Open access repositories and journals for visibility: implications for Malaysian libraries. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 15 (3). pp. 97-119. ISSN 1394-6234 (2010)
Abstract
This paper describes the growth of Open Access (OA) repositories and journals as reported by monitoring initiatives such as ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories), Open DOAR (Open Directory of Open Access Repositories), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Directory of Web Ranking of World Repositories by the Cybermetrics Laboratory in Spain and published literature. The performance of Malaysian OA repositories and journals is highlighted. The strength of OA channels in increasing visibility and citations are evidenced by research findings. It is proposed that libraries champion OA initiatives by making university or institutional governance aware; encouraging institutional journal publishers to adopt OA platform; collaborating with research groups to jumpstart OA institutional initiatives and to embed OA awareness into user and researcher education programmes. By actively involved, libraries will be free of permission, licensing and archiving barriers usually imposed in traditional publishing situation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Digital repositories, Institutional repositories, Open Access journals, Visibility |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Information Management > Digital Libraries |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Information Management |
| Depositing User: | Muhammad Azrul Ayob |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2022 06:46 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2022 06:46 |
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