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WIT Institutional Repository Update
David Kane, WIT
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About Scholarly Communication
• Current System (for 350 years)
• Problems• Increased sum of human knowledge• The Journals Crisis
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Publications from Waterford/WIT over last 3 decades
Academic Papers Per Year from Waterford, Ireland (ISI)
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The Rising Cost of
Journals
$14k
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The Rising Cost of
Journals
$16k
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Journal Prices
From 2000 to 2004, the increase in median price for 12 journal publishers rose between 27% (Cambridge U.P.) and 94% (Sage).
Library and Information Statistics Unit (Loughbrough University)
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Open Access
• Free, immediate, permanent access to research for use, downloading and distribution.
• 2 Approaches• Journal Reform• Self Archiving
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91% of Journals allow you to publish on an Inst’l Repository
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Open Access Benefits
• Promotion individuals and institutions• Cross-fertilization between disciplines• Access for non-academic users ( e.g. policy makers )• Citation advantage
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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WIT Repository
• 4th academic repository in the state• Others include
• DCU• UCD • Maynooth• TCD
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