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Short Presentation (30 minutes)
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Location
Student Union Events Center - 165 B
Start Date
31-5-2019 2:10 PM
End Date
31-5-2019 2:40 PM
Description
Since the first free research-sharing site, arXiv, appeared in 1991, the push for open access to combat exorbitant subscription models has seen the number of institutional and research repositories jump to over 4,000. However, with each encased in its own architectural edifice, how is robust research synergy being achieved if researchers are consulting these storehouses of knowledge separately rather than as a collective?
Writing in The Atlantic in 1945, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush, observed that the “publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.” Was Bush’s remark of seven decades ago prescient of today’s ongoing challenge of research collections outstripping access? Indeed, how to provide efficient access to the record of knowledge is still a bewildering task of repository creators and critics, alike.
In 2011, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories issued a plea for “connecting and tying together repositories” in order to harness the “real power of Open Access...” a sentiment found five years later in Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Clifford Lynch’s call for “more shared or collective platforms and services rather than highly distributed approaches.” Other critics such as Information Technology Consultant Eric Van de Velde boldly proclaimed that the institutional repository is “obsolete” and “must be phased out and replaced…”
This brief presentation aims to explore the conflicting sentiments around the proliferation of research and institutional repositories and their impact on research synergy and inclusive access.
Keywords
Coalition for Networked Information, Confederation of Open Access Repositories, digital libraries, inclusiveness, institutional repositories, open access, research repositories, Vannevar Bush
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Information Literacy Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Connecting Knowledge Silos: Tying Together Institutional Repositories for Research Cohesion and Inclusive Information Access
Student Union Events Center - 165 B
Since the first free research-sharing site, arXiv, appeared in 1991, the push for open access to combat exorbitant subscription models has seen the number of institutional and research repositories jump to over 4,000. However, with each encased in its own architectural edifice, how is robust research synergy being achieved if researchers are consulting these storehouses of knowledge separately rather than as a collective?
Writing in The Atlantic in 1945, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush, observed that the “publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.” Was Bush’s remark of seven decades ago prescient of today’s ongoing challenge of research collections outstripping access? Indeed, how to provide efficient access to the record of knowledge is still a bewildering task of repository creators and critics, alike.
In 2011, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories issued a plea for “connecting and tying together repositories” in order to harness the “real power of Open Access...” a sentiment found five years later in Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Clifford Lynch’s call for “more shared or collective platforms and services rather than highly distributed approaches.” Other critics such as Information Technology Consultant Eric Van de Velde boldly proclaimed that the institutional repository is “obsolete” and “must be phased out and replaced…”
This brief presentation aims to explore the conflicting sentiments around the proliferation of research and institutional repositories and their impact on research synergy and inclusive access.
