Issues and challenges in researchers’ adoption of open access and institutional repositories: a contextual study of a university repository

Narayan, B; Luca, E

Issues and challenges in researchers’ adoption of open access and institutional repositories: a contextual study of a university repository

Narayan, B

Luca, E

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Publisher:: Information Research
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Information Research: an international electronic journal, 2017, 22 (4)
Issue Date:: 2017-12-18

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dc.contributor.author	Narayan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-5589	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Luca, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-2463	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-12-18	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Information Research: an international electronic journal, 2017, 22 (4)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1368-1613	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121438
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents the issues and challenges faced by a university library in encouraging academics and researchers to adopt open access, specifically with respect to depositing publications in the institutional repository Interviews were conducted with academics and researchers about their awareness of open access and their use of the university repository. An action research approach was used to address issues on a continual basis, and redesign the repository based on the findings. The interview data were analysed using thematic content analysis, and the repository data were analysed using heuristic evaluation Results show that researchers lack awareness of open access and its value, and that there is also confusion about publishers’ copyright policies and researcher reputation. The lack of visibility and usability of the library-managed institutional repository was found to be an issue, as well as the need for subject repositories. The results informed a redesign of the repository and informed the library’s strategies to promote scholarly communication literacy. Whilst librarians have been advocates of open access, researchers’ understanding of it is still limited; they have other pressures in regard to their publishing outputs, which also limits their adoption of open access practices.	en_US
dc.publisher	Information Research	en_US
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dc.relation.ispartof	Information Research: an international electronic journal	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information & Library Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Issues and challenges in researchers’ adoption of open access and institutional repositories: a contextual study of a university repository	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
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Abstract:

This paper presents the issues and challenges faced by a university library in encouraging academics and researchers to adopt open access, specifically with respect to depositing publications in the institutional repository Interviews were conducted with academics and researchers about their awareness of open access and their use of the university repository. An action research approach was used to address issues on a continual basis, and redesign the repository based on the findings. The interview data were analysed using thematic content analysis, and the repository data were analysed using heuristic evaluation Results show that researchers lack awareness of open access and its value, and that there is also confusion about publishers’ copyright policies and researcher reputation. The lack of visibility and usability of the library-managed institutional repository was found to be an issue, as well as the need for subject repositories. The results informed a redesign of the repository and informed the library’s strategies to promote scholarly communication literacy. Whilst librarians have been advocates of open access, researchers’ understanding of it is still limited; they have other pressures in regard to their publishing outputs, which also limits their adoption of open access practices.

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