Medical Institutional Repositories in a Changing Scholarly Communication Landscape

Kipnis, Daniel; Palmer, Lisa A.

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“…Palmer’s article presented a view of the state of medical IRs and trends, including brief statistics that AAHSL compiled in 2010 [9]. This view was later updated with statistics from AAHSL’s 2014 member survey, which found that close to 56% of AAHSL libraries reported offering IR services [10]. The latest member survey with data from fiscal year 2017, indicated that close to 60% of AAHSL libraries planned to continue offering IR services and another 8% planned to add IR services within the next 12 months [11].…”

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“…This project was presented, in part, at the following meetings: Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference, Hattiesburg, MS, April 2018; Open Repositories 2018, Bozeman, MT, June 2018; Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 2018; and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2019 Conference, Cleveland, OH, April 2019. Selected data from this study appeared in the invited essay “Medical Institutional Repositories in a Changing Scholarly Communication Landscape” by Kipnis and Palmer in Against the Grain [10].…”

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The institutional repository landscape in medical schools and academic health centers: a 2018 snapshot view and analysis

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Kubilius

2019

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Objective: This study uses survey research methods to gain a deeper understanding of the institutional repository (IR) landscape in medical schools and academic health centers.Methods: Members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) were surveyed about their IRs. The authors used a mixed-methods approach of a survey and qualitative content analysis to identify common themes.Results: Survey results indicate that a large majority of responding medical schools and academic health centers have or are implementing an IR (35 out of 50, 70%). Of these, 60% (21 institutions) participate in an institution-wide IR rather than administer their own repositories. Much of the archived content is grey literature that has not already been published, but the percentage of original content varies greatly among institutions. The majority (57.1%) of respondent institutions are not considering an open access policy or mandate. Most institutions (71.4%) reported that repository staff are depositing materials on behalf of users. dSPACE and bepress Digital Commons are the most popular repository platforms in this community. The planned enhancements that were most frequently reported were implementing a discovery layer and ORCID integration. The majority of respondents (54.3%) do not plan to migrate to a different platform in the foreseeable future. Analysis of respondent comments identified the following themes: integration, redundancy, and reporting; alternatives and exploration; uniqueness; participation; and funding and operations.Conclusions: The study results capture a view of the IR landscape in medical schools and academic health centers and help readers understand what services their peers have in place as well as their plans for future developments. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.

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