...Soohyung Joo; Darra Hofman; Youngseek Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the breadth of the challenges and issues facing institutional repositories in academic libraries, based on a survey of academic librarians. Particularly, this study covers the challenges and barriers related...

...Scott Hanrath; Erik Radio Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the search behavior of institutional repository (IR) users in regard to subjects as a means of estimating the potential impact of applying a controlled subject vocabulary to an IR. Design/methodology/approach Google...

...Patrick OBrien; Kenning Arlitsch; Jeff Mixter; Jonathan Wheeler; Leila Belle Sterman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present data that begin to detail the deficiencies of log file analytics reporting methods that are commonly built into institutional repository (IR) platforms. The authors...

...Joseph W. Greene Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact and techniques for mitigating the effects of web robots on usage statistics collected by Open Access (OA) institutional repositories (IRs). Design/methodology/approach A close review of the literature provides...

... tools available, and the actual stored files. Originality/value – The results show that file controls currently applied to institutional repositories do not suffice to grant their stated mission of long-term preservation of scientific literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015...

... for computers” (Blake and Bult, 2006). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Open access Electronic theses and dissertations Escience Institutional repositories Open data Scientific information Perhaps the “data deluge” will not substitute academic publishing, the written word remaining...

... would like to thank: Digital libraries Google Scholar Institutional repositories Metadata Search engine optimization Search engines Article Type: List of reviewers From: Library Hi Tech, Volume 32, Issue 4 Aaron Nichols, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point...

... the contents of institutional repositories, and the authors hypothesize the reason is that most repositories use Dublin Core, which cannot express bibliographic citation information adequately for academic papers. Google Scholar makes specific recommendations for repositories, including the use...

...Lovemore Kusekwa; Aston Mushowani Purpose – The paper aims to focus on the current state of open access (OA) initiatives in Zimbabwean universities. The paper specifically reports the initiatives at Zimbabwean universities regarding institutional repositories that promote OA and other digital OA...

...Mu‐Yen Chen; Edwin David Lughofer; Ifeanyi J. Ezema Purpose This study seeks to examine the management of local content materials for open access institutional repositories in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 85 librarians...

... repositories Virtual communities InterNano ESENCe Social networking Institutional repositories Social networking sites The University of Massachusetts Amherst, a national research university and the University of Massachusetts flagship campus with over 24,000 students and $137.4 million...

...Kenning Arlitsch; Patrick S. O'Brien Purpose Google Scholar has difficulty indexing the contents of institutional repositories, and the authors hypothesize the reason is that most repositories use Dublin Core, which cannot express bibliographic citation information adequately for academic papers...