Scholarly Communication through Institutional Repositories: Proposing a practical model

Nemati-Anaraki, Leila; Tavassoli-Farahi, Mina

doi:10.1108/cc-11-2016-0032

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“…Literature in the discipline of library and information science (LIS) identifies IRs as an evolving phenomenon with rapid development having a tremendous impact on scholarly communication globally (Marsh, 2015; Serrano-Vicente et al , 2018; Adam and Kiran, 2021). Similarly, scholars consider the success of the IRs as a paradigm shift that affected the academic libraries and changed the landscape of scholarly communication in research institutions (Nemati-Anaraki and Tavassoli-Farahi, 2018). Hence, it is essential to maintain these IRs for long term, thus ensuring the sustainability of IRs.…”

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Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

Adam

Kaur²

2022

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Purpose This study aims to validate a proposed conceptual model for the implementation of sustainable institutional repositories (IRs) in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approach shaped the survey research design. This study used structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis to evaluate the proposed model. The population of the study comprises 117 librarians, information technology staff and researchers knowledgeable about IR implementation status across 14 public universities in Nigeria. The data was collected using an online survey. The Smart-PLS v3.3 software was used to facilitate the analysis. Findings The findings indicate that the nine identified factors of the IR sustainability model have a significant influence on the implementation of sustainable IRs. This signified that the model has adequately depicted the relationship between the implementation of sustainable IRs and the identified factors. Originality/value This study provides an integrated synthesis of factors that influence the implementation of sustainable IRs. This study also presents the first-ever empirically validated model for sustainable IRs. The findings of this study addressed the challenge of implementing sustainable IRs and institutionalized the idea of IRs’ sustainability assessment.

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Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

Adam

Kaur²

2022

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“…As one of the common platforms used for green open access, institutional repositories (IRs) are innovative methods for knowledge management that focus on preserving, sharing and providing free access to research findings produced by faculty members, research staff and students, as well as increasing citation rates and making institutions more visible to the global research community (Adam and Kiran, 2019; Nemati-Anaraki and Tavassoli-Farahi, 2018; Zhong and Jiang, 2016).…”

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Institutional repositories in Africa: Regaining direction

Adam

Kaur

2021

Information Development

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Institutional repositories are powerful tools to facilitate global access to intellectual output by members of the institution, particularly in assisting them to preserve and maximize access to their research output globally. This exploratory study of the status of institutional repositories implementation in African countries using the global Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) and Transparent Ranking: All Repositories by Google Scholar, reports on the operational status and the performance of repositories. Factor analysis and cluster analysis are used to analyze the operational level of institutional repositories in African countries. The analysis showed that the typical performance of institutional repositories remains below average. The possibility of global open access to research results through institutional repositories in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria, Sudan, and Egypt appeared to be relatively more feasible than other African countries. This study concludes that many organizations, institutions, and societies spend great efforts in support of open access implementation in Africa, however, the widespread implementation of institutional repositories is still very slow paced, and the performance of the implemented repositories was below expectation. Suggestions for regaining the intended direction of African institutional repositories are given based on the current status.

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Scholarly Communication through Institutional Repositories: Proposing a practical model

Cited by 2 publications

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Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

Institutional repositories in Africa: Regaining direction

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