Digital Repositories in Ecology and Environment: An analytical study

The present study aims to identify the status of Open Access Repositories (OARs) in the field of Ecology and Environment. The data was collected from the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Data collected was analysed on different parameters such as geographical distribution, software...

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Published in:Library philosophy and practice 2019-01, p.1-11
Main Authors: Mehraj, Midhat, ur Rehman, Ikhlaq, Bano, Shohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Access to information
Ecology
Information services
Initiatives
Institutional repositories
Internet access
Language
Librarians
Library and information science
Open access publishing
Scholarly communication
Scholarly publishing
Software
Studies
Subscriptions
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Summary:The present study aims to identify the status of Open Access Repositories (OARs) in the field of Ecology and Environment. The data was collected from the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Data collected was analysed on different parameters such as geographical distribution, software usage, content type, repository type and language diversity. As of now OpenDOAR holds 176 repositories in the field of Ecology and Environment. The findings further reveal that the maximum number of repositories belong to the USA accounting for 18(10.2%). Also, the maximum number of repositories are institutional accounting for 134(76%).
ISSN:1522-0222