[Oa-italia] Articoli da Serials
Maria Cassella
maria.cassella a unito.it
Ven 11 Gen 2008 14:20:34 CET
Nel numero 3 novembre 2007 di Serials, la rivista dell'UKSG
http://uksg.metapress.com/app/home/main.asp?referrer=default , sono
stati pubblicati due interessanti articoli sull' Open Access e i
depositi istituzionali. Sono accessibili perņ solo ai sottoscrittori. Ve
li segnalo comunque.
> http://uksg.metapress.com/app/home/issue.asp?referrer=parent&backto=journal,1,60;homemainpublications,2,2;
Stephen Pinfield, *Can open access repositories and peer-reviewed
journals coexist?*
Abstract:
It is often assumed that open access repositories and peer-reviewed
journals are in competition with each other and therefore will in the
long term be unable to coexist. This paper takes a critical look at that
assumption. It draws on the available evidence of actual practice which
indicates that coexistence is possible at least in the medium term. It
discusses possible future models of publication and dissemination which
include open access, repositories, peer review and journals. The paper
suggests that repositories and journals may coexist in the long term but
that both may have to undergo significant changes. Important areas where
changes need to occur include: widespread deployment of repository
infrastructure, development of version identification standards,
development of value-added features, new business models, new approaches
to quality control and adoption of digital preservation as a repository
function.
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Sarah Watson, *Authors' attitudes to, and awareness and use of, a
university institutional repository
*Abstract:
This article reports the findings of an author study at Cranfield
University. The study investigated authors' publishing behaviours,
attitudes, concerns, and their awareness and use of their institutional
repository (IR), Cranfield QUEprints. The findings suggest that despite
a reasonable amount of advocacy many authors had not heard of QUEprints
and were not aware of its purpose. Once explained, all authors saw at
least one benefit to depositing a copy of their work to QUEprints, but
many were unsure how to deposit, preferring to depend on the Library to
do the work. The authors voiced few concerns or conditions regarding the
inclusion of their work in QUEprints, but felt that it would be an
extra, inconvenient step in their workload. This research led to the
development of the Embed Project which is investigating how to embed the
IR into the research process and thereby encourage more authors to
deposit their work.
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MC
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