Abstract Focusing on North America and the United Kingdom, this critical literature review
underscores the ways in which sharing, accessing, and reusing science data allow …

This study investigated factors that motivate or impede faculty participation in self‐archiving
practices—the placement of research work in various open access (OA) venues, ranging …

Abstract Professors contribute to Institutional Repositories (IRs) to make their materials
widely accessible in kee** with the benefits of Open Access. However, universities' …

This paper highlights the current state of open access repositories of Asian universities. It
describes their characteristics in terms of types, contents, disciplines, language, technical …

A landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising
information professionals throughout the world. Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly …

Abstract Institutional Repositories (IRs) are predicated on contributions by members of a
university community, particularly faculty members. In fact, faculty contribution is considered …

Purpose This paper aims to explain the implementation procedure of DSpace at the Library
of Independent University, Bangladesh. This paper shows how DSpace is promoting open …

In spring 2010, authors from the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted a national
survey on digital preservation of Institutional Repository (IR) materials among Association of …

This paper reports on a web-based survey carried out on academics of a research intensive
university in Malaysia, investigating their use of open access repositories, advocacy …

This study explores faculty deposits in institutional repositories (IR) within selected
disciplines and identifies the diverse navigational paths to IR sites from library Web site …