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Open Access Explained, Zeineb Yousif, Brittany Fischer

Librarian Posters and Presentations

This workshop gives a basic overview of the open access movement. By the end of this workshop you should be able to:

• Identify what open access is
• Understand why Open Access is important
• Learn how it can benefit you as a researcher, student, or professional
• Know where to find additional resources for help

This workshop can be modified to match the particulars of the campus where it is being presented.

Social Competence As Correlates Of Social Network Sites (Sns) Use By Library And Information Science Undergraduates., Sobayo John Abiola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT Social competence is the set of skills and behaviours necessary to get along with others and be well-liked in establishing and maintaining satisfactory interpersonal relationships, gain peer acceptance and friendship. Social networking sites are the online platforms that allow users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website such as Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, My Space, Skype etc. The effect of social competence on the use of SNS was the focus of this study. A descriptive research design was adopted while a survey method was employed to elicit information from the respondents for this …

A Snapshot Of Changes In University-Based Institutional Repositories In Thailand, Wachiraporn Klungthanaboon

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Several Thai universities have been developing institutional repositories for over a decade. The libraries, which are in charge of maintaining the repositories, and their repository staff have encountered challenging changes along the way. The following three major changes will be discussed in this presentation: 1) making IR collections more open, 2) aligning practices with global standards, and 3) expanding the content coverage and services to include research data.

Report From Jpcoar: Community Activities In Japan, Michiyo Yasuhara

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

JPCOAR is the largest open access repository community in Japan. This presentation will give a brief overview of institutional repositories in Japan and introduce JPCOAR recent activities.

Toward Open Science @Lipi/Brin, Hendro Subagyo, Madiareni Sulaiman

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The presentation gives the timeline of open data movement in Indonesia and the establishment of BRIN (National Agency for Research and Innovation). BRIN acts as the hub of research collaboration with open infrastructure. BRIN set up RIN (Repositori Ilmiah Nasional), national repository for journals and encouraged the development of institutional repositories. RIN Dataverse is the platform that we use in supporting the movement of open science in Indonesia; besides the implementation of One Data Indonesia and the scientific publication through Open Journal System. We also have national regulation about deposit data requirement, Indonesia Law 11/2019 about National System for Science …

Current Status And Recent Progress Of Open Access In Korea, Suhyeon Yoo

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

This presentation introduces the current status of Open Access and some major progress in Korea. It includes some recent development and activities in Open Access on a national level, an overview of the Open Access Transformative Agreement which is engaged by 25 national research institutes, and an introduction to the Open Access maturity model for measuring and fostering the Open Access culture of a scholarly society.

Open Science Bangladesh: An Update, Susmita Das

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The pandemic is an opportunity to illustrate that Open Science practices, such as sharing the data from experiments and analysis, are doable to find successful treatments speedily. So while the pandemic is an appalling threat, it's also an amazing opening to transform research traditions. Realizing its importance for university and research potentiality, university libraries of Bangladesh permit OA to publish their content for internal and external members. This presentation attempts to explore the extent that Open Science activities being undertaken by various actors in line with UNESCO’s recommendation on Open Science in Bangladesh.

Discovery To The Open Access Status And Intention Of Taiwan Academic Libraries, Meng-Ling (Beatrice) Lin

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center (STPI) maintains the Consortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan (CONCERT). STPI conducted a survey to understand the direction of academic libraries in Taiwan collection development and support of open access. The results of the survey were presented, identified the barriers to the OA movement and the opportunities for libraries to change.

Towards Open Science In India: An Update, Sridhar Gutam

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

This COVID19 pandemic has made us understand the importance of Open Science. The science developed through the knowledge contributed should be open so for innovations to happen for the public good. The goods and services which we envisage for the public good can only happen when the data and information are freely available as soon as possible. During the pandemic, India had brought out a draft policy on ‘Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020’ which is aimed at making Science more Open. During the presentation, a brief on the STIP 2020 and other developments towards Open Scholarship in India …

Panel Discussion 2 | Data Sharing At Moru, Thailand, Naomi Waithira

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the data management and sharing efforts at Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU). Some issues faced include legacy datasets, effort versus benefit, confidentiality o fdata. Some future initiatives include promoting findability, optimizing workflows for data access and creating safe data havens.

Panel Discussion 2 | The Development Of Cuhk Research Data Repository At The Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Wendy H. Y. Wong

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The institutional research data repository at CUHK was soft launched in October 2021 using the Dataverse platform. The organization and features of the data repository were highlighted with upcoming features.

Panel Discussion 2 | Brief Introduction To Csrda And Social Science Japan Data Archive (Ssjda), Shuai Wang, Sae Taniguhi

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The presentation covered the history of Centre for Social Research and Data Archives (CSRDA) and Social Science Japan Data Archive (SSJDA). The details of the data available in SSJDA, the growth in datasets, the work done by the staff to curate and share the data and the on-going infrastructure projects.

Cashing The Cheque Of Open Access Movement: Emerging Tools Built On Open Access Data, Aaron Tay

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The presentation showed that the rising amount of OA full text, coupled with increased availability of open scholarly metadata due to the rise of persistent Identifiers (PID) infrastructure like Crossref, ORCID, Datacite, and Research Organization Registry (ROR) has led to the emergence of new innovative tools and features that leverage these sources of open data. He provided an overview of the range of new tools available based on open access data, which includes discovery indexes like Lens.org, literature mapping tools like Citation Gecko, Litmaps, Inciteful, VOSviewer or new features such as contextual citations and more. These tools are evidence that …

Influence Of Information Sources, Needs And Gender On Information Use Of Science Undergraduate Students In University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, Kazeem Adeshina Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims at determining the influence of information needs, sources and gender on information use by faculty of science undergraduate students in universities in southwest Nigeria. In order to sample all important sub-population of the students, data were collected from seven departments which are Computer science, Chemistry, Microbiology, Industrial Chemistry, Physic, Archaeology, and Anthropology. Data was collected using a questionnaire from 500 students while data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and T-test. It was found that a significant relationship between information needs to their major information sources used, there was significant relationship between information needs and the …

Open Access In Kyrgyzstan: Current Developments And Future Directions, Jyldyz Bekbalaeva

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the developments in open access in Kyrgyzstan, including the level of awareness of OA, OER and Creative Commons licenses. Introduced the repositories, KyrlibNet Open Archive and their OA journals on DOAJ.

Open Scholarship Developments In Education And Science, Ngân Chu

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

There were 2 parts to the presentation:

1. Open Educational Resources (OER) in Vietnam: introduce Vietnam OER and conferences to advocate and develop OER in Vietnam.

2. Scientific Resources for Research Activities in VAST (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology): Introduce VAST and the resources of VAST for science and technology services.

Polyu Oer Portal: An Archive Of Institutional Collective Wisdom, Johnny Yuen

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library built an open education resource portal, aligned with the PolyU vision. The content for the portal were collected from students, faculty and librarians. The OER were meta-tagged with domains, keywords, schools, related PolyU course codes, with links to their learning management system.

Use And Importance Of Open Access In Nepal During Covid 19 Pandemic, Jagadish Aryal

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Nepal could not remain unaffected by the Covid 19 pandemic spread all over the world. It not only attacked people’s health but affected every sector in the country. It made long-term effects on the social, economic, political, and educational sectors. The educational sector has been badly affected. Universities and schools remained almost closed. Research and education are limited to online mode. Libraries and resources centers are also closed. Hence researchers need to totally depend upon online resources. As a developing country, Nepal doesn’t have access to many commercial databases so they have to rely on open access content. The importance …

Open Academic Service In The Nsl-Cas: From Notion To Action, Xiwen Liu

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the notion of open academic service and the signing of OA declaration and policy statements. The development of a grid of institutional repositories at CAS for China and supporting SCOAP3. CAS ha also started publishing OA journals. They conducted OA training and organized conferences. In the future they plan to develop more open academic services that meet the needs of CAS researchers and the public.

Open Access Repositories Developed Under National Digitization Project & Open Scholarship Programme, Manuja Karunaratne

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the National Science Foundation role in Sri Lanka's open scholarship programme, open access initiatives, national digitization project, one repository initiative and their challenges.

Open Science Initiative @ Usm, Mohd Kamal Mohd Napiah

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The first time we heard about Open Science, we felt it was a big challenge but at the same time a golden opportunity for the Library. The biggest challenge is to learn something very new that is not taught while in library courses at university, moreover to convince researchers to also collaborate in this effort. As this initiative is very important to be realized, the Library has taken the initiative to lead this movement at USM by focusing on awareness programs as the first step in ensuring the success of this agenda. So in this presentation, we will share about …

Open Access And Open Science In Singapore, Lian-Ping Ooi

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Developments and update of Open Access and Open Science in Singapore.

Preserving Podcasts In Institutional Repositories, Erik Moore, Valerie Collins

Sandbox Series

In response to the 2020 global pandemic, the University of Minnesota Archives sought to gather digital content documenting the public health crisis and institutional response to COVID-19. Staff identified university-produced podcasts from several departments as information-rich contemporaneous content that was also at high risk of loss. Over the course of this work, we determined that these podcasts should be preserved in our institutional repository, as we came to see University podcasts more broadly as a digital serial publication. Our focus is now on the ongoing maintenance of serial digital publications in a repository and demonstrating the preservation of podcasts as …

Panel Discussion 1 | Investing In Open Infrastructure And Service: The Benefits And Challenges, Ginny Barbour

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the problem, benefits, challenges and opportunities in open infrastructure. Discussed fostering bibliodiversity, how open infrastructure supported good science, the impact of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.

Panel Discussion 1 | Investing In Open Infrastructure: The Benefits And Challenges In Japan, Kazu Yamaji

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Addressed some of the issues with tools in the research workflow and how to create a better scholarly communication environment. Covered the research infrastructure for open science at National Institute of Informatics and Japan through the use of OpenDOAR, LocalDOAR, arXiv and open source software.

Panel Discussion 1 | Investing In Open Infrastructure And Service: The Benefits And Challenges At University Of Hong Kong, Jesse Xiao

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Covered the open infrastructure used by University of Hong Kong for Scholar Hub on DSpace, DataHub, DMP Platform on DMPTools, Ejournal service on OJS, Research Intelligence Hub (on-going), new research output system (on-going). Some of the challenges encountered when using open infrastructure.

Welcome Address, Kazu Yamaji

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

Welcome address for Asia OA Meeting 2021 and COAR's involvement. Included the history of the Asia OA Meeting which was started in 2016.

Exploring The Role Of Academic Social Networking Sites Amongst Lis Professionals: A Meta-Narrative Review, P.M. Naushad Ali, Sharaf Zehra, Priya Vaidya, Zainab Musheer

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNS) has revolutionized the concept of knowledge sharing and publication pattern in academia. It offers a new paradigm to interrelate research scientists globally, influencing research communities' structure and crescendos (dynamics). This changing trend has attracted considerable attention in the research domain and the consequent impact on library & information science professionals. Due to the high operationalizing ability of these networking sites, it provides online services of collaboration and knowledge sharing. The present study reviewed 23 studies from the past that highlights the methodologies, usage pattern of ASNs, impact on professionals, different categories of services, and issues …

Community Information Needs Of Agriculturists In Mysore Region Public Libraries, Karnataka, India: A Study, Siddaramu P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Agriculturists need different types of community information in their day to day life. Community information helps the agriculturists to enhancing the productivity, profitability, stability and sustainability of the farming systems. Public library is the democratic institution which can accomplish the community information needs of agriculturists. This study was carried out to investigate the community information needs of agriculturists in Mysore Region. The present paper attempts to ascertain the background of the agriculturists and their community information needs in Mysore Region Public Libraries. The majority of the agriculturists said that they need always information on preparing the land for the cultivation …

Barriers For Library And Information Science Researchers From Developing Countries: What The “Library Philosophy And Practice Phenomenon” Tells Us, Brady Lund

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This short commentary introduces and discusses the “Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP) Phenomenon,” wherein a scholarly journal published in a developed country has an extremely large number of authors from developing countries, relative to the typical journal. Elements of journals that fit the LPP phenomenon are discussed, as well as what this phenomenon says about barriers to scholarly publishing for researchers from developing nations. Implications for journals that lack diverse authorship from developing nations are listed. This phenomenon may be studied in other disciplines to further illuminate divides in the scholarly realm.