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Content Analysis Of National Digital Library, Medha Rajesh Mangurkar Mrs., Yashwant Chaudhari Mr.
Content Analysis Of National Digital Library, Medha Rajesh Mangurkar Mrs., Yashwant Chaudhari Mr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The aim of the present study is to analyse the contents of National Digital Library. The objectives of the study were to find out the various languages covered, coverage of different subjects in National Digital Library. The study also tried out to find out organizations that have created their institutional repositories and provided links on National Digital Library. NDL is a one stop for all digital resources. The user according to his educational level can choose the learning material. The searches can be refined by choosing different options like type of learning resource, educational degree, file formats, languages etc.
Impact Of Institutional Repositories’ On Scholarly Practices Of Scientists, Prachi Shukla Research Scholar, Dr. Naved Ahmad University Librarian
Impact Of Institutional Repositories’ On Scholarly Practices Of Scientists, Prachi Shukla Research Scholar, Dr. Naved Ahmad University Librarian
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Institutional Repositories (IRs) are established mainly to provide access to information resources which are otherwise not easily accessible in digital format. Many institutions across the world and particularly in India have successfully developed their own IRs but have not attempted to assess their importance and impact on the Users. This study conveys the findings of the survey conducted at research centric CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) laboratories of India to determine the scientists’ and research scholars’ preference for publishing their research materials; to measure the impact of IRs on their scholarly practices and to recommend future changes for …
Leveraging Elsevier’S Creative Commons License Requirement To Undermine Embargoes, Josh Bolick
Leveraging Elsevier’S Creative Commons License Requirement To Undermine Embargoes, Josh Bolick
Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.
In the last round of author-sharing policy revisions, Elsevier created a labyrinthine title-by-title embargo structure requiring embargoes from 12 to 48 months for authors sharing via institutional repository (IR), while permitting immediate sharing via an author’s personal website or blog. At the same time, all prepublication versions are to bear a Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) license. At the time this policy was announced, it was criticized by many in the scholarly communication community as overly complicated and restrictive. However, this CC licensing requirement creates an avenue for subverting an embargo in the IR to achieve quicker and wider open distribution …