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Title: | "The IR is a Nice Thing But...": Attitudes and Perceptions of the Institutional Repository |
Authors: | Doro, Nicole |
Department: | Library Science |
Keywords: | institutional repository, open access, scholarly communication |
Publication Date: | 31-May-2021 |
Publisher: | Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship |
Citation: | Doro, Nicole. 2021. “'The IR is a Nice Thing But...': Attitudes and Perceptions of the Institutional Repository.” Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 7: 1–30. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu. v7.32145 |
Abstract: | What attitudes and perceptions do faculty members, graduate students, and other stakeholders have regarding the institutional repository (IR)? I conducted a study at the University of Western Ontario through a survey of 316 participants from various faculties and in roles ranging from graduate students to tenured faculty members, followed by interviews with 10 faculty members and 3 librarians to discuss aggregate results from the survey. Results suggest a course of action for librarians who work with IRs, based on participants’ perceptions of barriers to use (branding, data ownership, resistance to open access (OA), alternative avenues for self-archiving) and elements of the IR participants enjoy and find motivating for use (continued access for graduates, dissertations and theses, pre-print literature reviews, satisfying OA mandates). Suggested next steps to promote IR uptake cover a number of different areas: mediated deposit; clarify benefits for faculty members; communication between library and users; opt-in features; tenure and promotion; enforcing OA mandates; and collaboration. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/26505 |
Identifier: | https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v7.32145 |
Appears in Collections: | McMaster University Libraries Publications |
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