Open Access Policies of Highly-Ranked Digital Repositories of the World’s Universities

Document Type : مقالات پژوهشی

Authors

• Maryam Sadat Seyedein ¹
• Heidar Mokhtari ²

¹ Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch

² Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University

10.22067/riis.v6i2.44119

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the status of the open access policies of highly-ranked digital repositories in the world’s universities by identifying the policies regarding the components of submission, content, data, meta-data, preservation, and access.
Methodology: This survey was descriptive-analytical. Data was collected by administrating a researcher-made questionnaire completed by sending e-mails to the managers of nine highly-ranked university digital repositories of the world in 2013.
Findings: In 55.5% of studied repositories, the main submitters were university researchers. In 44.4% of them, the submission of abstracts and full-texts was mandatory for some resources and optional for others. In 77.7% of them, the submitted resource was theses. In 77.7% of them, the access to abstracts and full-texts was possible. 77.7% used Dublin Core metadata. 55.5% provided meta-data for non-commercial objectives. All supported the PDF and word file formats. 44/4% have non-defined preservation period. 66.6% defined the preservative strategy by providing backup file and its holding in a safe place. 66.6% applied handle digital object identifier. 55.5% relied on the updated item for the control and mending process. 66.6% did not define the condition for the close repository and 55.5% provided open access repository to the public.

Keywords

• Open access
• Digital repositories
• policy

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