Open Access in the Academic Libraries: Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives
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The document discusses the University of Johannesburg's initiatives on open access and the establishment of its institutional repository, ujdigispace, which was launched in March 2009. It outlines the involvement of various parties in developing the repository, details its statistics, and highlights efforts to promote open access through various channels including a dedicated web page and marketing materials. Additionally, it emphasizes the use of Web 2.0 technologies in promoting these initiatives and planning for future expansion in other faculties.
![Open Access and Web 2.0 in the Academic Library: A South African Experience Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives Pavlinka Kovatcheva University of Johannesburg, Library & Information Centre [email_address] Participant presentation @ the Scientific Information in the Digital age: Access and Dissemination ICTP, Trieste, Italy: 14 October 2009](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/presentationictppart1ujiroa14oct2009-101014182336-phpapp01/85/Open-Access-in-the-Academic-Libraries-Part-1-UJ-Institutional-Repository-Open-access-initiatives-1-320.jpg)
Open Access in the Academic Libraries: Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives
- 1. Open Access and Web 2.0 in the Academic Library: A South African Experience Part 1: UJ Institutional Repository & Open access initiatives Pavlinka Kovatcheva University of Johannesburg, Library & Information Centre [email_address] Participant presentation @ the Scientific Information in the Digital age: Access and Dissemination ICTP, Trieste, Italy: 14 October 2009
- 2. Presentation Outline Part 1: University of Johannesburg (UJ) & Library and Information Center (LIC) UJ Institutional Repository (IR) Open Access (OA)/ OA Week Part 2: UJ Sciences Librarian Web 2.0
- 3. University of Johannesburg (UJ) & Library & Information Center (LIC) University of Johannesburg (2005+) - Merger of Technikon Witwatersrand, Rand Afrikaans and Vista Universities - Over 45,000 students 9 Faculties 4 Campuses Faculty of Science ( 14 Departments) Library on each Campus Over 130 databases
- 4. UJ Institutional Repository (IR): UJDigispase ( http://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za:8080/dspace/ ) The IR project started in 2007 Parties involved in the development (Library IT, Copyright officer & Rare Book Collection staff ) DSpace software was used From 2008 all new Theses & Dissertations (T & D) were uploaded directly into UJDigispace UJDigispace officially launched on 24 March 2009 By mid-2009, all online T & D from the old system were uploaded/migrated into UJDigispace Department of Industrial Psychology & Human Management was used as pilot project. Vacant post for IR Manager/Administrator During October 2008 & early 2009: IR was introduced to the Library Staff Marketing not as such , because of the vacancy Future plans: Interest from Engineering Faculty & Botany Department
- 5. UJ Institutional Repository: UJDigispace http://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za:8080/dspace/
- 6. UJDigispace: Examples (1) Physics Department: Theses & Dissertations Human Resource Management
- 8. UJDigispace Statistics 31 Aug - 30 Aug 2009 Visitors Overview 5,544 Site usage 6,172 visits 28,667 page view Traffic Search Engines (68.88%) Direct Traffic (22.59%) Referring sites (8.54%) 11 Sep - 11 Oct 2009 Visitors Overview 8,400 Site usage 9,515 visits 36,843 page view Traffic Search Engines (69.39%) Direct Traffic (20.88%) Referring sites (9.73%)
- 9. Promoting Open Access (OA) @ UJ Library http://ujscienceslibrarynews.wordpress.com/open-access-oa Oct 2008 OA week - a post on the UJ Sciences Librarian blog March 2009 IR officially launched August 2009 – Open Access web page for Sciences October 2009 – Library initiative in promoting OA - 3 UJ Intranet circular/notifications Brochures Exhibition on each Campus Library on OA week. Open access T-shirts, notepads, etc. Talk about OA & IR during open access week A post on the Sciences blog, e-mail academics
- 10. Marketing UJ Institutional Repository: UJ Sciences Library News blog http://ujscienceslibrarynews.wordpress.com/2009/06/ Marketing IR Brochures Through the Institutional Intranet (circular) Make use of Web 2.0 technologies Blogs Twitter Social bookmarking & networking UJ Sciences portal E-mail to Faculty
- 11. UJ Open Access web page http://ujscienceslibrarynews.wordpress.com/open-access-oa/
- 12. UJ LIC Open Access Week: 19 – 23 October 2009
- 13. Open Access South African Journals & Sciences Journals SciELO South Africa (Scientific Electronic Library Online): http://www.scielo.org.za Common methodology for the preparation , storage & evaluation of scientific literature 7 journals – incl. South African Journal of Science and Water SA (Impact 2005 - 0.445; 2008 - 0.721) Open Access South African Journals (Sabinet) http://www.sabinet.co.za/open_access.html