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Benefits of
self-archiving of research output
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Stellenbosch University Council officially
approved the institutional policy on the mandatory self-archiving of
research output in December last year. The Library and Information
service is the curator of this policy.
Self-archiving refers to the practice of
scholars depositing copies of their peer-reviewed research articles or
conference proceedings to an institutional repository (SUNScholar in our
case) or other open electronic archive. This practice has become widely
accepted in the Open Access research community over the last few years
with more and more universities adopting self-archiving policies in
order to encourage participation in Open Access, to grow the content of
their institutional repositories and to increase the visibility of the
institution’s research output.
According to The Registry of Open Access
Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP),
a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access
mandates adopted by universities, 477 universities worldwide have
adopted self-archiving policies to date.
SPARC Europe, a foundation with the mission to create change and
build a better scholarly communication system for the future, documents
the benefits of self-archiving for individuals and institutions as
follows:
Benefits for the individual:
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Research papers that are freely
available online are on average better visible and used more often
than those that are not.
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Regular submission of an author's work
to a repository provides an author with a central archive of their
work and a record of publication to add to their CV.
Benefits for the institution:
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Establishing an institutional
repository enables a university to publicise its research and
teaching programmes by enabling access to the work of its staff and
students.
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The academic work of an institution
can be presented in one place rather than spread amongst hundreds of
journals, so increasing visibility and prestige.
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The quality of a university's academic
output forms an effective advertisement for the institution,
attracting external revenue streams, new faculty, and students.
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Deposit in a university repository can
also ease - both for the institution and for the academic author -
the administrative burden of reporting publications for research
assessment and review exercised.
The proven benefits and the growth and
acceptance of the practice world-wide, should encourage more and more
scholars to make their research output freely available to the widest
possible audience via the self-archiving process. Here at SU, the
process is facilitated by the Library and Information Service through
SUNScholar, our institutional repository. For further information on the
process and the policy, please refer to the Library’s
webpage on Open Access.
Mimi Seyffert
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Voordele van die selfargivering van
navorsingsuitsette
Die Universiteit Stellenbosch Raad het in
Desember verlede jaar amptelik die beleid insake verpligte
selfargivering van navorsingsuitsette aanvaar. Die Biblioteek- en
Inligtingsdiens is die kurator van hierdie beleid.
Selfargivering verwys na die praktyk van navorsers wat kopieë van hul
ewekniebeoordeelde navorsingsartikels of konferensiereferate in ‘n
instiutionele bewaarplek (SUNScholar in ons geval) of ‘n ander oop
elektroniese argief deponeer. Hierdie praktyk word wyd aanvaar binne die
Ooptoegang navorsingsgemeenskap met meer en meer universiteite wat
selfargiveringsbeleide aanvaar om deelname in Ooptoegang aan te moedig,
die inhoud van institusionele bewaarplekke te vergroot en om die
sigbaarheid van instansies se navorsingsuitsette te verhoog.
Volgens
ROARMAP, ‘n soekbare databasis van verpligte
selfargiveringsbeleide van Ooptoegang bewaarplekke, wat ook die groei
van hierdie beleide tabelleer, het 477 universiteite wêreldwyd reeds
selfargiveringsbeleide aanvaar.
SPARC Europe, 'n stigting met die doel om verandering mee te bring en ‘n
beter wetenskaplike kommunikasiesisteem vir die toekoms te bou,
dokumenteer die voordele van selfargivering vir individue en instansies
as volg:
Voordele vir die individu:
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Navorsingsartikels wat vrylik aanlyn
beskikbaar is, is gemiddeld meer sigbaar en word meer gebruik as dié
wat nie is nie. Om akademiese werk binne ‘n ooptoegang bewaarplek te
deponeer verbeter dus die profiel van ‘n outeur wêreldwyd en
bevorder die verspreiding en impak van die navorsing wat die outeur
onderneem.
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Gereelde deponering van ‘n outeur se
werk binne ‘n bewaarplek bied aan die outeur ‘n sentrale argief van
sy of haar werk en ‘n rekord van publiksies om by ‘n CV aan te heg.
Voordele vir die instansie
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Die oprigting van ‘n institusionele bewaarplek stel die universiteit
in staat om sy navorsings- en leerprogramme te bemark deur toegang tot
die werk van personeel en studente te bied.
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Die akademiese werk van ‘n
instansie kan op een plek aangebied word in plaas daarvan dat dit
versprei word tussen honderde joernale en dus die sigbaarheid en
prestige sodoende verhoog.
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Die kwaliteit van ‘n universiteit se akademiese uitsette is ‘n
effektiewe advertensie vir die instansie wat eksterne geldstrome, nuwe
personeel en studente kan lok.
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Deponering binne ‘n institusionele
brewaarplek kan ook vir beide die instansie en die outeur die
administratiewe las van die rapportering van uitsette vir assessering en
ander doeleindes verlig.
Die bewese voordele, die groei en aanvaarding van die praktyk wêreldwyd
behoort meer en meer navorsers aan te moedig om hul navorsingsuitsette
vrylik aan die grootste moontlike gehoor beskikbaar te stel deur middel
van die selfargiveringsproses. Hier by die US word die proses deur die
Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens gefasiliteer deur SUNScholar, ons
institusionele bewaarplek. Vir meer inligting oor die proses en die
beleid, verwys asseblief na die
Biblioteek se Ooptoegangwebblad.
Mimi Seyffert
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