Topic 4: Institutional repository success is dependent upon mandates

Harnad, Steve; McGovern, Nancy

doi:10.1002/bult.2009.1720350410

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“…In addition to alleviating the functional impositions of contributing to an IR, Pinfield (2005) and Harnad (2009) suggest that for an IR to be successful an institution must mandate participation. Sale (2006) reports that of the seven Australian universities with established IRs, only Queensland University of Technology mandates participation and in turn has the largest IR.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Institutional Digital Repositories for Science and Technology: A View from the Laboratory

Brown

Abbas

2010

Journal of Library Administration

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Institutions across the United States are actively creating institutional repositories (IRs) and an array of field-specific online collections, especially in the biological sciences. The 20 earth and biological scientists interviewed for this article embrace online resources for use in their research, teaching, and creative activities and, although previously unaware of the functions of an IR, unanimously support the development of one at the University of Oklahoma. The ability to share scholarly information across campus and to securely archive data are seen as valuable attributes of an IR. Despite their endorsement, participants have little interest in spending time and effort in creating an IR beyond voluntarily submitting their published works.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Institutional Digital Repositories for Science and Technology: A View from the Laboratory

Brown

Abbas

2010

Journal of Library Administration

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“…Another major problem with the establishment of Institutional Repositories as identified by Harnad (2009) is the issue of mandate from the authorities of the institutions involved. In this recent study, he had argued that the success of IR in most cases is dependent on Open access institutional repositories mandate.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local contents and the development of open access institutional repositories in Nigeria University libraries

Ezema

2013

Library Hi Tech

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This study seeks to examine the management of local content materials for open access institutional repositories in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach -A survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 85 librarians from seven government funded universities in South East Nigeria were used for the study.Findings -From the findings 15 local content materials were identified as relevant for publication in institutional repositories. Similarly a major method of acquiring these local contents is by encouraging staff to deposit their publications in the university libraries. It was also found out that providing a subject index to the local contents and their digitization were effective methods of organizing the materials for the institutional repository. The findings also showed that an increase in the visibility of the authors, promotion of university ranking and efficient dissemination of research findings were among the benefits of publishing in institutional repositories. The problems and strategies of publishing in institutional repositories were also identified through the findings. Practical implications -This study will serve as a useful guide for university administrators and librarians who are interested in developing their institutional repositories using local contents available to them. It will also be of great value to project managers who are engaged in the digitization of their local contents. Social implications -Research works generated in Nigeria and other developing countries are poorly disseminated and therefore lack global visibility. The publication of these research findings in institutional repositories of individual universities will not only improve the visibility and utilization of the research but will also increase the global ranking of the universities and researchers who have published the works in the repository. Originality/value -This paper is on the use of local content information resources in building institutional repositories in Nigerian university libraries. These studies will be useful for university libraries, particularly in developing countries, that intend to build their institutional repositories.

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“…Elsevier, who have allowed the Green archiving of accepted manuscripts for approximately 5 years, report that the take‐up has remained at four to five percent (personal communication). Others (for example, see Harnad in Harnad and McGovern ) suggest that the figure may be as high as 15%, although this figure probably includes material other than research articles (for example, lecture notes, presentations, learning objects.). Harnad also suggests that if there is an institutional mandate (as opposed to a request), this figure rises “close to 100% within 2 years of adoption of the mandate.”…”

Section: Open Access: Gold and Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%