The culture of open access: researchers’ views and responses

Swan, Alma

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“…The period 1997The period -1998 in particular could well be designated as a "sea change" as forward-thinking individuals predicted the coming transformation of traditional methods of searching, accessing, and retrieving scientific information (Holoviak and Seitter, 1997;Morton, 1997;Resh, 1998). Swan (2006) describes open access as emerging from a long history of scholarly communication, which has always been closely tied to changes in technology and economics. It is generally assumed that most scholars typically select journal articles, monographs and conference papers as references.…”

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Culture of open access in the University of Kashmir: a researcher's viewpoint

2010

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Purpose -A survey of University of Kashmir scholars was undertaken in 2008 to ascertain their experience, attitudes and perceptions about the open access (OA) movement. The purpose of this paper is to report the survey's findings. Design/methodology/approach -The study was based on data collected from scholars belonging to the Science and Social Science faculties at the University of Kashmir. A pre-defined, closed-ended, 14-item questionnaire was distributed among 84 research scholars. The selection of scholars was based on stratified disproportionate sampling in which the sample size for the departments of both faculties was confined to four scholars, as only four research scholars were enrolled in the Department of Psychology. Findings -The majority of the scholars consulted both open access as well as library-subscribed resources. Of OA resource users, four-fifths consulted journals and two-fifths consulted books. Colleagues (57.14 per cent) were the main referral sources of OA awareness with the least intervention from library professionals. Scholars (95.23 per cent) retrieved OA content via search engines. About 21 per cent remarked above 60 per cent relevancy of OA content related to their research need. The majority of scholars considered OA useful to publish their work quickly, boost their productivity as an author and increase citations of their work. One third reported awareness of more than two OA journals. About 30 per cent reported OA journals as a source of publishing their work, whereas just 10 per cent deposited their works in OA repositories. Overall, Science scholars had the edge over their Social Science counterparts in acceptance of open access.Research limitations/implications -The research highlights the viewpoints of only 84 scholars out of 326 registered scholars in the fields of Sciences and Social Sciences at the University of Kashmir. Originality/value -Research of this kind has not been carried out before at the University of Kashmir. The paper discusses open access awareness among the researchers of the University of Kashmir with recommendations for information professionals and teaching faculty to acquaint researchers with the benefits of open access.

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Culture of open access in the University of Kashmir: a researcher's viewpoint

2010

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“…Open access alone is wholly insufficient as a selling point; most faculty have yet to assimilate the concept, and initial reactions are as likely to be negative as positive (Swan 2006). Consider the philosophy professor who had an online bibliography plagiarized and therefore "cannot call [his] experiment in open-access publishing a success."…”

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Trapped by faculty apathy and library uncertainty, institutional repositories face a crossroads: adapt or die. The "build it and they will come" proposition has been decisively proven wrong. Citation advantages and preservation have not attracted faculty participants, though current-generation software and services offer faculty little else. Academic librarianship has not supported repositories or their managers. Most libraries consistently under-resource and understaff repositories, further worsening the participation gap. Software and services are wildly out of touch with faculty needs and the realities of repository management. These problems are not insoluble, but they demand serious reconsideration of repository missions, goals, and means.

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“…Alguns entrevistados ficaram surpresos ao descobrir essa "autonomia" de arquivar cópias de seus artigos publicados no repositório BDPI. Refletindo os resultados de pesquisas similares conduzidas fora do Brasil (MOORE, 2011;SWAN, 2006;PARK, QIN, 2007) …”

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As percepções e práticas de publicação em acesso aberto dos pesquisadores de dois programas de pós-graduação em engenharia

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Guirra

2017

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Apresenta os resultados de um estudo que buscou conhecer as práticas e percepções de pesquisadores credenciados em dois programas de pós-graduação em engenharia avaliados com nota sete pela CAPES, em relação à publicação em canais de acesso aberto comparado com aqueles restritos, de assinatura. Foi usada uma abordagem metodológica mista. Dados de publicação referentes ao período 2008 a 2012 foram levantados e tabulados dos currículos Lattes dos pesquisadores usando os softwares ScriptLattes e VantagePoint respectivamente. Os 212 títulos de revistas científicas e os 561 artigos identificados dessa fase foram daí pesquisados em outras plataformas como o SciELO, DOAJ, SHERPA/ROMEO, Google Acadêmico e o próprio Repositório Institucional da instituição dos programas de pós-graduação para verificar a proporção de artigos publicados disponível em acesso aberto. Concomitantemente a esses levantamentos quantitativos, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 11 dos pesquisadores dos dois programas para identificar suas percepções em relação à publicação em geral e especificamente em acesso aberto, e em repositórios abertos. Dos dados quantitativos levantados, foi verificado que apenas 25,8% dos artigos publicados do primeiro programa de pós e 23,3% do segundo são disponíveis em acesso aberto. No entanto, nas entrevistas, a maioria dos autores apoia o acesso aberto, embora manifestem pouco conhecimento sobre a via verde, ou os repositórios abertos, incluindo aquele da sua própria instituição, como também desconhecem o caminho complementar de se publicar primeiramente em revistas de alto impacto com o posterior arquivamento do mesmo artigo no repositório, no término do eventual tempo de embargo da editora.

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The culture of open access: researchers’ views and responses

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Culture of open access in the University of Kashmir: a researcher's viewpoint

Culture of open access in the University of Kashmir: a researcher's viewpoint

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As percepções e práticas de publicação em acesso aberto dos pesquisadores de dois programas de pós-graduação em engenharia

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