Indian institutional repositories: a study of user's perspective

Sawant, Sarika

doi:10.1108/00330331211204584

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“…It needs creative intervention from the authorities. In contrast to previous studies in India and abroad 20,24,39,26 , which pointed out preservation as one of the leading advantages of an IR, accessibility of work was highlighted by the majority of faculty members in CUSAT. Dissemination and preservation are the primary goals of an IR.…”

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Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology India a Case Study

Shajitha

Majeed

2019

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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Explores the perceptions of faculty members towards Institutional Repository (named as Dyuthi) of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. It also discussed the content recruitment nature of faculty members in an institutional repository (IR). In order to carry out the study, a voluntary survey was conducted among faculty members. They showed high awareness and satisfaction about IR, and the highly significant relationship was observed between awareness and satisfaction. However, their self-archiving practice in Dyuthi was low, and they were not at all unfamiliar with the self-archiving practice outside Dyuthi. Faculty members tended to adopt a traditional preservation strategy to store their works, and they have supported the framing of a policy to deposit their scientific works in IR. This study concludes that to achieve the content growth, self-archiving must be encouraged, and faculty members are capable of self-archiving in IR. Dyuthi could elevate itself as a social medium by implementing the facilities such as commenting add-ons, request full-text copy add-ons, controlled vocabulary add-ons, the web of communication add-ons, restricted access, and storage facility similar to Google drive. Dyuthi’s workflow should also be altered by giving more importance to preservation.

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“…Sawant 24 found that the majority of users were aware of IRs and were willing to contribute to IR. However, their self-archiving experience in IR was low.…”

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Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology India a Case Study

Shajitha

Majeed

2019

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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“…These include overviews (Bluh and Hepfer, 2013;Buehler, 2013), as well as case studies of individual institutions' experience, such as Imperial College London (Afshari and Jones, 2013), Ljubljana (Koler-Povh et al, 2014), Ohio SU (Connell, 2011) and Rochester (Bell and Sarr, 2010). There are also numerous country-specific studies, including Bangladesh (Hossam Haider Chowdhury et al, 2011;Islam and Akter, 2013;Mukhlesur Rahman and Mezbah-ul-Islam, 2014), India (Balaji Babu et al, 2012;Sawant, 2011Sawant, , 2012, Indonesia (Farida et al, 2015), Korea (Shin, 2010), Nigeria (Igwe, 2014), Spain (Rodríguez-Armentia and Amat, 2010), Thailand (Wipawin and Wanna, 2014), Sweden (Andersson and Svensson, 2013), USA (Nykanen, 2011covering small institutions) and Zimbabwe (Nyambi and Maynard, 2012). In addition, there are a number of regional studies, including the Arabian Gulf (Sajjad Ahmed and Al-Baridi, 2012), Europe (Peters and Lossau, 2011), Asia (Abrizah et al, 2010;Nazim and Mukherjee, 2011), and developing countries ( Jain, 2011).…”

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“…Countries occurring in the VOSviewer analysis include Australia, China, Germany and India as well as the USA and it is apparent that approaches to OA policy and take-up have varied across these and other countries. The OA literature includes a large number of country-specific studies, including those from China (Cheng et al, 2012;Hu et al, 2013;Shao et al, 2013;Zhao and Wu, 2014) and India (Balaji Babu et al, 2012;Gutam et al, 2010;Mukherjee, 2014;Sahu and Arya, 2013;Sawant, 2011Sawant, , 2012Sawant, , 2013 providing studies of research attitudes and overviews of service implementations. It is interesting that these BRIC countries are particularly covered in the literature on OA since they are making an increasingly important contribution to academic research and communication in general (Elsevier, 2013).…”

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Making Open Access work

Pinfield

2015

Online Information Review

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Purpose: This paper is designed to provide an overview of one of the most important and controversial areas of scholarly communication: open-access publishing and dissemination of research outputs. It identifies and discusses recent trends and future challenges for various stakeholders in delivering open access (OA) to the scholarly literature.Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a number of inter-related strands of evidence which make up the current discourse on open access, comprising the peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and other forms of communication (including blogs and email discussion lists). It uses a large-scale textual analysis of the peer-reviewed literature since 2010 (carried out using the VOSviewer tool) as a basis for discussion of issues raised in the OA discourse.Findings: A number of key themes are identified, including the relationship between G OA (deposit in repositories) and G OA (OA journal publication), the developing evidence base associated with OA, researcher attitudes and behaviours, policy directions, management of repositories, development of journals, institutional responses, and issues around impact and scholarly communication futures. It suggests that current challenges now focus on how OA can be made to work in practice, having moved on from the discussion of whether it should happen at all. Originality/value: The paper provides a structured evidence-based review of major issues in the OA field, and suggests key areas for future research and policy development.

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“…Reasons for setting up repositories vary from one institution of higher learning to another and that wide range of projected benefits has been suggested (Sawant, 2012). Academic libraries benefit from being involved in IR initiatives, and there are implications for scholarly communication.…”

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Practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi

2015

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Purpose – This paper aims to assess practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi and provide useful guidelines to the issues and lessons learned to the other practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – The study used cross-sectional descriptive survey design to gather and analyze data that was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. In addition, questionnaires, interview schedule and observation guide were utilized to collect data from the respondents. Findings – First, the study established that the IR has not been well integrated into mainstream information services of the library. Second, there is lack of awareness on the use of IR as an information resource on the part of students and staff. Third, there is need to integrate different forms of information into the IR including graphics, video and sound to carter for the whole population of users even those with disabilities. Finally, there is need for aggressive or serious rebranding, marketing and promotion of the IR. Research limitations/implications – IRs are vital sources of information that are increasingly being integrated and utilized in African higher education. Discussion of the University of Nairobi as a case study provides practical lessons, implications and home grown solutions for other institutions of higher learning in the African context. Practical implications – IR is not only contemporary or emerging source of knowledge, information and communication but also fundamental or basic in institutions of higher learning. Consequently, IR provides excellent opportunities for universities to expand knowledge beyond internal and external learning environments. Social implications – Being fundamental sources of knowledge, IRs provide and support teaching, learning, research activities, scholarly communications and community services in universities and the society at large. As information and communication hubs, IRs have reinvented the image and role of universities as sources of knowledge in the society. Originality/value – Universities need to embrace IRs as vital and valid sources of knowledge and learning. Developing IRs without aggressive rebranding, marketing and promotional strategies is not enough for universities, associated institutions plus the information staff, but with prove that the resources are being utilized to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

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Indian institutional repositories: a study of user's perspective

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology India a Case Study

Faculty Perceptions towards Institutional Repository at Cochin University of Science and Technology India a Case Study

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Practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi

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