Open figure viewer
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore various types of research materials in Indian institutional repositories.
Design/methodology/approach
– The repositories are identified from the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR). The repository sites were visited to collect the data necessary for the study.
Findings
– The present study reveals that barring a few repositories the collections of most of the repositories are very low. The percentage of archived materials is high for journal papers, and moderate for conference papers/thesis. However it is very low for preprints/working papers, teaching resources and patents.
Originality/value
– The study provides an overview of archived material in institutional repositories in India.
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2014
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