Beyond mandate and repository, toward sustainable faculty self‐archiving

Brand, Amy

doi:10.1087/20120105

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“…Author awareness and willingness to self-archive may not be enough, however; authors' time and attention for self-archiving is limited, and mediated deposit may be necessary to improve archiving rates. Even institutions with successful Open Access policies provide mediation services in some way to place content into their repositories (Brand, 2012). Spezi, Fry, Creaser, Probets, and White (2013) found that 75% of researchers who report that they have archived papers have had their articles placed in a repository by someone else on their behalf.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open Access Status of Nano ELSI Research: Determining Availability of a Core Collection of Research for a Disciplinary Repository

Reznik-Zellen

Adamick

2015

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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IntroductIon The development and maintenance of a disciplinary repository is a high cost, long-term project; therefore, it is important to investigate the feasibility of the proposed resource. This paper explores whether an emerging discipline can support the development of a disciplinary repository by evaluating the availability of scholarship and scholarly communication trends within the nanotechnology and emerging technology ethical, legal, and societal issues research (Nano ELSI) domain. Methods In this study, journal articles produced through Spring 2013 by two large National Science Foundation Centers for Nanotechnology and Society at the University of California Santa Barbara and Arizona State University are evaluated for both potential and actual availability through open access publishing and author self-archiving. results While only 14% of articles in this collection have been published openly in open access or hybrid open access journals, over two thirds (85%) have been published in journals that support author self-archiving of some version of the manuscript in institutional or disciplinary repositories. The actual full-text open availability of 48% of total articles in the set demonstrates that there is a strong inclination among this community to share research products. conclusIon The availability of a core collection of materials and an understanding of scholarly communication conventions within the domain support the development of a centralized resource.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open Access Status of Nano ELSI Research: Determining Availability of a Core Collection of Research for a Disciplinary Repository

Reznik-Zellen

Adamick

2015

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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“…In addition to altruistic reasons for self-archiving, researchers are also driven to make versions of their work freely available for a variety of personal and professional factors. The wider readership enabled by self-archived research may increase a researcher's visibility and, accordingly, lead to greater professional recognition for oneself and one's institution (Harnad, 2003;Creaser et al, 2010;Brand, 2012;Jordan, 2019). For these reasons, Khalil et al (2018) advised authors, even at the beginning stages of article writing, to plan ahead with strategies for increasing the visibility of their published research through online repositories, self-archiving on personal websites, and promotion through ASNs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…After 10 years of the NIH public access policy, O'Hanlon et al ( 2020) interviewed medical fellows who still had concerns about the prestige of OA journals but were generally familiar with and supportive of the NIH public access policy-one respondent described the policy as "just part of the research process for me" (p. 54). Many academic institutions also adopted mandates or policies that required or encouraged their faculty to deposit an OA version of published research in their institutional repositories, although compliance with these mandates and policies varies, especially with other competing options (Creaser, 2010;Brand, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

One Size Does Not Fit All: Self-Archiving Personas Based On Federally Funded Researchers at a Mid-Sized Private Institution

Eastwood

Bowers

Cox

et al. 2023

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION: This mixed-method study analyzes the self-archiving behaviors and underlying motivations of researchers at a Carnegie-Classified Doctoral - High Research Activity (R2) institution with significant increases in research activities. METHODS: A quantitative analysis of data provided by CHORUS, a multi-institutional open access (OA) infrastructure project designed to minimize the administrative costs of complying with federal public access mandates, was followed by semi-structured qualitative interviews with researchers to determine the underlying motivations for self-archiving research papers resulting from federal grant support. RESULTS: Fifty-one authors with federal research funding published seventy-nine journal articles. One-hundred and thirty-nine OA versions of these seventy-nine articles were intentionally made available by researchers across nine types of platforms, including and in addition to those provided by publishers. Interviews with ten investigators revealed motivators such as a dedication to public access to knowledge, learned behaviors in specific disciplines, and enlightened self-interest. Challenges included concern regarding confidentiality, confusion about intellectual property and funder requirements, administrative overhead, and integrity of the scholarly record. DISCUSSION: Despite concerns and a lack of an OA mandate and other drivers more commonly present at larger, more research-intensive universities, several researchers interviewed actively engaged in self-archiving article versions, not always with clear motivations. These findings have implications for both scholarly communications and collection development services. CONCLUSION: These quantitative and qualitative data informed the creation of three distinct personas intended to help librarians at similar universities design services in manners that align with investigator motivations.

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“…30-32, 35-43). Several use cases have been published (Brand, 2012;Jantz & Wilson, 2008) that point to strategies proven to help drive faculty deposit and IR success at the local level. Ferreira, Rodrigues, Baptista, and Saraiva (2008), for instance, provide an extensive use case that emphasizes the need for (1) a comprehensive promotional plan that aims to communicate not directly at the target audience but "flood[s] the surrounding channels that nourish their informational needs";…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries

Atta

Thompson

et al. 2019

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTIONThe rapidly changing scholarly communication ecosystem is placing a growing premium on research data and scholarship that is openly available. It also places a growing pressure on universities and research organizations to expand their publishing infrastructures and related services. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM To embrace the change and meet local demands, University of Houston (UH) Libraries formed a cross-departmental open access implementation team in 2017 to expand our open access repository services to accommodate a broad range of research products beyond electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The result of this effort was the Cougar Research Open Access Repositories (Cougar ROAR), a rebranded and expanded portal to the UH Institutional Repository, and the UH Dataverse, which disseminates the full range of scholarly outputs generated at the University of Houston. This article describes the team's phased activities, including internal preparation, a campus pilot, rebranding, and a robust outreach program. It also details the team's specific tasks, such as building the Cougar ROAR portal, developing ROAR policies and guidelines, enhancing institutional repository functionality, conducting campus promotional activities, and piloting and scaling a campus-wide open access program. NEXT STEPS Based on the pilot project findings and the resulting recommendations, the team outlined key next steps for sustainability of the UH Libraries' open access services: continuation of the campus CV service, establishment of campus-wide OA policy, further promotion of Cougar ROAR and assessment of OA programs and services, and investment in long-term storage and preservation of scholarly output in Cougar ROAR.

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Beyond mandate and repository, toward sustainable faculty self‐archiving

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Open Access Status of Nano ELSI Research: Determining Availability of a Core Collection of Research for a Disciplinary Repository

Open Access Status of Nano ELSI Research: Determining Availability of a Core Collection of Research for a Disciplinary Repository

One Size Does Not Fit All: Self-Archiving Personas Based On Federally Funded Researchers at a Mid-Sized Private Institution

From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries

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