Exploring research data in Indian institutional repositories

Bhat, Mohammad Hanief

doi:10.1108/prog-07-2012-0036

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“…The situation they reported has affected the amount of theses document available in IR from Asia and therefore called for a national policy and promotional activities to enhance the content of IR from Asia. This finding is supported by Bhat (2014) who revealed that IRs in India, do not contain huge collection. Also in a 2006 study by Shearer, it was reported that the growth rates of IRs in Canadian universities are not rapid as some institutions recorded as low as 30 records.…”

Section: Challenges With Managing Institutional Repositoriessupporting

confidence: 56%

“…This is shown in Table IV. The list of documents digitized is similar to that of other countries as revealed in the works of Ahmed et al (2014), Bhat (2014) and Shearer (2006).…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…In the research of Dlamini and Snyman (2017) only three IRs were found from Ghana. Coupled with this, the academic institutions in developing countries that have attempted establishing IRs are faced with a number of challenges that hinder their ability to populate their IRs with content (Bhat, 2014).…”

Section: Statement Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The contents of IRs are mixture of documents including research papers, conference papers, books/book chapters, technical/project reports, preprints/working papers, patents, teaching resources, theses, annual reports, images, editorials, short communications, data sets, newspaper clippings, videos, monographs, brochures, convocation addresses, interviews, bibliographic records among others (Ahmed et al , 2014; Bhat, 2014; Shearer, 2006).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digitizing the intellectual output of Ghanaian universities

Dzandza

2019

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Purpose With the emergence of ranking of universities by organizations, one major factor considered in the rankings is the intellectual output of the universities. For universities to remain part of the global academic competitive society, intellectual output of universities can no longer be stored on shelves in libraries. Academic libraries have engaged in digitization of the intellectual works of their institutions which is a core mandate of any academic library. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the state of digitization initiatives among university libraries in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was adopted. Nine top universities in Ghana were selected to participate in this study. Interviews were conducted with heads of libraries. Findings The findings of the study revealed that seven out of the nine libraries studied have embarked on some sort of digitization initiative, and all libraries studied are using the same digital asset management system (Dspace). Major challenges reported by the participants that are common to all the libraries studied are lack of adequate and modern equipment, lack of trained personnel and lack of cooperation from faculty members. Originality/value This study brought fore the initiatives undertaken by academic libraries in Ghana to establish and maintain institutional repositories (IRs) amidst a number of challenges. It is a major contribution to the literature from West Africa as not much literature on IR is found from this part of the world.

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Section: Challenges With Managing Institutional Repositoriessupporting

confidence: 56%

“…This is shown in Table IV. The list of documents digitized is similar to that of other countries as revealed in the works of Ahmed et al (2014), Bhat (2014) and Shearer (2006).…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Statement Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digitizing the intellectual output of Ghanaian universities

Dzandza

2019

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“…IR of IIT Bombay had provided the features like publishers copyright policy, RSS feeds and help for submission. Hanief Bhat (2014) analysed different type of items available in Indian IRs in 2012, and also found that journal article was the main content. However, the representation of preprints/working papers, teaching resources and patents were very low.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Content growth of institutional repositories in South India: a status report

Shajitha

Majeed

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the content growth of institutional repositories (IR) in South India and analyse the type-wise growth of items available in these IRs and also discuss the traits and trends exposed by them. Design/methodology/approach With the help of Registry of Open Access Repositories and Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR), 39 repositories were located in south India. From these, Personal websites, the IRs that are currently not working and the repositories used for journal archiving were excluded. A total of 22 operational IRs at 21 institutions were identified for the study. Within a 15 month period, the data were collected from the 22 IRs twice for monitoring content growth. Findings The content of nearly all IRs have grown over the 15 month period, and the overall content growth rate was 7.82 per cent. Journal articles were the important content type of IRs, while thesis and conference papers were the next common. Moreover, item monographs exhibited the highest growth rate. Other categories, conference proceedings, and conference papers also exhibited a high growth rate. The present study revealed that Indian repositories were actively engaged in data curation activities, depositing a wide variety of items in their respective IRs. Overall, South Indian repositories exhibited a slow growth rate and tended to become inactive. Most South Indian Universities had not constituted the IRs, which led to the dominance of English language material in these IRs. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted only in South Indian IRs. Originality/value This is the first study in India, attempting to determine the type-wise growth of items in IRs.

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Scholarly communication through institutional repositories: proposing a practical model

Nemati-Anaraki

Tavassoli-Farahi

2018

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Purpose -Recognizing that the nature of research and scholarly communication is changing rapidly, an institutional repository (IR) is a tool for collecting, storing, accessing and disseminating scholarly communication within and without the institutions. The primary reason for establishing an IR is to increase the visibility of the institution's research output by making it an open access with regard to copyright issues. This paper aims to propose a conceptualmodel for scholarly communication through IRs to provide an opportunity to integrate and facilitate knowledge sharing so as to enrich knowledge content and enhance global access. Design/methodology/approach -This paper proceeds in three phases. In the first phase, the published literature on IRs and scholarly communication has been reviewed critically considering their empirical applications. Next, based on the understanding gained from the previous stage, a conceptual model for scholarly communication through IRs has been proposed. In the third phase, the proposed model has been developed and finalized toward its maturity. Findings -Based on the literature, the authors have developed a conceptual model for understanding the factors that characterize not only the design but also the development of IRs practically. An IR appears theoretically sound, but it is a difficult task in practice because of some complexities. This paper attempts to set a theoretical model for IRs as a foundation to address the gap in the current literature for researchers, experts and librarians who create, maintain and use IRs, though it does not claim to be comprehensive. Originality/value -A few attempts have been made to investigate scholarly communication through IRs, but this is the one of its first kind that provides a theoretical model for it. It serves as a useful starting point for those interested in knowledge management and IRs.

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Exploring research data in Indian institutional repositories

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Digitizing the intellectual output of Ghanaian universities

Digitizing the intellectual output of Ghanaian universities

Content growth of institutional repositories in South India: a status report

Scholarly communication through institutional repositories: proposing a practical model

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