Open-access repository
Anopen repositoryoropen-access repositoryis a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitateopen accesssuch repositories must beinteroperableaccording to theOpen Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting(OAI-PMH).Search enginesharvest the content of open access repositories, constructing a database of worldwide, free of charge available research.[1][2][3]Data repositories are the cornerstone for FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data practices and are used expeditiously within the scientific community.[4]
Open-access repositories, such as aninstitutional repositoryordisciplinary repository,provide free access to research for users outside the institutional community and are one of the recommended ways to achieve theopen accessvision described in theBudapest Open Access Initiativedefinition of open access. This is sometimes referred to as theself-archivingor "green" route to open access.
Benefits[edit]
The benefits of open-access repositories are:
- Opening up outputs of the institution to a worldwide audience;
- Maximizing the visibility and impact of these outputs as a result;
- Showcasing the institution to interested constituencies – prospective staff, prospective students and other stakeholders;
- Collecting and curating digital output;
- Managing and measuring research and teaching activities;
- Providing a workspace for work-in-progress, and for collaborative or large-scale projects;
- Enabling and encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to research;
- Facilitating the development and sharing of digital teaching materials and aids, and
- Supporting student endeavours, providing access to theses and dissertations and a location for the development of e-portfolios.[5]
Software[edit]
The most frequently used repository software for open repositories according toOpenDOARareDigital Commons,DSpaceandEPrints.[6]Other examples arearXiv,bioRxiv,Dryad,Figshare,Open Science Framework,Samvera,Ubiquity Repositoriesandinvenio(solution used byZenodo).
See also[edit]
- Current research information system
- Digital library
- Digital asset management
- Library publishing
- Open-access archives
- Open access around the world
- List of academic databases and search engines
- ROARMAP
References[edit]
- ^Jacobs, Neil (2006).Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects.Elsevier. p. 11.ISBN9781843342038.
- ^"Open Data, Software and Code Guidelines".open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu.Retrieved5 April2022.
- ^"About – Open Repositories".openrepositories.org.Retrieved5 April2022.
- ^Stracke, Konstantin; Evans, Jack (22 March 2024).""The rise of data repositories in materials chemistry"".Communications Chemistry.7(1): 63.doi:10.1038/s42004-024-01143-0.PMC10959999.Retrieved29 March2024.
- ^Swan, Alma."Open Access institutional repositories: A Briefing Paper (2009)"(PDF).Open Scholarship.Retrieved24 September2013.
- ^"OpenDOAR Chart - Usage%20of%20Open%20Access%20Repository%20Software%20-%20Worldwide".OpenDOAR.Archived fromthe originalon 25 March 2016.Retrieved15 May2016.
External links[edit]
- Peter Suber(ed.)."(Repositories)".Open Access Tracking Project.Harvard University.OCLC1040261573.
News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research
- Open repositories