Establishment of an Open Access Repository in a University: The Goa University Saga
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2017-08
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Abstract
The scholarly communication scenario was totally monopolized by the publishers hindering the
access to scholarly literature. Costs for subscription and restricted access alienated researchers
from getting access to such literature. Open Access and Institutional repositories have come up to
save the situation to a great extent. Some people believe that Open Access IRs are alternatives to the
traditional publishing where as others believes that IRs only supplement the traditional publishing.
However, Academic institutions all over the world have set up IRs and allowing faculty and researchers
to self-archive or deposit their research output. This article explains in detail the story of the
establishment of an IR at Goa University and the issues and impediments the team faced while
establishing it.
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Institutional Repository, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Traditional Publishing