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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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WIT Repository

http://repository.wit.ie/

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