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Open Access Scholarly Communication Practices At The University Of Zambia, Pailet Chewe, Zachary Zulu Mr., Gelvazio Sakala Mr., Eness M.M. Chitumbo Mrs., Francina N.S. Makondo Mrs., Yolam Musonda Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Open access plays a significant role in expanding access by enabling scholars more equitable participation in research and development activities globally. However, little is known about researchers’ awareness and adoption of open access at the University of Zambia. To address this gap, this study investigated open access scholarly communication practices at Zambia’s premier University. Using a survey research design, data were collected from a sample of 67 participants via an online questionnaire. Findings showed that though all (67) of the respondents were aware of open access and were upbeat towards this new form of scholarly communication, 79.1% had used OA …

Research Information Management In The United States: Part One, Findings And Recommendations, Rebecca Bryant, Jan Fransen, Pablo De Castro, Brenna Helmstutler, David Scherer

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities. RIM systems that support the collection and use of research outputs metadata have been in place for many years. Globally, the RIM ecosystem is quite mature in locales where national research assessment exercises like the United Kingdom’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) and the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) require institutions to collect and report on the outputs of institutional research. A pan-European community of practice is led by euroCRIS.

This report describes six discrete RIM use cases detailed in the companion report:

• Faculty …

Usage And Usefulness Of N-List E-Resources Among Postgraduate Students Of Government Aided Colleges In Punjab, India, Subhajit Panda

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

With the emergence of information technology, users' information-seeking behaviour (ISB) and information preferences alter with a great space. The advancement of ICT infrastructure leads to increase demand and widespread use of e-resources. The Internet and the Web are constantly influencing the development of new modes of scholarly communication; their potential for delivering goods is quite vast, as they overcome the geographical limitations associated with print media. Now users can access e-resources on their desktops. But in India, the constraints on sufficient access to e-resources lay on the financial barrier & high subscription charges. To overcome it and prioritize the college …

Tricks Or Treats, Nicole Noelle Hentz

Open Access Events

Learn about open access tools and tricks while enjoying some Halloween treats!

Open Access Bingo, Nicole Noelle Hentz

Open Access Events

Unfettered access to books, articles, and media is important to your research and learning, but many resources are too expensive to buy or restricted in other ways. This bingo card indicates ways you may have benefited from free access or been blocked by access restrictions – mark those that apply to you. You’re a winner just for playing!

Digitalcommons, Imsa’S Institutional Portfolio: How Inclusion Is Creating A Win-Win For Stakeholders, Jean Bigger

Publications & Research

DigitalCommons@imsa includes rich collections from across the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy that are anchored to its legislative charge and mission. Hear how inclusion and a history of robust cross collaboration have made it possible for IMSA to curate content that provides evidence of return on investment to stakeholders while demonstrating the effectiveness of its programs. And share in the excitement of our newest initiative, Student Portfolios.

Panel Discussion 4 | Peer Community In ... : Publish And Review Models In France, Thomas Guillemaud

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

In France where Open Science is a governmental priority, they have built communities of researchers reviewing and recommending for free preprints in their fields in an open, independent, non-exclusive and reliable way, managed by researchers and for researchers called Peer Communities In (PCI). The researchers were empowered to regain control of scholarly publishing refocusing on articles and not the journals' quality. They have seen savings from not paying journal APCs, making results available right away, and transparency of the process. The French research institutions and universities support this process by their recognition of the pre-prints in PCI.

Panel Discussion 3 | The Shift To Open Access In University Courses And Some Of The Considerations For Moving To This Model, Sukanya Naidu

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The presentation covered the awareness, discoverability and access to open access resources. OER resources and repositories were included in the library catalogue. Listed the considerations to move to the open access model for teaching and learning. Some of the lessons learnt were: one size does not fit all, faculty already use OER, need to strike a balance between open content and subscribe content. The NUS Libraries also contribute to open access content via its repository called ScholarBank and Digital Gems.

Panel Discussion 3 | Open Educational Resources: Involvement Of Libraries And Lis Professionals, Khasiah Zakaria

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The presentation covered Malaysian academic libraries and librarians roles in OER, the opportunities and challenges, with recommendations towards national policy guidelines on OER.

Panel Discussion 3 | Open Access Emphasis In Australia, Derek Whitehead

COAR Asia OA Meeting 2021

The panelist covered the open access landscape in Australia, including developments in open access repositories in Australasia, Creative Commons in Australia and New Zealand, developments in open data, with an emphasis on open education resources in Australian universities.

Collection Management And Utilization Of Electronic Resources By Postgraduate Students In The University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, Kazeem Adeshina

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As the life cycle of information products has become increasingly digital from “cradle to grave,” the nature of electronic information management has dramatically changed. These changes have brought new strategies and methods as well as new issues and challenges. At the bottom line the services are increasingly delivered to a desktop from distributed publishers or information providers. Information organizations act either as primary information providers or as brokers between the user and the primary service provider. Hence, the study examines the collection management and utilization of e-resources by postgraduate students in University of Ibadan. Descriptive survey design was employed for …

Use Of Open Access Journals By Librarians In Ghana, Edward Mensah Borteye Mr., Kodjo Atiso, Richard Bruce Lamptey, Jenna F. Kammer

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction: This study examined the use of open access journals by librarians in Ghana. The objectives were to establish the familiarity, attitude and benefits of open access journals among librarians in Ghana.

Method: This study uses a survey research design. A web-based questionnaire was used to seek information on respondents’ demographics, awareness, use, attitudes and benefits of open access journals.

Analysis: Descriptive statistics was used to analyze survey results. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for the analysis of data collected from 103 librarians who are members of the Ghana Library Association.

Results …

Unh Scholars Repository In Three Steps, Eleta Exline

Open Access Events

Expand the reach of your research. The UNH Library’s Scholars Repository can help you make your work Open Access, even if you’ve already published in a closed journal! This infographic outlines three steps to posting your research and scholarship.

"Open Access Publishing For Early Career Researchers" Slide Deck, Carolyn V. Mills, Michael Rodriguez, Roslyn Grandy

UConn Library Presentations

As an early career researcher, have you thought about publishing in open access (OA) scholarly books or journals? Are you unsure what open access publishing is, how to pursue it, or whether it would benefit or harm your career? This workshop introduces you to the basics of OA publishing. It will cover types of OA publishing, benefits and drawbacks of OA, funding sources, dissertations and embargos, and how to identify quality OA journals. It also touches on related issues such as embargoing theses and dissertations, enhancing your profile as a scholar, and measuring your scholarly impact.

The target audience is …

Preparing For Sharing Your Research: Publishing And Copyright, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Publishing

• Selecting a journal or publisher

• Avoiding predatory journals

• How to write for publication

• How to endure peer review

• Publishers’ contracts

• Open access

• Preprints

• Your thesis/dissertation online

Copyright

• Basic copyright: Know your rights

• Rights transfer: Permissions, Licensing

• Use of your work: Fair use, Educational use

Join Scholarly Communications Librarian, Sue Gardner, and 40-year publishing veteran and Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, Paul Royster, to learn the ins and outs of publishing. Topics include where to publish or distribute your work, how to navigate publishing agreements, and how to maintain your …

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.