digital In open access journals repositories scholarly journals that are – institutional repository: online available online to the reader archive for collecting, preserving, without financial, legal, or and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an technical barriers other than institution, particularly a research those inseparable from gaining institution access to the internet itself.